As Traditional Reading Declines, What are the Drawbacks? Plus Much More…

October 13, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Chewy’s Legendary Above & Beyond Story Congratulations to the CXEA Class of 2025 We are thrilled to congratulate the following executives who just graduated from our Customer eXperience Executive Academy: Ty Smalstig, Director of Member Assistance at PSECU, Alicia Anderson, Human Resource and Talent Acquisition Business Partner Manager at PSECU, Steven Olson and Captain Teddy… Read Full Article

To Demonstrate One’s Expertise, It Is in the Questions You Ask More than the Answers You Give

October 03, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

When Youth is a Disadvantage Many firms we (The DiJulius Group) work with have young professionals, recent college graduates, in client-facing positions. These roles can be in finance, legal, IT, medical, physical therapy, sales, account executives, and consulting industries, to name a few. The issue with service providers in their mid-twenties is that they can… Read Full Article

The New Starbucks Customer Experience Blueprint and More…

September 26, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Great Employee Engagement Survey Question I love the following question to measure employee morale: On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best), how do you feel on Friday at 6 pm? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best), how do you feel on Sunday at 6 pm? Obviously, it is unrealistic to… Read Full Article

What Does the TV Show, Severance, Say About the State of Corporate Leadership

September 19, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

The show Severance won 10 Emmys at the 2025 Emmy Awards. The concept of the wildly popular show Severance is builtaround a dystopian workplace experiment in which employees undergo a surgical procedure called “severance,” which splits their consciousness into two separate identities: “Innie,” the version of themselves that exists only at work and has no… Read Full Article

How Joseph-Beth Booksellers’ Hires Customer Experience Rockstars and More…

September 05, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Awesome Professional Development Best Practice Awesome Best Practice When speaking for Rentscale, the largest sales consulting and coaching company in the residential property management industry, I recently heard about a great best practice. Instead of hosting the traditional “book club,” they host a “YouTube club.” I absolutely love this. I immediately ripped off this idea… Read Full Article

The Big Stay Has Become More Lucrative / Lyft Offering Taxi Service on its App / The ‘Always-on’ Mentality Could Be Killing Employee Morale

August 07, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Lyft Offering Taxi Service on its App Lyft is beginning to offer traditional taxi rides through its app in addition to its usual rideshare services. Starting with a pilot in St. Louis, Lyft is rolling out a feature that allows riders to opt in to be paired with a licensed taxi when available, and can arrive… Read Full Article

Chipotle Cuts Hiring Time by 75% Using AI Recruiter

June 23, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright recently confirmed that the chain aims to open a new location roughly every 24 hours throughout 2025. This hyper-speed rollout is fueled by the goal to nearly double their footprint, to 7,000 locations in North America by decade’s end. AI-driven hiring and operations tools are powering this rapid rollout, part of… Read Full Article

A Company That Fired 700 Employees and Replaced Them with AI Admitted it was a Mistake / Are Your Employees Suffering From Boreout?

June 13, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Klarna is rehiring human employees after previously replacing a significant portion of its workforce with artificial intelligence (AI) In 2022, Klarna, a Swedish fintech company, laid off approximately 700 employees as part of a strategic move to automate operations using AI. The decision aimed to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs. By 2024, Klarna claimed… Read Full Article