Delivering an Effortless Customer Experience

In early September, I traveled with friends along the Dalmatian coast, enjoying the sunshine and lingering over cappuccinos late into the night. One evening at dinner, I couldn’t help but remark about the wonderful service at the restaurant. While it was the end of the busy tourist season, our waiter was amazingly attentive. He made …

CSL Leads a Conversation on Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Service Innovation and Growth at ISBM Academic Conference

Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) of PennState Smeal College of Business held its biannual academic conference “Advances in Business-to-Business Marketing” in August 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Center for Services Leadership (CSL) was invited to to lead a session on Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Service Innovation and Growth: Promising Research Avenues Grounded in Managerial Practice with …

Innovation – What it is, and is NOT

By Don Smith “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.” Inigo Montoya’s famous line from The Princess Bride instinctively pops into my head (sometimes muttered under my breath) when I read yet another article on the thin, worn topic of “innovation”. In its often misunderstood overuse, …