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Game-Changer’s Top 80 innovation articles of 2012

Here’s a look back, in no particular order, at the top 80 articles I wrote about innovation:

Surprise and Delight: Two words that enable a memorable customer experience

Technology is an enabler. What is its hidden power when it comes to crafting a memorable customer experience? Today more than ever, because of the rise of mass communication and customization, having a unique customer experience is a differentiator. Here’s how! I recently purchased a new laptop directly from HP. Today, the process of buying [...]

What is customer experience in layman’s terms?

I believe that business leaders should treat customer experience is an imperative. Yet, there are still some parts of the business world where “customer experience” is a new word. With that said, I jumped on a chat with Kerry Bodine, co-author of Outside-In. A new book about why organizations should focus on customer experience, and [...]

3 common innovation mistakes—and how the intersection of customer experience and performance chains can better set you up to win

The hot topic these days is innovation, whether I’m in conversation with relative newcomers or long-tenured companies trying to reinvent themselves. Everything is moving so quickly in markets and inside businesses today. This forces the obvious question of ‘How best to get and stay ahead?’ Innovation invariably becomes the answer – but what kind? How [...]

Customer service sucks in Mexico

I’m currently in Mexico meeting with executives from a few large companies, including the nations largest telecommunications company, to talk about social media technologies and what this means for them. Let me say this, it’s incredible how separated from the current reality these companies are. While some companies in the U.S. are already taking advantage [...]

Competitive advantage in social media: Carpe Diem Stupid!

Yesterday one of the surge protectors in my house, the Back-UPS 500 from APC, finally gave up on me after 6 years. Since I’m using another surge protector from Belkin to protect other electronic devices already, I ran over to Office Depot to buy replacement for the APC. I ended up buying a Belkin. As [...]

Empathy drives experience innovation

Innovating an experience improves or reinvents the customer experience in the purchase or usage of a product or service.