When it comes down to it, a company’s thorough knowledge of its own products has the ability to make or break customer relationships, both individually and organisationally. A company that is knowledgeable of both changing market conditions and the evolving nature of its own products gives customers a sense of trustworthiness and competence. These feelings […]

Meet Annette Franz! Annette Franz, CCXP is Director, VOC Consulting at Confirmit. Through her blog, CX Journey, Annette shares her passion for helping companies transform their cultures to ensure the customer is at the center of every conversation. She was recently recognized as one of “The 100 Most Influential Tech Women on Twitter” by Business Insider […]

I never intended to stay at the Pioneer Square Marriott Courtyard in Seattle. I was speaking at a conference in Seattle and fully intended to stay at the hotel where the conference was scheduled. However, there was a mix-up, and by the time I tried to correct the error, the conference hotel was fully booked. […]

A friend sent me this checklist she found while cleaning her mother’s room. We could not find the company that produced it, but it appears to have been created in 1969. The list includes 10 timeless customer service tips on how to treat people. The list is elegantly simple and is as true today as […]

Each Monday morning, subscribers to our e-newsletter The Customer Conversation (sign up no longer available) receive a Monday Motivation. These motivational emails cover a variety of topics, including personal development, customer service & team management. To celebrate our 100th Monday Motivation, we decided to put together a slide deck based on the series with some […]

Meet Saori Yunomura! Saori grew up in Japan near Tokyo and lived in Texas, Arizona and California since college. She has worked for airlines, hotels and cruise tours, covering a variety of customer service responsibilities and activities. Saori loves to travel all over the world and has visited 33 countries. (35 after next week!) False Dichotomy […]

We live in a world of ever-shifting customer experience technologies. From RFID inventory chips to mobile point of sale, from geofencing apps to touch screen store fronts, the technological landscape never stays the same. It is a perilous and exciting time, both for organizations that have to make tough decisions about technological investments and for […]

In the days that followed Maya Angelou’s recent passing, people from across the world took time to remember the woman and her body of work. One of Maya Angelou’s most popular quotes that made the rounds online delivers a message that should be emblazoned on the front of every customer experience training binder: I’ve learned that […]

Meet Mike Wittenstein! Twenty five years, 25 countries, 400 clients, $1.5b in measurable impact. | IBM eVisionary. Founder/leader at Storyminers, one of the world’s first experience/service design consultancies. | Focus > Retail and Store of the Future initiatives. | English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. | Love time with friends/family, new things, travel, woodworking. False Dichotomy We […]