Why 82% of Employees Feel Lonely at Work, Even When Engagement Scores Look Good. I’ve spent the last three decades working side by side with some of the world’s most admired organizations — Starbucks, The Ritz-Carlton, Chick-fil-A, KeyBank, Lexus — helping them build cultures where both employees and customers genuinely thrive. And in that time,… Read Full Article
Culture vs. Compensation: Why 82% of Managers Are ‘Accidental’ and How It’s Costing You Talent Summary: After decades of working with world-class organizations, we’ve learned something that surprises most leaders: employees don’t leave because of pay—they leave because of how they’re led. In this episode of the Customer Service Revolution podcast, John DiJulius and Denise… Read Full Article
The AI customer service backlash isn’t about the technology. It’s about what companies are using it for. Here’s the headline that should terrify every C-suite executive in America: according to a January 2026 Kinsta/Propeller Insights survey of over 1,000 U.S. consumers, 93.4% prefer talking to a human over AI for customer service. Nearly 50% would… Read Full Article
Summary: The 10 Commandments Part 2: Why Your Customer Experience Can’t Exceed Your Employee Experience What separates world-class customer experience companies from everyone else? It’s not budget. It’s not luck. It’s a system. In Part 2 of our deep dive into The DiJulius Group’s 10 Commandments, John DiJulius and Denise Thompson reveal why exceptional customer… Read Full Article
How subscription price increases exposed the companies that forgot what a promise means. On February 2, 2026, anime streaming service Crunchyroll raised prices across all tiers for North American subscribers. The Fan Tier jumped from $7.99 to $8.99. The Mega Fan Tier went from $9.99 to $11.99. And the Ultimate Fan Tier climbed from $14.99… Read Full Article
Summary: The Proven Blueprint for CX Strategy Used by Chick-Fil-A What separates world-class customer experience companies from everyone else? It’s not budget. It’s not luck. It’s a system. In Part 1 of this two-part series on the Customer Service Revolution podcast, John DiJulius — founder of The DiJulius Group and the CX architect behind Chick-fil-A,… Read Full Article
What Every CEO Can Learn from Southwest Airlines Right Now. On January 27, 2026, Southwest Airlines boarded its last open-seating flight. Passengers who had flown Southwest for decades lined up one final time without knowing which seat they would sit in. By the next morning, the airline that had been defined for 53 years by… Read Full Article
Summary of How to scale a world class culture in your franchise: Want to know how to franchise a business and maintain world-class culture across thousands of locations? Discover the exact franchise growth strategies that took Anytime Fitness from a single 24-hour gym concept to the #1 fitness franchise in the world—with over 4,000 employees… Read Full Article
How leading brands like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Nestlé use this proven methodology to eliminate inconsistency, reduce customer churn, and build cultures competitors can’t copy. You’ve read the books. Attended the conferences. Highlighted the best practices. Your team is nodding along in agreement. But six months later, nothing has actually changed. Your customer experience is still… Read Full Article
Summary of How to Measure ROI of Your CX and Reduce Marketing Costs How do you measure your CX ROI? Are your rising customer acquisition costs eating into profits while your NPS surveys gather dust? Discover Earned Sales Growth (ESG)—the game-changing customer experience metric that tracks how much revenue comes from customers you’ve earned through… Read Full Article
