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Managing With a Conscience

Leading Blog

Frank Sonnenberg makes the case in Managing with a Conscience , that the only sustainable way to succeed is the right way—not cutting corners—emphasizing the intangibles like trust, creativity, focus, speed, flexibility, relationships, loyalty, and employee commitment.

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

Harvard Business Review

Transactors : These customers have no loyalty to your brand. Your success is theirs, whether the rewards are monetary or intangible. Co-creation is less a measure of “customer loyalty” than an indicator of “reciprocal loyalty,” where both parties serve each other. Your customers are waiting.

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It’s Easy to Lose Sight of the Things That You Can’t See

Frank Sonnenberg Online

It’s so easy to lose sight of the things that you can’t see. There is a tendency to believe that if something cannot be quantified, it does not exist.