Category Archives for Relationships

The Customer Survey Thing That’s Telling Us Something’s Wrong

Written by Mike Shapiro | July 10, 2015

While waiting for a flight, I struck up a conversation with another traveler.  He said he was an executive with a well-known chain of retail department stores.   News about major problems for that chain had been featured in the press recently, and I couldn’t resist the temptation to ask him how it was going, […]

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Taylor Swift Power Letter Highlights A Must-Do Practice For Every Business

Written by Mike Shapiro | June 25, 2015

By now, most everyone’s heard about the Apple goof and re-boot — where they were ready to fire up their new Apple Music service without paying artists during the free-trial period.  Taylor Swift wrote an open letter to Apple, and they quickly reversed their position.  It’s noteworthy that words like “Apple caves” have been used […]

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