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What Southwest Airlines Could Have Done Better

Blake Morgan

If a company wants to be customer-centric and operate in the experience economy, they have to succeed in two areas; psychological and technological. If a company has the right culture, then investing in the technology that empowers employees is a no brainer. Most airlines recovered after two days.

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What Southwest Airlines Could Have Done Better This Christmas

Blake Morgan

                 . If a company wants to be customer-centric and operate in the experience economy, they have to succeed in two areas; psychological and technological. If a company has the right culture, then investing in the technology that empowers employees is a no brainer.

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3 Examples of Change for the Better in Airlines

Beyond Philosophy

There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. We can all learn a little about Customer centricity when we look at these examples from three major carriers in the US. Frontier Airlines Pilot Feeds His Passengers While Stranded on Runway.

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The Five Rules for Affecting Real Culture Change

Beyond Philosophy

I started to talk about how people within his organization needed to understand customer emotions and focus on customer-centricity. However, if these former brands had a more customer-centric culture, they would probably be here today because they realized that the market is moving on and appropriately adjusted.

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Employees are NOT your Customers

Zeisler Consulting

Okay… now, feel free to refer to that as you read on, because I’m not trying to say that engagement isn’t fundamental; in fact, it’s a bedrock necessity if you’re going to provide a good Customer experience that you first ensure you are providing a good employee experience. For example, while I’m sure Zappos!

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Defining Your People-Centric Culture

CX Journey

While customer experience strategies and transformations must include a priority focus on the employee experience, they often don’t. Many companies believe they can improve the customer experience without improving the employee experience. Happy employees lead to happy customers.

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#CX Club – Round 5 – CX Principles (3) – CX is a gap, You only control part, EX, Ownership & Profit

Ian Williams

They book a flight, a hire car, insurance, ground transport, entertainment – the airline is only responsible for part of the experience, but should be considering the customer’s overall experience and understanding how they can improve or influence it.