For decades, service has been relegated to the end of the customer lifecycle. It was reactive, transitional, transactional, and traditional. A “fix something that’s gone wrong” function, stuck at the ...

Chatbots aren’t cool, and their usefulness is debatable. Here’s how we can do better with AI than a chatbot. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, ...

Too many companies launch new products or services without a process for deeply understanding what their customers truly need. They make assumptions, rely on limited feedback, or develop ideas based ...

Hilton's CEO, Christopher Nassetta, said he's not afraid of customers with problems. He said solving customers' problems makes them more loyal to a brand, rather than perfect service. Hilton has over ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. “The solutions we have today will soon not be enough to provide unparalleled customer satisfaction. Information technology continues ...

We all understand why companies want to offload their customer service to bots and hard-to-find remote “representatives” distributed all over the world: it saves money. The last resort of customer ...

The companies that win won’t be the ones that replace people but the ones that use AI to make their people exceptional.

Your customer service goal should be to never say a blunt “no.” Instead, make every effort to arrive at a “yes” for each customer interaction. In the realm of customer service, a knee-jerk “no” ...

Hilton's CEO said there's one surefire way to build loyalty with a customer. Christopher Nassetta, the executive who has held the hotel chain's reins since 2007, said solving problems for his guests ...