by Colin Shaw | Dec 16, 2021 | Blogs
There is a saying that says, “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” and it is. However, it is also a losing strategy when you are working at winning over customers from the competition. Finding a way to stand out is the secret to long-term customer...
by Colin Shaw | Dec 10, 2021 | Blogs
Back when I was working in corporate life, I went to a presentation in London. Sitting there amongst 1,000 people, I had an epiphany about what I wanted to do with the rest of my career. Soon after that, I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond...
by Colin Shaw | Dec 9, 2021 | Blogs
On the podcast, we do something called “I’m in a Pickle.” The pickle is a business problem our listeners have that we try to address with the behavioral sciences. For example, we had one recently from a listener Janet, who said that despite getting...
by Colin Shaw | Dec 2, 2021 | Blogs
People look back on their childhood and talk about how terrible it was. However, they often do it with a fondness that belies their words. Looking back at the earlier period, they feel good about it, no matter how terrible it was in their description. Customers do...
by Colin Shaw | Nov 25, 2021 | Blogs
One of our podcast listeners, Jeanne-Claude, wrote about a problem he was having for a recent episode. I am writing about it here today because it is likely a problem some of you share. Jeanne-Claude’s problem is that his company offers a complicated product,...