Today I delivered the first training program built entirely on my book, B2B Marketing Design. At Hyundai Corporation’s headquarters in Jongno, Seoul, new hires ran a ‘B2B Marketing Strategy Workshop’: each team picked one of 20 fictional companies and products, narrowed the target market, prioritized a list of target accounts using several criteria, formed hypotheses for each buying center, shaped an approach for each persona, and designed how to deliver the value proposition and through which channels.
Running a full-day session starting at 8:30 a.m. was physically demanding, but engagement was higher than in other courses, and the participants treated the company and its product as their own, showing real ownership. It was a new approach, and the response made me truly happy. It also surfaced new homework: more detailed information on each company’s own products and updated competitor information. It felt like writing a new novel, which was thrilling and, above all, fun. Tomorrow I leave for my summer vacation. Yay! ^^b






24 Jul 2025
[ Instructor: John Kim ]