Over the last couple of months we continue to hear awful stories from the airline industry. Ryanair is canceling flights, affecting 300,000 to 400,000 customers, all because they have made errors when scheduling the holidays of their pilots. United Airlines who dragged a passenger off a flight because his seat was to be given to [...]
Last week I visited Influence17 in Orlando, the largest conference for speakers. To meet great speakers, network, learn and inspiration. Inspired by the session of Jeffrey Hayzlett about how to use podcasts for your business, I decided to ask the delegates and you on Linkedin, what podcast I should listen to. From all suggestions I [...]
In the marketplace it is all about branding. About being distinctive. Like Seth Godin says in his book Purple Cow "The key to success is to find a way to stand out-to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins". So how to be a Purple Cow and deliver a Branded Experience? I […]
You might have read my Top 5 worst customer experiences. Now it is time for the Top 5 best customer experiences. The year is coming to an end, so it's time to look back at 2016 through the CX lens. I must tell you, there were more bad experiences than good ones. There is a [...]
As the year is coming to an end, it's time to look back at 2016 and see in which ways organizations can learn from mistakes in Customer Experience. I've collected my five worst customer experiences this year so we can do better in 2017! And then look out to my five best customer experiences, which I [...]
You and I both know it. The battle for the customer has become a digital one. This week I was cleaning out my bookcase. Going through books I used in University (till 1994), some out of date, but most still valid. Flipping through a marketing edition, my eye was caught by the AIDA model. As [...]
The book "Eat, Pray, Love" was one of my favorites. I could see myself eating pizza in Naples, working on my Yoga flexibility in India and of course enjoying love on Bali (who can't?!). This week I had the pleasure of reading her newest book "Big Magic, create living beyond fear". WOWW. Right away I [...]
Hip Hip Hooray. It's International Women's Day. Today I want to ask attention for Women in Customer Experience. To learn who they are and acknowledge them for their leadership, knowledge and experience. Lean in the Conversation! What do we do on International Women's Day? We celebrate women, from a "general celebration of respect, appreciation, [...]
The 14th of February, it's Valentine's Day. The international day of love. There are lovers and haters of this tradition. I can imagine. It sometimes feels like an obligation to show your love because somebody (who?) invented valentine's day. Like mother's day, father's day (where has child's day gone?), secretary day, world whale day (that [...]
In the digital world, the personal touch is often hard to find. Are you as a customer a number or are you left to your own devices in for example a FAQ or a digital Karin. Yet there are companies that do succeed. Which are digital and human. This week I was surprised by a bank that [...]