Customer Experience University: Winning Loyalty & Engagement.
A weekly brief on customer experience, employee engagement, and service excellence.
Joseph has been publishing it since 2008 — 600+ episodes and counting.
Eight recent episodes.
Short, sharp, relevant.
- 01May 192 min
The Biological Edge
Chronic exhaustion is a liability, not a badge of honor. How regulated leaders use data to identify stress patterns and protect the integrity of their most important decisions.
- 02May 142 min
The Experience Gap Myth
We're entering a period of capability meritocracy, where the ability to execute in real-time is the most valuable credential a leader can possess.
- 03May 72 min
The Hidden Cost of Friction
Customer effort is the strongest predictor of brand loyalty, but we often look for friction in the wrong places. The most successful leaders in 2026 focus on removing friction for their employees first.
- 04Apr 302 min
The Architecture of Care
Great service used to mean being fast when a customer reached out; today, it means solving the problem before the customer even knows it exists. The delicate line between thoughtful and intrusive.
- 05Apr 232 min
The Privacy Paradox
When brands know too much but seem to care too little, a Trust Gap emerges. Why reliability and predictability are the modern equivalents of looking a customer in the eye.
- 06Apr 162 min
The End of the Bot Era
AI isn't here to replace human judgment. We're moving from the Bot Era of passive conversation to an Agentic Era of autonomous action — and humans still bring what machines can't.
- 07Apr 92 min
The Millisecond Brand
In a technology-aided world, the buyer's journey has compressed into a single moment. How to design for the Buyer's Blink by projecting warmth and competence in the first few milliseconds.
- 08Apr 21 min
Your CX Differentiator in 2026: Precision AND Warmth
Customers remain loyal to brands that combine precision with warmth. Precision without warmth feels cold; warmth without precision feels inconsistent. The differentiator is blending both.
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