Thursday, August 13, 2015

My customer experience has been rebuilt


 
My customer experience will never be the same again. The guest journey brought such awareness to what my experience encompasses. I didn’t realize how my journey truly began before arrival at my destination and after my departure. The exploration of the mobile applications and websites shaped my visit before I even arrived. My expectation of the museum and the memorial was established before I even set foot onto the property.

Being a mystery shopper and constructing the service map with the blueprint has heightened my awareness of the customer experience. The service mapping of the current system allowed me to really pinpoint weaknesses in various settings. The memorial and museum are not the same entity, but still have similar pain points and areas of innovation. These are points that can be passed onto various businesses outside the tourism industry. Businesses should regularly have their employees document their system and showcase it to all in the organization. The awareness of the impact each employee has on his or her customer would be an enlightening experience for the employee. Imagine if organizations utilized these tools from the ground up, customer service would stop being such a nasty four-letter word. 

 J. Padmore

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