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What Chief Customer Officers can learn from YCombinator’s approach to disruption

Thematic

What do Chief Customer Officers have in common with YCombinator? Last week, I attended the Chief Customer Officers & Influencers conference in Atlanta. You’d say, “wow, it’s better than a hotel.” So how can leaders in established customers achieve the same level of insight?

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Chief Customer Officer Role in the Hospitality Industry, with Mark Weinstein – CB23

Customer Bliss

Mark leads Hilton’s customer strategy as SVP and global head of loyalty & partnerships. He is responsible for inspiring customers across the world to explore, experience and fall in love with Hilton’s hotels and brands. Drive other leaders to experience the brand: Be a customer. Go to the hotels.

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Must Read: 5 Books with Tips and Techniques to Improve Your Customer Experience and Service

Customer Bliss

The authors of the following books have also been guests on my podcast, The Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show. Horst Schulze , Founder, Chairman & CEO of the Capella Hotel Group, and Co-founder & Former COO of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. My book, Chief Customer Officer 2.0

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Own the Moment with Experience Reliability

Customer Bliss

The role of the Chief Customer Officer is to drive executive and organizational appetite for wanting to know about interruptions in customers’ lives and opportunities for differentiation. Simplify how key customer intersection points are delivered. Think of reliability as the foundation. ” drives them.

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Book Review – On Purpose – Delivering a branded customer experience people love

ijgolding

It is therefore of great value to me and all other Customer Experience Professionals that we are able to continually learn from each other – those who have been plying their trade for many years, as well as those who have only been in the thick of it more recently. MD Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants. Patrick Dempsey OBE.

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To Get Loyal Customers, Start with Loyal Employees

Beyond Philosophy

Hotel giant Hilton recently dropped the H from its rewards program , replacing the linguistically puzzling Hilton HHonors with an easier to pronounce version, Hilton Honors. The new rewards program will be the first in the industry to allow members to combine points and money for a hotel visit. The change is more than cosmetic.

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Investing in Innovation: Inside the Mind of the Man Behind Salesforce Service Cloud

Talkdesk

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. Our customers have new titles: They’re not just VPs of Service who manage the operations of call centers. What do you hear from customers about proactive service? Absolutely.