There are two kinds of CEOs. Those who only aim to deliver numbers and others who swear that ìCustomer Experience is brandingî

Let us see what do customers experience. Read on..

Link to the article on - The Three 'Ds' of Customer Experience: Marketing: HBS Working Knowledge

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A recent Bain & Company survey reveals just how commonly companies misread the market. We surveyed 362 firms and found that 80 percent believed they delivered a ìsuperior experienceî to their customers. But when we asked customers about their own perceptions, we found that they rated only 8 percent of companies as truly delivering a superior experience. Clearly, it is easy for leading companies to assume they're keeping customers happy; itís quite another thing to achieve that kind of customer devotion.

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Are you surprised? Arenít we ourselves customers buying things or services? How often we get a feeling that we are really buying?

We know the ground reality.

We should also know by now that it takes much much more than marketing people and wild creativity to create and sustain customer experience. We should know that it takes leadership, strategy and supporting business processes that enable talented employees.

And that is quite some hard work. It takes months.. years. It involves business transformation.

Original Post: http://purple-stream.com/blog/?p=19

Dwell time, or experience information on the run. Giant digital touchscreen technolgy taking off at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Revolutionary for out-of-home advertising and also for inter-office collaboration.

For more info - link here, to Accenture media release

Check out this Experience Design process approach produced by David Armano. Link here

link to PDF of NY Times article

The New York Times Sunday Business reports on IDEO's approach to spacial and enviromental design and the 'Smart Space' group. They take on projects ranging from hotels, office space to redevelopment of urban space and take an innovative approach.

They start with a 'deep dive'; a process involving Smart Space designers, anthroplogists and researchers to build understanding of what users really think and what really underlies their motivations and actions.

They design for activity as much as for space. This is the really valuable angle that IDEO are bringing. There processes are drawing out insights to create informed strategy and concepts that can be prototyped and tested. They can then take the most appropriate design direction for the projects and work with architects and designers to get it implemented.

It's a good process and current reports indicate the results speak for themselves - see the article.

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