by Sam Klaidman | Apr 30, 2018 | Growth
It is the end of April and we are 1/3 of the way through calendar 2018. By now your CFO is relatively certain of two things: Will the business finish out the year by achieving the annual budget? Will the service business finish out the year by achieving the annual...
by Sam Klaidman | Mar 20, 2018 | Growth
Background A few years ago, I wrote a post about innovation at GE Healthcare. I wrote about how a design engineer was on site when a new MRI system was being installed in a pediatric area of a hospital. The engineer saw how scared the very young patients felt about...
by Sam Klaidman | Mar 5, 2018 | Customer Loyalty
Introduction This article describes why and how to implement the peak-end rule to improve the ROI of your customer experience (CX) efforts. Recently, four separate events happened to me, with the result being what I believe is new thinking about how to make a CX...
by Sam Klaidman | Nov 1, 2017 | Customer Value Creation
Note: If you are like me and believe that creating customer value should be the primary focus of a business then jump straight to this post. However, if you believe that focusing primarily on creating shareholder value is the best strategy then read “The Quest For...
by Sam Klaidman | Dec 14, 2015 | Customer Loyalty
Introduction We all collect lots of data. We all have financial and operational data; many also conduct satisfaction and loyalty surveys. We tend to look at each data set as a separate entry or as part of a close set like satisfaction and loyalty. Interesting, but the...