Utilizing Customer intelligence to personalize their experience, and engage and anticipate their needs. Create Secret Service systems that easily enable front-line employees to personalize the Customer’s experience by engaging them and anticipating and delivering on their needs. Having great standards is not enough, you now need to systemize those standards in order for them to be realistically delivered on a consistent basis.
How today’s top organizational challenge becomes your greatest competitive advantage According to recent research from Blanchard Companies, the #1 business challenge organizations face today is building leadership capabilities, surpassing concerns such as supporting agility (36%), boosting performance (31%), improving retention (23%), and managing the workforce impact of AI (21%). This confirms a truth many organizations… Read Full Article
KLM Provides Excellent CX to Non-KLM Passengers KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the national airline of the Netherlands and is renowned for its excellent customer experience. However, you have to fly KLM to experience it. That is why, for one week, KLM decided to help out all travelers, including those who don’t fly with KLM…. Read Full Article
This week’s Customer Experience Microlearning The Greatest Gift We Can Give to Others. Share with your team! *Register for the Class of 2026 Customer Experience Executive Academy starting in January CX + AI Today, many grocery store chains offer their customers an app that indicates the aisle and shelf location of products. I love this…. Read Full Article
“If you can be in a bad mood for no reason, you might as well be in a good mood for no reason,” –Alex Hormozi The Greatest Skill Any Person Can Develop I love this 30-second video clip by Alex Hormozi, in which he shares what he considers the greatest skill one can develop. I… Read Full Article
One of the Most Important New Books to Come Out Having three young adult sons and seeing how different and complicated their lives are compared to my life at the same age, I am really excited about this new book. My favorite podcaster, Scott Galloway, has just released a timely new book,Notes on Being a… Read Full Article
Customer Experience + AI “As AI gets more efficient and accessible, we will see its use skyrocket,turning it into a commodity.” –Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Can an interaction with an AI be better than one with a human? Think about that. When I read this in a report titled “The Experience Gap: AI’s Imminent Impact on CX,”… Read Full Article
Get Gifting Right Too many companies send generic gifts (company swag or a Starbucks gift card) out to their clients as thank-you gifts. If you want to stand out, get gifting right, you need to personalize your gifts. Watch the following 60-second video on how we WOWed Jesse Cole, founder of the Savannah Bananas, someone… Read Full Article
Is Customer Experience Broken? According to a recent report from WSJ Intelligence and Code and Theory: 93% of C-suite executives surveyed say their organization’s customer experience (CX) is “broken.” At the same time, 94% say that CX strategy contributes directly to business success. Reasons Why CX is Broken for so Many Brands The report shared the significant reasons… Read Full Article
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
Spirit Airlines Files for Bankruptcy, Again It doesn’t matter how cheaply you sell your services and products; customers will not buy from you if your customer service is lousy. Spirit Airlines, the most hated brand in the US, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year. This… Read Full Article
