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Customer Intimacy vs. Customer Satisfaction

CO2

These paths are clearly and effectively outlined by Fred Wiersema and Michael Treacy in The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market : 1) Operational Excellence – Lowest Cost. 3) Customer Intimacy – Best Overall Solution. 3) Commit, commit, commit!

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IBM at 100: How to Outlast Depression, War, and Competition

Harvard Business Review

Faster, cheaper and more nimble competitors had eaten away at Big Blue's market leadership. Newly appointed CEO Lou Gerstner logged thousands of hours visiting customers, industry experts and analysts. Stay committed to your core values, no matter what. Shaping IBM's values and forward-facing vision, Thomas Watson, Sr.