Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered: Deliver a Flourish of Humanity
Thank you for joining me for this series titled “Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered.” This series provides tools to help you position your customer and employee experience for relevance in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. This is the final installment in this series. In my last post, I focused on creating, at minimum, two customer journeys –…
Break the Glass – The ABCs of Customer Experience During COVID-19
This is the 5th and final installment in my series Break the Glass, where we are looking at what you can do to deliver a positive human experience in this time of great business disruption. (Next week will start a new series on the role emotions play in customer experience delivery.) Sales trainers have long championed the…
The Future of Customer Experience Delivery
My crystal ball says winning experiences will deliver. I lay no claim to my prognostic ability, but when it comes to the future of customer experience delivery, I’m willing to venture an educated guess. I predict future retail wars will involve online brands (whose value proposition will be an expansive choice, “best pricing” and quick delivery)…
Experiential Lessons for the Christmas Season: Going Beyond the Presents
It’s been said there are two types of people in the world. Those who believe there are two types of people in the world and those who do not! When it comes to this time and season of the year, I believe there really is only one type of person. That person understands, despite the…
Please Ask My Opinion BUT NOT TOO MUCH
There is a fine line between disinterest and inquisition! You know what I am talking about – some brands are solely focused on themselves and not on their customers. Leaders at those companies drive a business freight train down the track at their customers with seemingly no interest in what customers think or feel about…
What’s Your Signature? The Importance of Defining Brand Moments
When I was asked to do a TEDx talk about a year ago, I keyed in on the message that your brand (be that your individual brand or your corporate brand) is little more than “what people say about you when you are not around.” In keeping with that message, I am excited to be…