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Prepare Your Workforce for the Automation Age

Harvard Business Review

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. So early preparation is needed.

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Before You Link Pay to Customer Feedback: Five Essentials

Harvard Business Review

TIAA-CREF, the big financial services company, includes customer loyalty score improvement in senior executive compensation. In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. More and more companies are tying incentive pay to customer metrics.

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Blockchain Will Transform Customer Loyalty Programs

Harvard Business Review

Loyalty programs have proliferated across travel, retail, financial services, and other economic sectors. household participates in 29 different loyalty programs, according to the 2015 Colloquy Loyalty Census. Loyalty programs are ripe for some kind of disruptive innovation that would make them easier to use.

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