Customer Experience

Customer Experience

Book cover of "Delivering the Wow" by Richard Fain, showcasing a large cruise ship on the ocean at sunset, with a clear sky and shimmering water—perfectly capturing Richard Fain’s vision of maritime excellence.
Richard Fain — Chairman and former CEO of Royal Caribbean Group — explains how a tongue-twister helped boost his company’s fortunes.
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Lew Frankfort — Chairman Emeritus of Coach, Inc. — reveals the surest way for a brand to stand the test of time.
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Tiffani Bova emphasizes that fostering employee satisfaction is crucial for enhancing customer experience, advocating for the integration of customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) to achieve predictable growth.
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Engaging in "unreasonable hospitality," as defined by restaurateur Will Guidara, can be your strongest competitive advantage in sales by making customers feel valued, and it can be creatively and systematically implemented without being exhausting.
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The marketing guru outlines the current state of brand-building — and highlights four outstanding opportunities for the immediate future.
A line of waiters in formal attire, embodying a sense of unreasonable hospitality, carry trays with teapots and cups as they gracefully walk in procession outside the building.
Restaurateur Will Guidara explains why it’s not just what you do, but how you make people feel that leads to successful ventures.
Two men in suits sit at a table looking stressed; one leans back with his head tilted upwards, and the other covers his face with his hand. The scene hints at the consequences of relying on the McNamara fallacy. A blurred glass pitcher is visible in the foreground.
Don't make the mistake of blindly following quantitative metrics — whether you're helping clients or looking for lunch.
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Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, explains how to find branding success by making "boulders" out of "pebbles."
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Will Guidara, owner of iconic restaurants such as Eleven Madison Park, explains how hospitality is the number one thing that can help your business truly succeed.
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Former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.
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Marketing maverick Gary Vaynerchuk reveals how empathy, listening, and patience aren’t just virtues – they’re your ultimate advertising tools.
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Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank explains how he successfully embraced and deployed AI.
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Aragon AI CEO Wesley Tian tells Big Think Business how he took his company from initial conception, through acceleration, to the scaling phase.
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The Shirky Principle states that "institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
The rewards price to get a free cup of hot coffee at Starbucks is going up.
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Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.
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The automated McDonald's has a staff comparable to other stores. But the crew members are all focused on making and packaging orders instead of delivering them.