
01 / Creating Value
Costco
Costco: The price of membership
When does charging more help create more value?
A pricing decision about trust, renewal and the economics of a long-term customer relationship.
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01 / Creating Value
Costco
When does charging more help create more value?
A pricing decision about trust, renewal and the economics of a long-term customer relationship.

02 / Collaboration
Toyota & Aisin
Can partners rebuild capacity before the inventory runs out?
An operational crisis about shared knowledge, reciprocal commitments and the limits of trust.

03 / Aligning Interests
Wells Fargo
How do you make genuine customer value the condition for growth?
A governance decision about consent, incentives, escalation and rebuilding trust.
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Tying the case to the PB manifesto.
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Three objectives.
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A question to take back to your organization.
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