Project Distinct Podcast

If you want to improve your delivery of customer service — and who doesn’t? — it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. On today’s PROJECT DISTINCT, Scott McKain will reveal three strategies that many organizations can launch today,..two of which any business of any size could start on immediately.

Currently in Denver with his colleagues and pals, today’s PROJECT DISTINCT has Scott McKain sharing the importance of personal connections and friendships to help us be more creative and productive. AND, it has the critical component of also making life more worthwhile, too!

According to Scott McKain, it’s important that we know our competition — but, it’s critical that we don’t focus on them. Instead, we need to create a winning game plan that plays to the natural strengths of our organization and our people. That’s the topic of today’s PROJECT DISTINCT.

Every sports fan knows the cliche: “Defense wins championships!” Since we also hear so many analogies relating sports to business…should we lead, sell, and serve from a defensive posture? That’s the issue that Scott McKain will…tackle…on today’s PROJECT DISTINCT!

Have you ever had a team member that you weren’t expecting to leave…quit? Have you ever left a position and your boss was surprised you were looking elsewhere? It begs the question: why do good people leave when you anticipate they’re happy with you and your organization?  Today’s PROJECT DISTINCT will look at why leaders are sometimes caught unaware — and, from a post by Mike Myatt on Forbes.com — reveal a few failures that many of us are guilty of committing.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics in all areas of business. Yet, as Scott McKain points out on this episode of PROJECT DISTINCT, we’d be naive to assume that AI is only going to be in the hands of organizations and not accessible to our customers, as well. Given that, how will AI change the way in which your team delivers the customer experience? And, what can we do to prepare? You’ll learn three important steps on this edition of the podcast!

None of us have 100% customer retention, despite our best efforts. So, today’s PROJECT DISTINCT asks, WHY do customers leave? Scott McKain reveals some shocking statistics that could change your perspective on customer erosion — so you can fix the problem and retain more customers!

Today’s episode of PROJECT DISTINCT is a message from Scott McKain that reflects on Memorial Day being observed today in the United States — and what it means to changing times and our growth.

Scott McKain’s great friend, Skip Prichard (http://SkipPrichard.com) recently interviewed the author of a new book who claims, "most workplaces are unfit for human life.” On today’s PROJECT DISTINCT, we’ll take a look at why that’s the case, why it’s critical for you and your organization to fix, and how to accomplish this critical task.

Back in the 1960’s, Dr. Lawrence Peter released a book, “The Peter Principle,” that was intended as satire. Instead, it revealed a truth about how we manage our organizations and promote our people. Now, recent research has revealed not only the truth, but also the impact of this challenge that we face as we promote — and as we are promoted — in our businesses. On today’s PROJECT DISTINCT, Scott McKain will discuss the phenomenon and show us what to do about it.

Link to Forbes article that Scott discusses: https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2018/04/10/new-evidence-the-peter-principle-is-real-and-what-to-do-about-it/#545f91ed1809