Some brands have a nasty habit of considering customer service as only a necessary evil. For such brands, it is a headache and cost center that is better outsourced whenever possible. Instead of shutting up and going away, in this internet-enabled world, customer...
Minter Dialogue Episode #177 This interview is with Nick Wheeler, founder, owner and Chairman of Charles Tyrwhitt (pronounced Tirrit), the privately held men’s fashion brand, based in London. The story of Charles Tyrwhitt is loaded with great lessons learned...
In 2010, I wrote for the first time about what it means when Branding Gets Personal. Some companies and cultures prefer to keep what is personal at home and to keep everything at all professional and all business. Evermore, however, I believe that brands need to find...
Having accompanied a number of senior executives in setting and driving the digital transformation agenda, it strikes me that many people continue to take it from the wrong point of view. Just like BIG DATA is anything and nothing, can be powerful or ineffective, can...
Minter Dialogue Episode #160 This interview is with Adrian Swinscoe, a consultant, speaker and author of Rare Business, which also happens to be the name of the consultancy he runs. Adrian has a long track record working with small and big companies on...