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Artificial Persuasion: The Invisible Brand

Leading Blog

A survey of 4500 people in 2017 by Forrester Research found that some 36 percent of adults say they actually prefer using digital customer service—including bots—over interacting with a human.”. Through psychotechnology these brands operate invisibly, but collectively they are reshaping the market and the role of marketing.”.

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10 Tips For Successfully Opening And Managing Your Retail Store

Strategy Driven

That’s why it’s important to develop a hiring strategy and also train workers after recruiting them. Retail managers can incorporate technology into business operations to streamline sales and provide buyers with a better user experience. But this doesn’t mean you should recruit anyone wanting to work at your store.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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The Rise of the Chief Customer Officer

Harvard Business Review

About one quarter of these CCOs formerly held operations positions. Our operations departments were focused on our products and services, our finance teams on collecting payments, and our sales and business development teams on meeting short-term revenue goals. They have power and influence resources.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. Kerry Bodine is a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research where she serves Customer Experience professionals.

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business Review

According to Forrester’s Global Business Technographics Workforce Recontact Survey 2017 , just 30% of global information workers at healthcare providers indicated they’ve received training on how to protect workplace data, and only 38% are even aware of their company’s security policies. What behaviors are we hoping for?