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A Better Way to Handle Publicly Tweeted Complaints

Harvard Business Review

But I also know perverse incentives and unintended consequences when I see them. Brand managers and customer care leaders beware. Consider the most obvious, and pernicious, perverse incentive: publicly tweeted complaints get faster/better reaction than calls or emails to the corporate customer contact centers.

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

Toyota wasn't just looking for superior quality and just-in-time inventory management from suppliers, they were vested in helping suppliers become more innovative and creative. Organizations don't — and shouldn't — accomplish that by dangling financial incentives and lures.