After starting his career on a market stall in Essex, John Sills has spent the last twenty-five years working to make the world a better place for customers.
John is the Managing Partner at the customer-led growth company The Foundation, and his writing has also been featured in publications such as The Guardian and Management Today. He joins the show to discuss his thought-provoking and timely new book The Human Experience: How to make life better for your customers and create a more successful organization.
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Show Notes:
- John’s time working on an Essex market stall
- Human vs functional customer experience
- What’s blocking the human experience?
- Why do leaders stay away from the frontline?
- Escaping Vogonization
- Does the human experience scale?
- The benefits of starting from first principles
- Why companies should empower their staff
- The link between curiosity, creativity & customer experience
- Why aren’t companies changing & why aren’t more startups disrupting?
- Are frictionless customer experiences desirable?
- The myth of customer loyalty
- Tech upgrades & immersion
- MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- The Human Experience: How to make life better for your customers and create a more successful organization; by John Sills
- The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom
- The Customer Copernicus: How to be Customer-Led; by Charlie Dawson
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams