In this issue, we connect the first contact with the customer, customer value and wabi-sabi.
The most valuable customers often do not look that way at first glance. Just as life, a space or a person do not need to be perfect to be real. Technology can measure, data can guide, artificial intelligence can speed up decisions — but relationships are still created by people.
A customer is not a transaction. Not a number. Not a profile in a system.
They are a guest, a visitor and a person who very quickly feels whether they are welcome — or merely processed.
Real value rarely looks perfect.
But it is recognized by those who know how to look beneath the surface.
Mila Triller
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