Tag: IoT

We’ve Poisoned the Self-Service Well
Self-service technologies like interactive voice response (IVR) and chatbot systems have a bad reputation. Many customers view them as roadblocks in their journeys, pain points to be eliminated. The technology was well intended, but as Peter Drucker said, “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Have poor implementations contaminated the water? It’s true, the water has been ...

I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid
Was—I was a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid. Because Toys ‘R’ Us kids did in fact grow up but apparently not enough of them grew up to be Toys ‘R’ Us adults. Now Toys ‘R’ Us is doneso. I had another blog post started about customer privacy and personalized consumer experiences but the recent news of ...