Clark Quinn

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From platitudes to pragmatics

Clark Quinn

If we hear “too many errors in manufacturing” or “customer service ratings aren’t high enough”, that’s quantifiable, and we have a target. There are other situations, however. We might not get metrics, so then we might have to infer them from the performance outcomes.

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Content isn’t a silo

Clark Quinn

As I mentioned in that last post, we can only look at the impact of L&D on performance if we can start working with data from the business units, but data from customer service influences marketing, and so on. Units that reach customers, for instance, include customer service, customer education, sales & marketing, and more.

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Endorsements, rigor, & scrutability

Clark Quinn

And I’d want to know about customer service. What’s the customer experience? What platform and what approach to development is being used? How is quality maintained? Maintainability? Reliability? I’d want to talk to the appropriate person. What’s the commitment?

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A message to CxOs about L&D myths

Clark Quinn

If they’re not reporting on measurable changes in the improvement of business metrics, like sales, customer service, operations,e tc, they’re not demonstrating their worth. We produce the courses our customers need. is the same or better than the industry average, so we’re doing good. Can they justify that?

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Employee Experience

Clark Quinn

Richard Branson, the successful entrepreneur behind the Virgin brand, argues that the only real way to deliver great customer service is to have really happy employees. Happy employees is a necessary step to happy customers. This is the goal of a true performance ecosystem and an aligned culture.

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Expedia Service - Horrible - Don't Use Them

Clark Quinn

I needed to make a change to one of the legs and there's no way to do that online, so I called Expedia customer service. What I didn't realize is that the customer disservice representative also change the other flights in my itinerary.

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Think like a publisher

Clark Quinn

We’re already seeing the ability to create custom recommendations (e.g. Amazon, Netflix), and companies are already creating custom portals (e.g. The ability to begin to customize content delivery will be important for customer service, performance support, and slow learning.