259: Why Customer Experience Transformations Fail in the Middle

June 25, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

How middle managers make or break customer experience transformation Why Customer Experience Transformations Fail in the Middle Most customer experience initiatives do not fail because the strategy was wrong. They fail because the strategy is announced by senior leadership, introduced to frontline employees, and then loses momentum in the middle. In this episode of The… Read Full Article

258: When Service Innovation Makes Customer Experience Worse

June 18, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Why AI, automation, and self-service only improve customer experience when they reduce effort without removing humanity. Summary n this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson and John DiJulius challenge one of the biggest assumptions in business today: that modernizing service delivery automatically improves the customer experience. Companies are investing heavily in AI,… Read Full Article

257: Happy Employees Create Happy Customers? Not Automatically

June 11, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

The real link between employee experience and customer experience is not happiness alone. It is readiness, training, empowerment, accountability, and leadership. Summary The phrase happy employees create happy customers is popular in customer experience, but it is incomplete. In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson and John DiJulius challenge the oversimplified… Read Full Article

256: Daniel Pink on the Human Skills AI Can’t Replace

June 04, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Why taste, touch, composition, and wisdom may become the most valuable leadership skills in the age of AI. Summary In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, John DiJulius interviews bestselling author Daniel Pink about the human skills that artificial intelligence cannot replace. Pink explains why AI may be powerful at generating options, but… Read Full Article

255: Is Your Customer Experience Better—or Are You Just Measuring the Wrong Things?

May 28, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

John DiJulius explains why so many leaders believe their customer experience is improving while customers feel something very different. Summary: In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson and John DiJulius unpack one of the most dangerous gaps in business today: the difference between what leaders think customers are experiencing and what… Read Full Article

254: Incentives That Drive Service Behaviors

May 21, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Are Your Incentives Creating the Customer Experience You Actually Want? Summary: John DiJulius explains how the behaviors your company rewards, measures, and recognizes become the customer experience your customers actually receive. Every company has incentives. Some are obvious: bonuses, commissions, contests, scorecards, performance reviews, and promotions. Others are quieter: praise, attention, flexibility, and who gets… Read Full Article

customer experience keynote speaker

253: More Than a Keynote: How Great Speakers Help Companies Change

May 14, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

What Companies Should Know about a Customer Experience Keynote Speaker Summary: In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson sits down with John DiJulius for a behind-the-scenes conversation about what it really means to be a conference speaker. While many organizations think of a keynote as a high-energy moment in an agenda,… Read Full Article

252: The Skills Leaders Need When AI Changes Everything

May 07, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Why Human Leadership Is the New Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI Summary: AI is changing how companies operate, scale, and compete. But according to Dr. Brynn Scarborough, the future will not belong to the companies that automate the most. It will belong to the companies that intentionally develop the human leadership skills AI… Read Full Article

251: Why Customer Experience Leaders Must Prove ROI

May 06, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Learn how to prove customer experience ROI by measuring Return on Experience, customer retention, referrals, earned sales growth, complaints, and loyalty. Summary: Customer experience leaders are facing a new reality: it is no longer enough to say customer experience matters. Executives want proof. In this episode of the Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson and… Read Full Article

251: Why Customer Experience Leaders Must Prove ROI

April 30, 2026 | By: John DiJulius

Learn how to prove customer experience ROI by measuring Return on Experience, customer retention, referrals, earned sales growth, complaints, and loyalty. Summary: Customer experience leaders are facing a new reality: it is no longer enough to say customer experience matters. Executives want proof. In this episode of the Customer Service Revolution Podcast, Denise Thompson and… Read Full Article