Customer Experience
Connecting with customers today means connecting the dots. Customer touchpoints, from physical products and environments, digital experiences, service offerings and training, should all add up to a cohesive whole. Future leaders will build integrated systems that activate messages and deliver value with better continuity and results
- Era of Choice Absorbing Complexity In order to create simplicity, organizations have to absorb complexity.
- Brand Meaning Brands, Beliefs, and Experience Brands are bigger than they appear.
- Era of Choice Let’s Make a Deal Reconsidering the Dealer Value Chain
- Design Thinking Transformational HR HR is playing an increasing role in corporate strategy, becoming a discipline focused on transformation not just transactions.
- Design Thinking The Most Important Things (Are Nobody’s Job) Customers are looking for meaningful experiences. Brands need to connect the dots.
- Era of Choice Collapse and Opportunity in the Built Environments Value Chain How companies communicate and conduct business continues to change, and competitors need to position themselves to be ready.
- Era of Choice Beyond NeoCon It's time to think beyond NeoCon and the boundaries of the current market
- Customer Experiences First Responders Most emergencies have deep roots. Perhaps we should stop sowing bad seeds in the first place.
- Customer Experiences Changing Expectations for B2B Customers have new expectations for B2B firms.
- Customer Experiences Customer Experience Planning Keeping means and ends straight is a way forward.
- Customer Experiences Creating Strategic Alignment Connect the dots between brand, media, teams, and tools.
- Customer Experiences Creating Brand Standards Making brand standards actionable.
- Customer Experiences Brand Touchpoints Your brand is the sum of each customer interaction.
- Design Thinking Brand Research The best brand design often starts with user research.
- Customer Experiences Brand Documentation Brand documents can help clarify, communicate, and evangelize your strategic direction.
- Customer Experiences Brand IP A good brand is worth protecting.
- Customer Experiences Shortcuts in Branding Good investments or bad, brands cost money.
- Customer Experiences Social Media Branding Brands are social. Technology is an accelerant.
- Brand Meaning Multiple Brands Every brand is an investment and a choice.
- Era of Choice Digital Brands Seismic shifts in communications technology are rapidly transforming design.
- Customer Experiences Brand Trends All brands are subject to trends. The most effective brands translate trends into meaning.
- Era of Choice Brand Psychology Brand value is more than meets the eye.
- Customer Experiences Personalized Brands Personalization has become the new paradigm.
- Customer Experiences Brand Stories Understanding often starts with stories.
- Customer Experiences Brand Order Order lays the foundation for being memorable.
- Customer Experiences Brand Variation Brand programs can be designed to include variation.
- Customer Experiences Brand Typography Typefaces embody stories which can enhance your brand.
- Customer Experiences Brand Writing Words matter. So does your style, tone, and flavor.
- Customer Experiences Brand Shapes The overall shape of a logo becomes a recognizable identifier for a brand.
- Customer Experiences Brand Symbols The most successful brands symbolize something beyond a simple, pragmatic offer.
- Customer Experiences Brand Contrast Without contrast, it’s impossible to stand out. It’s true for brands, too.
- Customer Experiences Dimensional Branding Brand identity in physical environments.
- Customer Experiences Brand Color Color choices come into play at every level of brand identity.
- Customer Experiences Brand Imagery Consider the depth of meaning that images might add to a brand identity, and choose wisely.
- Era of Choice Leadership and Change It's a new ballgame for business, but most organizations don't have a new playbook.
- Customer Experiences Nonverbal Branding Backing up your claim with more than words.
- Customer Experiences Digital Strategies for B2B Brands Implementing a strong digital strategy can supplement your sales and marketing teams.
- Brand Meaning The Creator Lever Finding space to co-create meaning.
- Brand Meaning The Context Lever What are you asking customers to buy into?
- Brand Meaning The Content Lever Content that connects with your customer.
- Customer Experiences Breaking NeoCon Rethinking the NeoCon algorithm.
- Customer Experiences Rethinking Product Sampling What do eyeglasses and textiles have in common?
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