Do you follow-up on the High-Score Customer Survey? Not yet? You have to!Surprisingly, but most companies lack a procedure for engaging with promoters, those who provide scores of 9 or 10 on surveys. The logic…Oct 14, 2023Oct 14, 2023
Exhale in Japanese“You can’t apologise for poor service to a customer insincerely.”Aug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023
Never hesitate to make your customer’s life worseI believe that the total number should be 69% because customers die as a result of poor service.Aug 4, 2023Aug 4, 2023
“Wine and children speak the truth.” Greek Proverb“What if we were ancient Greeks!”, my five-year-old daughter exclaimed many years ago as we read the last page of “The Myths of Ancient…Jul 26, 20231Jul 26, 20231
Tell me how you feel about your job…“I have more stars here than in the Milky Way. I’ll have to redo it again.”Jul 23, 2023Jul 23, 2023
May Friday be with you?I grew up in a culture that valued well-deserved downtime. That was nothing out of the ordinary. The issue was that you never knew whether…Jul 3, 2023Jul 3, 2023
Please hold the line, Your call is very important to us!My daughter is a media music composer. She is actively seeking new industries where she can apply her skills. Computer games, shows…Jun 6, 2023Jun 6, 2023
Will we be fired if we teach the AI our jobs and knowledge?This phrase was repeated to me last week by one of my coworkers. So it has been every quarter for the last five years.May 31, 2023May 31, 2023
CQ or Not CQ?My entire life, I’ve struggled with my national self-identification. Born in a country that neither of my parents considered a homeland, I…Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
Keep Your Transparent Umbrella Open“May is a difficult month.” My friend has been with an American company for ten years. The fiscal year comes to an end in July. The company…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Do You Care About Your Digital Footprint?Technological concepts excite me. The more difficult the problem to solve, the more interesting it becomes. Simplicity is the destiny of…Apr 9, 2023Apr 9, 2023
Ten Sins That Are ForgivableMy name should be the second on Gartner’s list of automation sinners. I hesitated, why not the first, but my friend deserved it more than I…Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Work hard, and your colleagues will hate you“And guess what? They ratted on me that I was playing unfairly. All because I regularly stayed after work and worked longer hours…Mar 18, 2023Mar 18, 2023
You will die today, and I will die tomorrow“I simply told him that the team had voted and that he had to leave. We first considered using a scientific and objective approach, such as…Mar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023
You Still Speak Only English?We were sitting at a dinner in a restaurant in Brussels when our new British boss asked as an ice-breaking — well, how many languages do…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
Would you buy the product that you support?“Don’t buy it again in the future. This company saves money on your troubles.” I can’t believe what I heard from the service technician of…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Here is what you need to do to ruin relations with your colleaguesWage talks are a textbook example of cultural differences. In France, I can’t imagine anyone discussing salary conditions with their…Feb 15, 2023Feb 15, 2023
Communist Manifesto vs MicrosoftMy dad was a member of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. I could not believe how the Communist ideals in his head coexisted with the…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023