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10 Elements of an Outstanding Customer Service Culture

Skip Prichard

As someone who has spent their career going inside organizations that do customer service extremely well – from Nordstrom, USAA, Southwest Airlines, Zappos , L.L. All of these are ways that great customer service cultures are maintained. Further, it ensures that they continue to grow. A common language.

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The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business Review

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”