In this recent REwired blog post, Jason Frazier calls for the mortgage lending industry to focus on customer experience. Frazier suggests lenders adopt Brian Solis’ concept of Experience Architecture, a holistic approach to customer experience.
SugarCRM Blog: A Recap of the CRM Evolution 2018 Conference
This recent blog post from SugarCRM Blog recaps CRM Evolution 2018, a conference for the customer relationship industry which took place April 9–11. Among the highlights: Brian Solis’ keynote presentation, “Designing Customer Experiences that Matter to a New Generation of Accidental Narcissists.”
CNET: Brian Solis Weighs in on Congressional Scrutiny of Tech Giants
In this recent CNET article on congressional scrutiny into Facebook and other tech giants, Brian Solis weighs in on the coming reckoning for Google. Solis tells CNET, “It’s overdue. Google knows more about you than Facebook ever will.”
Experience Innovation – Designing for the X Factor in Customer Experience
Coming up in Silicon Valley during the 90s and early 2000s was special for a geek like me. I moved to Northern California from LA in 1996. Tech and startups were at the time fledgling in Los Angeles but still exciting. I would later return to help catalyze the startup ecosystem. My goal at the time was to plug into the startup garage capital of the world. By then, there were already storied landmarks that one would have to visit….
The Rise of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Evangelists
Have you noticed the shift in focus of the evolving digital expert? We have… The Gapingvoid team and I have collaborated on many projects over the last decade. Our work has focused on prodding executives and entrepreneurs to think differently in their approaches to digital Darwinism and disruption. Whether we’re speaking to startups about the next big thing, attempting to humanize corporate culture and innovation or exploring ways to engage audiences in more meaningful ways, art and story carry our…
The Marketing Insider: Brian Solis on Creating Peak Customer Experiences for Your Brand
This recent article from The Marketing Insider outlines three key things shared by companies who excel in customer experience: A connected culture, data driven, and starting with a human connection. On the subject of human connection, Brian Solis weighs in on the importance of customer experience in defining a brand.
VendingMarketWatch: Highlights from NAMA Show 2018
This recent article from VendingMarketWatch recaps key takeaways from NAMA Show 2018, a yearly event for the convenience services industry. Among the highlights of the event was a keynote address by Brian Solis, who spoke on the subject of disruption.
In Pursuit of Relevance
Welcome to irrelevance. Population: most of management by @gapingvoid and @briansolis What does it mean to be relevant today? We live and work in an era of digital Darwinism, where technology and society are evolving away from yesterday’s norms, mindsets, values, and behaviors. Most companies want to be customer and employee centric. Most executives believe that their work matters to employees and customers. But the reality is that customers and employees are changing as times, trends and tastes evolve. They’re…
Customer Experience For The Win #FTW
I had the opportunity to keynote UNITE by Satmetrix recently on the topic of experience design for modern customers. Leading up to the event, I joined the team on a podcast to discuss the topic in-depth. I share it with you here in the hopes that it will help you. Capture the heart, mind and spirt of the new CX…the customer’s experience Ask 10 different executives what CX means and how to improve it, you’ll get at least 15 different…
For Decades, Technology Scaled Businesses Away from People; It’s Time To Bring Customers Closer
For decades, businesses used technology to distance themselves from customers. Systems and processes helped companes automate, grow and scale transactions and service. Moving forward, we have to explore technology and service innovation to deliver against the experiences customers value versus building updated solutions on top of existing paradigms. Innovation is all the work you do to conform to expectations and aspirations of people as they evolve instead of making them conform to your legacy perspectives, assumptions, processes and metrics of…
