
Prioritizing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Early last year, SMG—along with companies around the world—faced operational challenges brought on by the pandemic and had to quickly adapt to life of remote working. While ironing out the logistics a

Expert spotlight: Chris Bosco | VP, Solution Engineering
Today we sat down with one of the newest members of the SMG team, Chris Bosco, to learn more about the ever-expanding role digital is playing across industries and how brands can optimize their digita

3 experience management tenets executives should adopt this year
While the curveball that was 2020 is behind us, many of us in the experience management (XM) space are still getting our arms around the magnitude of change in our programs as we rapidly adapted to me

Customer Experience Feedback and Text Analytics
Analysis of open-ended feedback is critical in surfacing what customers are saying and why they are saying it. And an efficient text analytics solution is a crucial component to gleaning those insight

How Hand and Stone listened to customers at critical moments and delivered highly satisfying experiences amid COVID-19
As a massage and facial spa, the pandemic created significant operational challenges for Hand and Stone. To help guide its reopening strategy, the brand wanted to take member feedback into account and

Expert Spotlight: Junichi Kato | Managing Director, Japan
Today we hear from Junichi Kato—Managing Director, Japan—and learn why he’s a big advocate of The Service Profit Chain, what it means to deliver the “total experience,” and how SMG is helping brands u

5 tech capabilities experience management programs need to support complex enterprises
While most brands understand the importance of customer + employee feedback and have some sort of experience management (XM) solution in place, many lack the actionable insights necessary to create me

Annual hackathon helps drive SMG’s mission of innovation by inspiring products + technologies that create meaningful change
SMG’s hackathon is an opportunity for our technology team to think big, collaborate in a fun and unique way, and bring innovative ideas to fruition. Today we sat down with Chief Information Office Mar

New product enhancements expand feedback and analytics
More than seven months into the pandemic, day-to-day operations continue to be in flux. That means experience management leaders (now more than ever) require technology that makes it easy to quickly s