Is Stress Becoming Intolerable?

Is Stress Becoming Intolerable?

I have a new book called Happy Employees Make Happy Customers. To summarize it, the book is about how Customer Experience exists within an ecosystem, and policies and procedures to manage it are not enough. If you want to have great experiences, you need to look out...
The 5 Rules of Measuring and Managing Customer Emotions

The 5 Rules of Measuring and Managing Customer Emotions

When I was in corporate life, my boss asked me to improve the Customer Experience and do it for the least cost. I remember thinking, “Ok. Sure, but….what is a Customer Experience?” Nobody knew back then. I defined it for myself as the mix of rational and...
Retail Is Broken: This Is The Solution

Retail Is Broken: This Is The Solution

Everyone is saying that the pandemic will be the death of retail. I don’t see it this way, but I think the pandemic will accelerate change and reshape the way customers do retail, both physically and digitally. Organizations that recognize and anticipate this...
What Do The Pioneers of Customer Experience See for the Future: And What Should You Do About It?

What Do The Pioneers of Customer Experience See for the Future: And What Should You Do About It?

From time to time, I participate in speaking engagements and, in the time of COVID-19, virtual speaking engagements. I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that...