EP178: Birdie, Squishy, and Sippy!

Learn about the rapidly changing digital landscape, an airline that's trying to make sitting in the middle seat fun, and what makes the Starbucks experience so remarkable. 

Bite-Sized Delight From the Episode:

• In Times of Uncertainty, Listen More - With so many massive changes in the digital environment, approach new platforms and technologies with a great deal of curiosity, but a healthy dose of skepticism. When in doubt, double down on the places your customers already frequent. 

• Turn Your Worst Offering Into Something Exciting - Virgin Australia's creative lottery system offers prizes to those customers willing to endure the dreaded middle seat. 

• Turn the Ordinary Into Extraordinary - Joseph Michelli's experience design classic "The Starbucks Experience" outlines 5 key principles any company can use to make their customer interactions extraordinary. 

Are You Looking for Things We Referenced?

• "Airline Launches Lottery to Entice More Passengers to Sit in the Middle Seat" by Maggie Hiufu Wong at CNN Travel

• Coveo - use "swarming" to deliver the best answer (co-created by your top subject matter experts) to customers in realtime 

• The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary - by Joseph A. Michelli

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Learn more about the Experience This Show and the hosts: 

Joey Coleman - keynote speaker and author of "Never Lose a Customer Again"

Dan Gingiss - keynote speaker and author of "The Experience Maker"