Managing the Customer Experience

Managing the Customer Experience

Alexander Chernev

Episodes 46
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Dormant
Since Oct 2025
Latest Episode Oct 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Hourly
Format
Serial
Hosting
feeds.captivate.fm

About This Podcast

This podcast is based on The Customer Science Handbook by Alexander Chernev, professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Drawing on decades of research in psychology, behavioral economics, and marketing, it examines the forces that shape customer behavior and offers a systematic approach to creating customer value. Across the different aspects of the customer experience—from triggering a dormant customer need and engaging customers with the company’s offerings to designing impactful consumption experiences and building enduring customer loyalty—this podcast will help you create transformative customer experiences.

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Recent Episodes

Interpreting the Research Findings and Solving the Business Problem

Oct 01, 2025 17m

After collecting and analyzing data, the real challenge lies in interpreting results accurately and linking them to business decisions. This episode explores common validity threats, decision errors,…

Conducting Descriptive Research

Oct 01, 2025 17m

Descriptive research allows companies to analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data to understand market conditions, customer segments, and behavioral trends. This episode discusses…

Crafting Experiments to Establish Causality

Oct 01, 2025 16m

This episode focuses on how experimentation is used to determine cause-and-effect relationships between marketing actions and customer responses. It explains the principles of controlled experiments,…

Designing Exploratory Studies

Oct 01, 2025 18m

Exploratory research helps managers uncover insights into customer needs and behaviors when little is known about the problem space. This episode explains how techniques like focus groups,…

Defining the Business Problem and Formulating the Research Question

Oct 01, 2025 18m

Framing the right business problem is a critical first step in any successful research effort. This episode discusses how to translate vague business challenges into clear, researchable questions…

Market Research as a Source of Customer Insights

Oct 01, 2025 17m

This episode explores the role of market research in uncovering customer insights that drive strategic business decisions. It highlights how understanding customer motivations, preferences, and…

Managing Customers to Build Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 20m

In this episode, the focus is on managing customer experiences to build loyalty through service quality and recovery. Using the service-gap model, it outlines how to identify and close discrepancies…

Behavioral Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 21m

This episode dives into behavioral loyalty, which stems from habit rather than conscious decision-making. It describes how routine purchasing behavior is formed, reinforced, and maintained, and why…

Identity Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 21m

This episode examines identity loyalty, where customers form connections with brands that reflect or enhance their self-concept. It explains how people use products to express who they are or aspire…

Emotional Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 16m

Focusing on emotional loyalty, this episode explains how customers’ feelings—especially enjoyment and emotional reinforcement—can drive lasting brand connections. It showcases the success of…

Functional Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 26m

This episode explores functional loyalty, which is driven by customers’ satisfaction with the tangible benefits of a company’s offering. It highlights the role of performance consistency,…

Understanding Customer Loyalty

Oct 01, 2025 22m

This episode introduces the concept of customer loyalty as a multidimensional phenomenon that includes both behavioral patterns and emotional commitment. It outlines four key types of…

Creating Memories

Oct 01, 2025 26m

Memories of experiences—not just the experiences themselves—play a critical role in shaping future customer decisions. This episode introduces the “peak–end rule,” emphasizing how the most intense…

Fostering Emotional Engagement

Oct 01, 2025 22m

This episode focuses on how emotional involvement enhances the customer experience and increases satisfaction, loyalty, and brand resonance. It explores the psychological mechanisms behind emotional…

Overcoming Habituation

Oct 01, 2025 18m

Over time, even the most exciting offerings can become routine, leading to decreased enjoyment through a process called habituation. This episode explains the psychological roots of habituation and…

Managing Consumption

Oct 01, 2025 19m

Consumption experiences don’t just happen—they can be designed, managed, and enhanced. This episode explores how structuring consumption, such as pacing and sequencing experiences, can boost customer…

Consumption as an Experience

Oct 01, 2025 19m

This episode examines the nature of consumption beyond functionality, highlighting how people engage with products and services as immersive experiences. It explores the emotional, cognitive, and…

Implementational Barriers to Action

Oct 01, 2025 26m

Implementational barriers arise when customers struggle to turn their decisions into action due to unclear steps or high perceived effort. The episode covers two key obstacles—implementation…

Emotional Barriers to Action

Oct 01, 2025 20m

This episode focuses on anticipated regret as a powerful emotional barrier that hinders customers from acting on their choices. It explains how forward-looking emotions and counterfactual thinking…

Cognitive Barriers to Action

Oct 01, 2025 32m

Cognitive barriers such as performance, preference, and choice uncertainty can undermine customers’ confidence and prevent purchases. The episode outlines how difficulty in assessing benefits,…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Managing the Customer Experience have?

Managing the Customer Experience has published 46 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Business, Courses.

Is Managing the Customer Experience still active?

Managing the Customer Experience is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 21m.

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