by Colin Shaw | Nov 14, 2017 | Blogs, Customer Experience
After my wife Lorraine and I ordered dinner in a restaurant the other night, I decided to have a glass of wine. Now, where was our waiter? I looked around and realized I didn’t have a clue what he looked like. So I asked Lorraine. “Do you see our waiter?” She craned...
by Colin Shaw | Nov 9, 2017 | Blogs, Customer Experience
We all have habits, good and bad. Few of us remember how they formed. Few of us know how to change them—especially those bad ones. However, understanding how habits develop and their influence on our behavior can be a powerful tool for tuning up our Customer...
by Colin Shaw | Nov 7, 2017 | Blogs, Customer Experience
Contact centers are often the communications lifeblood of a business. It’s where clients get the opportunity to talk to a ‘real person’, whether it’s by phone, live chat or even something as simple as email, and it’s where your employees have the greatest...
by Colin Shaw | Nov 2, 2017 | Blogs, Customer Experience
Big banks have proven yet again that they cannot be trusted to do what is best for the consumer. And this time, the U.S. Senate agrees that they don’t have to! Last week, the Senate voted to repeal a rule that banned most mandatory arbitration clauses in credit card...
by Colin Shaw | Oct 31, 2017 | Blogs, Customer Experience
Would you like to learn golf from a hall of famer? How about baking some French macarons at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris? Hotel chains, worried about competition from Airbnb, are rolling out these and other special experiences for their best rewards customers. Marriott’s...