High Trust = Happy Employees = Happy Customers = Happy Shareholders = Happy Leaders
You might say I am on a “trust” kick. In last week’s blog, I highlighted a US decline in social trust (a precipitous drop of 46% points from 1964 to 2016). I also opined on the critical role of trust in strengthening the social contract between businesses and customers. Finally, I asserted that trust begets trust.…
CAIO or NO CAIO: Customer Experience Depends Upon Structuring People to Manage Information
I first heard about “it” in a Harvard Business article in 2016 and subsequently have been asked about “it” by clients and colleagues alike. “It” is yet another entrant into the C-suite. “It“ (actually a she or he) is a Chief AI Officer (CAIO). That’s right a human Chief Artifical Intelligence Officer (not a machine…
Customer Value: Expanding Across the 12 Standard Forms of Value
Great leaders often ask me to help them create “customer value”, while others ask me to help them create “profit.” For me, the only way to generate sustainable profit is by developing a core competency for customer value creation. Chasing profits is a tiring and stressful endeavor – creating value is an innovative and energizing pursuit.…
Customer Experience and Value Add: Make it Personal, Emotional, and Sensory
Being raised in an emotionally expressive Italian family, it’s no wonder that I’ve been attracted to the emotional side of business and the importance of “emotional value” in customer experience creation. Over the years, I’ve gravitated toward thought leaders who’ve echo my belief that “all business is personal” and to my view that “behind every…
Customer Experience Creation: Give ’em a Reason to Hire and Keep You
Would you eat at a restaurant where no human employees are present? Ten years ago I couldn’t have imagined I would ask such a question. Now, I am saying “yes” to that inquiry! Itsa Eatsa In case you missed it there is such a restaurant it is called Eatsa. Eatsa is touted as an “employee…