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Standard Operating Procedures Can Make You More Flexible

Harvard Business Review

Yet at the same time they use these standards as a springboard for creating unique solutions for each customer based on a deep understanding of their needs. (I I call this understanding and tailoring "customer intimacy" ). The result is a powerful combination that fulfills two customer value propositions at the same time.

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What Apple, Lending Club, and AirBnB Know About Collaborating with Customers

Harvard Business Review

Improved customer insight : The increased customer intimacy that comes with co-creation deepens your understanding of your market, enabling you to serve it better. When customers co-create and have a vested interest in its success, they are more willing to share personal data and other assets with it.

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