ServiceFriday: Customers – They Always Need to be the Center of Attention

– Written by Natalie Both for the Center for Services Leadership In a competitive market, there are many different barriers companies may face. What has been found to be the most problematic however, is changing customer demands. The age of mass production has passed, and now more than ever, consumers expect “personalized, immediate service at affordable …

The 6 Factors that Influence Product Development Success + The Importance of Being Agile

By Riccardo de Marchi Trevisan At the recent Frontiers in Service conference in San Jose, CA, I had the pleasure of introducing a presentation from 3Pillar Global, Rockbridge Associates and the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business that was up for the Best Practitioner award. The …