This is a guest post Quantum mechanics poses an interesting problem. Measuring a system tells us it’s current state, but the act of measurement also changes it. This isn’t just a problem for scientists This problem was going through my mind as I collected my Ford family wagon from it’s trip to my local dealership. It […]
The Problem with NPS (Or do I Look Fat in This?)
I am 45. They say that when middle-age is upon us our broad minds and narrow waists swap sizes. It is happening to me, (certainly around my waist, and as I no longer enjoy finding strangers in my kitchen first thing in the morning, probably my mind as well). I need to lose some weight […]
Making Life Difficult
In 2010 the H.B.R. published the article Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers. The big idea was that focusing on reducing “customer effort” is a far better way to improve customer loyalty than worrying about customer satisfaction “C.S.A.T.” or net promoter score “N.P.S.”. Now this was heresy and it provoked a mass of intellectual debate […]