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Imperative 6: Accept that Apparently Irrelevant Aspects of Your Customer Experience Are Sometimes the Most Important Aspects

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Shaw, C., Hamilton, R. (2016). Imperative 6: Accept that Apparently Irrelevant Aspects of Your Customer Experience Are Sometimes the Most Important Aspects. In: The Intuitive Customer. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53430-9_8

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