Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Did you know that government agencies are working hard to embed customer experience strategies in their operating plan and mindset? In this episode, Anahita Reilly walks us through her customer experience maturity map and actions to unite the leadership team, map the customer journey and drive transformation.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Most companies today know that putting the customer at the heart of everything they do is vital. The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? The first one was, “We put customers first.”.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2017

Over the years, as a customer experience consultant, I’ve increasingly become a student of “game theory” and of the “gaming industry.” billion customers. In his article Mark identifies three key ways that designers in the video and mobile gaming industry create “gamer engagement”, loyalty, and spend.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every time I develop a customized customer service training tool for a client of mine, I caution that the tool is a “guidebook” for customer service behavior and that no tool can fit every application. As such, a customer service toolkit is only as good as the judgment and skill of the person using it.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 7, 2018

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. The post Strategic Positioning Infographic | Is Your Customer Experience Agile Enough?

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Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 4, 2017

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Michelli, Ph.D. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 27, 2018

My crystal ball says winning experiences will deliver. I lay no claim to my prognostic ability, but when it comes to the future of customer experience delivery, I’m willing to venture an educated guess. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. Michelli, Ph.D.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 13, 2017

But when it comes to customer service experiences, I am uncertain as to which is better – the service of a decade or two ago or the experiences today. Team members learn to make sure customers know that they matter — that they are always heard and appreciated. What Choice? Study their journey with you.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Michelli, Ph.D. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 13, 2017

But when it comes to customer service experiences, I am uncertain as to which is better – the service of a decade or two ago or the experiences today. Team members learn to make sure customers know that they matter — that they are always heard and appreciated. What Choice? Study their journey with you.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Customer Experience , like everything else in the world, is changing. What customers want and what they do is changing, too. He compares where we are for the transformation of Customer Experience as the transition from driving cars with gauges to driving Indy cars.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

However, calling US dealerships’ “best or nothing” when it came to customer experience would have been a stretch. For approximately 3 years I’ve worked with Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) executives as they transformed their organization into a verifiable customer experience leader. You might think … I’m not Mercedes-Benz!

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In January, I was surprised and disappointed that research from Nunwood and Forrester, two significant firms in the Customer Experience movement, showed that Customer Experience was flatlining. Colson believes that in these times, human interaction and service takes on a renewed value for your Customer Experience. .

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 4, 2019

We discussed how technology and facial recognition are changing how to measure authentic customer emotions in real time on our latest podcast. Our guest, Zhecho Dobrev is a senior consultant at Beyond Philosophy and he shared some of the latest developments in the field. So, What Do We Mean by Authentic Emotion Measurement?

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Strativity

JANUARY 18, 2018

The world’s premier Experience and Culture Design consultancy, Strativity Group, Inc., The world’s premier Experience and Culture Design firm, announces the addition of Steven Walden and Bentley Williams and the opening of two new offices. He is the author of Customer Experience Management Rebooted, 2017.

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Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Incalculable numbers of store clerks, gasoline haulers, first responders, and volunteers provided countless hours of service and unforgettable moments of caring and selfless customer experience enhancement. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. The Contrast.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. In the modern business world this could be updated to read, “Customer experience priorities everywhere, but ne’er a delighted customer.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

However, my great experience is not why I return and drive past six or seven other bait and tackle shops to get to it. Economists say the reason I go back to Discount Tackle is that I remember it was a great experience. We don’t choose between experiences; we choose between the memories of experiences.

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Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I have been slow to accept that, from a service perspective, humans will ever be replaced by computers. I’ve suggested that customers will resist “robots” and I’ve based my thinking in part on the “uncanny valley” hypothesis which postulates that the more robots look like humans the less humans will feel comfortable with them.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Trust and the Customer Experience. Emotions are an important part of any customer experience. How a customer feels about the company is an integral part of their loyalty to it. Warn Customers of the dangers they face and encourage them to keep their data safe through strong passwords.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

In support of my position, I offer the following: If you want to keep customers in 2016 …. Worry less about your prices and spend more time elevating your customer experience. According to Accenture, customer churn is linked more to bad service moments than to price related issues. Why else are we in business?

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Wootric

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

These authors, speakers, thought-leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals have all helped contribute to the widespread adoption of CX, not just as a strategy, but as a higher goal. She was tapped to look after the customer experience as a whole as company growth accelerated. Angus Yang. Blake Morgan.

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Myra Golden

AUGUST 8, 2018

I read that the average customer service call lasts two minutes longer than it needs to. And from personal experience in my own business and my years of customer service work, I believe this. I learned the technique from a consultant I hired to work with my employees in a call center in Tulsa.

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Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’ve been doing customer experience design for a long, long time. In the old days, I would have read about some intriguing customer innovation and assumed that the attempted breakthrough was crafted on a firm foundation of customer listening and data analysis.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. This means the customer service professional must develop a response plan.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. This means the customer service professional must develop a response plan.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Branded Customer Experience. That’s the power of customer experience design resulting in a “signature moment” that enhanced the Dairy Queen Fan Experience. But immediately upon entering Garbanzo, the customer experience was designed to be disruptive with the unexpected question, “Would you like a falafel?”

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Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So enough psychobabble, what is the relevance of “implicit bias” to customer experience excellence? Relevance to Customer Experience Design. Implicit biases mean life or death in healthcare and they likely also have a meaningful impact on your customers. Beyond Psychology to Impact. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

AUGUST 22, 2017

It’s hard to believe it has been seven months since United Airlines faced the first of three monumental customer experience debacles. Given the time I spend on planes traveling to speak and consult, I have a fairly positive view of the airline industry. Data Plus People.

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Myra Golden

JULY 9, 2020

Yesterday I sat down with author, consultant, and trainer, Jeff Toister, to discuss a familiar problem customer service professionals grapple with in contact centers – conversation control. Jeff recorded our discussion, and you can view it here to discover a surprising reason why your calls are taking so long.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 24, 2018

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. The post {Infographic} Empathetic Design appeared first on Joseph Michelli.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 22, 2018

Customer Experience Design Strategies. For me, my “go to” strategies for product development or experience innovation involve components from my “empathic design” toolkit. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

Neil cites David’s research noting that it demonstrates, “ For every 10% increase in employee engagement levels, a company’s customer service levels go up by 5%, and profits by 2%.”. By contrast, employee distrust, disengagement, and neglect for development create the environment for most customer complaints. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 6, 2017

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Michelli, Ph.D. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2018

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Michelli, Ph.D. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 22, 2018

Customer Experience Design Strategies. For me, my “go to” strategies for product development or experience innovation involve components from my “empathetic design” toolkit. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. Michelli, Ph.D.

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