Co-creating strategies based on confirmed challenges is what customer-centric discovery allows a sales rep to do, in addition to learning more about customers. Customer-centric discovery is the process of asking questions and listening to customers to understand their situation, needs, goals, and challenges. Co-creating strategies means working with customers to design and propose solutions that can address their confirmed challenges and deliver value and outcomes. Co-creating strategies helps to build trust and rapport, demonstrate expertise and differentiation, and influence purchase decisions.