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A 3-Part Process for Living Into Wholeness

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  • A blueprint for living into wholeness consists of a 3-part pattern: Call to Wholeness, Path of Purification, and Return to Wholeness.

A hidden thread of wholeness connects all things in creation. In this wholeness-in-motion, even apparent opposites—like yin and yang, feminine and masculine—are complementary, interrelated halves of the same whole, balancing, integrating, uniting, and transcending their apparent duality.

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But since we are born into this realm of duality, Carl Jung identified a process of “individuation,” or merging of opposites, that is needed to lead us back to this state of completeness, balance, harmony, and unity that define the quality of wholeness.

A Universal Pattern

Jung was not alone in recognizing this need to remember, reclaim, and live into the wholeness we are born with. This is universally seen as a three-part process leading to and through a timeless pattern of transformation.

In mysticism, Evelyn Underhill identified the “mystic way” as consisting of awakening , purification, and union . In ritual, Arnold van Gennep called the same process separation, transition, and incorporation . In mythology, Joseph Campbell brought the world’s myths together in the “monomyth” following the pattern of departure, initiation, and return . For Jung, the Individuation process consists of the three phases of birth of the ego, death of the ego, and birth of the whole self .

The ways of knowing with this pattern of transformation at their center also include the basic structure of the story, which is not just a beginning, middle, and end, but on a deeper level beginning, muddle, and resolution . The muddle being the conflict, or challenge, that brings about the transformation needed for the resolution.

When we merge all these versions of the same pattern into one, we come up with a blueprint for living into wholeness consisting of 3 parts: Call to Wholeness, Path of Purification, and Return to Wholeness , as described in detail, with writing exercises and worksheets in my book, A New Story of Wholeness . When these three parts, made up of three main archetypes and many motifs, or smaller universal elements within each phase, are recognized as one continuous series of experiences in our lives, we’ve completed a transformational experience that is designed to guide us toward living into wholeness. Here is that blueprint and how we identify it in our own lives.

Call to Wholeness

Waking up to something beyond what we’ve known, we embark on a journey to a higher consciousness, as our destiny unfolds toward our innate potential . In unknown realms, we find we are being guided, protected, and assisted on our way. As new challenges appear, impending difficulties recede and fade as we proceed.

Following a need to withdraw, retreat, turn inward, or cut ourselves off from the world, a desire to develop and evolve in the world grows within us.

Path of Purification

As our consciousness expands, we open up to greater challenges as they come our way, to the glimpses of the new reality we are witnessing, and to fulfilling our inner potential.

Recognizing more instances of guidance and assistance coming our way, we discover more of our innate capacity and are intent on cleaning up, integrating, unifying, and healing all parts of ourselves to reclaim our innate wholeness.

Though living in the realm of dualities, our consciousness of wholeness grows stronger. Challenges, tests, and temptations serve to solidify our values and standards.

Fear of letting go of the old way of seeing things dissolves; we die to the limited self, and are renewed and reborn, more than we were, with a consciousness of oneness. With our fullest potential in reach, we also understand that we are still quite vulnerable.

Return to Wholeness

Focused on sustaining the unitive consciousness we are convinced of as the highest reality, we embrace showing up for all this demands of us, including giving back to others what we have been given, lifting others up along their journey, and linking up with others to serve the evolutionary impulse and the good of the whole.

Our return to wholeness is facilitated by knowing consciously the struggle of having transcended temporal boundaries and finding our own balance. We remember that we are always in the process of becoming, interdependent and interconnected with all others. We seek to maintain a holistic view of reality, as we take on a wider, all-inclusive identity and integrate more qualities, characteristics, and virtues into our thoughts and actions. We strive to live as the whole being we are, lighting up the path we walk, and looking upon all things with the eye of wholeness.

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Living in Wholeness

Having experienced this ageless, transformative pattern in our lives, we still have the significant challenge of maintaining the consciousness that comes with it. Achieving this goal is known as being the "master of two worlds." One is characterized by the seeming duality and separation we continue to witness, and the other by the wholeness and unity we know as the core quality of all existence.

Our goal of living in the wholeness we know to characterize our own makeup—the completeness, balance, harmony, and unity that define who we are at our essence—as well as the entirety of creation surrounding us, is ensured by this process of waking up to the reality of wholeness. This, in turn, assures us that we are no longer separate from the whole.

The more we remember we all belong to the same whole, are always part of that whole, and all share a common pattern designed to return us to wholeness, the more will we be able to attain our fullest possible development through our aligned work in the world.

Atkinson, R. (2022). A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family. NY: Light on Light Press.

Jung, C.G. (2012), Man and His Symbols . New York: Random House, Part 3.

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Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine and Nautilus Book Award-winning author of The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness.

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Whole30: Beginner’s Guide, What to Eat and Avoid, Advantages, and More

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Giving up a favorite meal isn’t easy, and yet changing the foods you put on your plate could have a positive impact on your body — not just in terms of weight loss, but also physically and mentally.

If you’ve been feeding your body junk and you’re seeing the effects of an unhealthy  diet , the Whole30 program might be the right fit for you.  Melissa Urban  and Dallas Hartwig, certified sports nutritionists and authors of the  New York Times  bestseller  The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom , created this monthlong clean-eating plan in 2009.

This program, which proponents describe as a nutritional reset, doesn’t promise weight loss, but it does promote self-awareness with regards to how your body responds to food.

An Overview of the Whole30 Program

“You can think of the Whole30 like pushing the reset button with your health, habits, and relationship with food,” Urban says. “For 30 days, you’ll eliminate the foods that scientific literature and our clinical experience have shown to be commonly problematic in one of four areas: cravings and habits, blood sugar regulation and hormones, digestion, and immune system  and inflammation.”

The Whole30 program is popular because it emphasizes eating whole foods. And if you’re living with chronic health issues, this program can help you understand how your body reacts to certain foods.

“Over the course of 30 days, you’ll see what improves when you remove potentially problematic foods,” explains Urban, noting that you could see improvements in energy, sleep , mood, focus, digestion, pain, and athletic performance. In addition, you might have decreased incidences of conditions like eczema ,  migraines ,  asthma , and allergies, proponents say.

You follow Whole30 similarly to a traditional elimination diet , where you eliminate foods that may be causing you unpleasant symptoms.

“At the end of the 30 days, you’ll carefully reintroduce those foods one at a time, like a scientific experiment, and then compare your experience physically and psychologically.”

Some people refer to the Whole30 program as a diet, but it’s not a diet in the traditional sense. Rather, it’s a nutritional program. So it doesn’t involve  exercise , portion control, or calorie or macronutrient (carbohydrates, protein, or fat) counting. Additionally, this program isn’t intended for weight loss, although you might drop a few pounds on the plan.

Precautions to Take Before Trying Whole30

A major plus of the Whole30 program is that it isn’t exclusive or limited to one particular group of people.

"While we have hundreds of medical doctors and registered dietitians using our program with their patients and clients, you don’t have to be sick to benefit from the program,” Urban says. “If you want more energy, better sleep, improved digestion, and fewer cravings, the Whole30 is for you.”

But before you dive in, it’s important to check with your doctor, especially if you’re on prescription medication, if you’ve been diagnosed with a medical condition, or if you have a history of an eating disorder, Urban cautions. After all, some individuals require certain nutritional plans, and Whole30, just like any eating approach, isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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What you can eat on whole30.

Now that you know how this program works and the benefits of a 30-day elimination, what are the basic rules of the program? Let’s start with a food list of what you can eat on Whole30:

  • All vegetables, including potatoes
  • Fruit , including strawberries, watermelon , apples, oranges, and bananas
  • Seafood, such as fish, oysters, shrimp, and mussels
  • Unprocessed meats, including beef, chicken , and pork
  • Nuts and seeds
  • Olive oil and coconut oil
  • Black  coffee

What You Can’t Eat on Whole30

Meanwhile, the following foods are off-limits on this program:

  • Grains ( corn , wheat,  rice )
  • Added sugar
  • Legumes (chickpeas, lentils, soy)
  • Processed additives (carrageenan, MSG , sulfites)
  • French fries and potato chips

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Potential Challenges When Following the Whole30 Program

Due to the restrictive nature of the Whole30, sticking with the program for a full 30 days can be challenging, and it will likely require advance meal planning and preparation. Also, there’s no wiggle room with the program. This plan calls for 100 percent commitment. So if you fall off track midway through the month, you’ll have to start over from day one.

As you begin your monthlong journey, also prepare for the possibility of a higher grocery bill. You’ll eat more unprocessed meats, seafood, and nuts on the plan, and these items tend to be pricier.

A Sample 3-Day Meal Plan for the Whole30 Program

Find inspiration for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the recipe ideas below.

Breakfast Skillet eggs with leafy greens

Lunch Tuna salad with lettuce wrap

Dinner Grilled shrimp with roasted vegetables and zucchini noodles

Breakfast   Paleo breakfast casserole

Lunch Chopped salad with  avocado  and grilled chicken

Dinner Steamed vegetables with grilled salmon

Breakfast Vegetable fajita omelet

Lunch Avocado chicken salad

Dinner Oven-baked ribs with cauliflower rice

Beginner Tips for Success on Whole30

“Many of The New Primal team members have gone through the Whole30 program and understand how great it is to have convenient and compliant products at your fingertips,” Miller says.

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Touted Advantages of the Whole30 Program

There has been very little independent research examining the health impact of the Whole30 program. But Urban says that this eating approach could change your life, your taste, your habits, and your cravings. Once you identify problem foods and remove them from your plate, the physical and emotional benefits you experience could motivate you to permanently ban those foods from your life, she says.

“I think one of the pluses of the Whole30 is that it really helps people eat more whole, nutrient-rich foods like vegetables, fruits, lean meats, and healthy fats, while increasing nutrient and  fiber  intake and reducing  added sugar  and unhealthy fats in their diet,” says  Amy Goodson, RD , a nutrition consultant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Potential Disadvantages of the Whole30 Program

Still, the potential drawbacks of the program are worth mentioning.

“One of the downfalls is that anytime you take out a whole food group, you take out the main nutrient that food group provides,” Goodson says. “In the case of the Whole30, dairy is removed, thus removing the main source of calcium and vitamin D in the diet, which are required for adequate bone development and maintenance.”

Goodson also highlights whole grains as another missing link with the Whole30 program, which are an excellent source of B vitamins, fiber, and iron.

Although it’s true that you can receive these nutrients from other sources, Goodson explains that you would have to consume 10 cups of spinach for calcium, 4 ounces (oz) of turkey for vitamin B12, 1.5 eggs for protein, one small banana for potassium , and ¾ oz of salmon for protein — over 450 calories — to get the nutrients found in 103 calories of low-fat (1 percent) cow’s milk.

Last, there is the fact that the program is only 30 days long, which does not translate to developing lifelong healthy habits. Also, the plan doesn’t address portion control — a major downfall for many Americans. Thirty days of eating better is a great start, but in the grand scheme of things will not do much to improve your health if you immediately go back to the way you were eating before you started. Unfortunately, this tends to be a common practice, especially after following a program with as many restrictions as the Whole30.

A Final Word on the Whole30 Program

For many people, the straightforward nature of Whole30 and the supportive resources of the plan are a big draw. And many people do claim to feel better, as if they have essentially reset their health, after finishing the 30-day diet.

But some individuals, like those who aren’t able to stick to a restrictive eating plan, may find following the diet too difficult.

Just keep in mind that the plan is not meant to be permanent. After the program, you can reintroduce foods you eliminated in your diet to determine which are serving you best. The idea is that, with this approach, you’ll come up with your own custom eating habits that you can sustain for life.

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  • December 13, 2021
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Considering how your employees experience their workplace is important for retaining talent, particularly now staff shortages are at their highest for decades.  Here are some tips for creating a great experience for your employees at every stage of their employment journey.

The employee experience – put simply – is the journey taken by an employee within your organisation. Such a journey shouldn’t just happen: it should be planned, prepared, and executed carefully to ensure that every employee not only feels like part of the organisation, but knows their purpose and has opportunities to grow.

If employee journeys are poorly managed employees may eventually become disengaged and less committed to their jobs.

This is easily avoidable with some straightforward planning; just as a marketer or operations team would use a customer journey map to improve customer or client experience, business and HR leaders can use an employee journey map to both visualise and improve employee experience.  

How to create an employee journey map The process of plotting your employees’ experiences on a map is a proactive approach to developing a holistic view of stages. It also allows you to better track what’s working and what’s not.  

Firstly, start by outlining the journey stages, which may look something like this:  

  • Recruiting & hiring 
  • Engagement & retention
  • Development 

  Next, plot on your map what ought to be taking place at every stage for the best possible employee experience. Consider: 

  • what the objectives are for each phase. 
  • what the employee may be feeling or experiencing at each phase. 
  • what actions should be taken and by whom. 
  • what the main touchpoints are. 
  • how the experience will be measured.   

  This works best when done for each employee “segment” within your organisation. A segment could be specific to the department in which they work (such as sales, IT or marketing) or to their role (such as a manager or coordinator), or – ideally – both. It should also consider their location: deskless employees will have a vastly different experience in their journey than someone sitting in the corporate office, for example.  

Using the example of the journey stages outlined above, here is a more in-depth look at each one, with some suggestions on how to create an excellent experience throughout.

Stage one: recruiting and hiring

How your prospective employee may be feeling: Prospective employees may be feeling fearful or apprehensive about their ability to find a job, or perhaps eager to discover a new role in another company.

How to make it an excellent experience: This phase is likely to be the very first time your prospective employees get a sense of your company values and culture. Therefore, your hiring process should be clear and engaging, helping to effectively communicate those values while outlining job requirements. 

Ease any concerns about your organisation with strong communication from this earliest phase. 

Stage two: Onboarding

How your employee might be feeling: At this stage the employee may be feeling both excited and nervous about starting their new role, as well as overwhelmed at the amount of information they must consume and retain.

How to make it an excellent experience: A Gallup study found that only 12% of employees think their companies do a great job of onboarding new employees. Rather than sink your organisation into the other 88%, kick off onboarding as you mean to go on, with a thoughtful approach to this phase of the journey.

  • Provide information that is as targeted to their role and as personalised as possible, so they feel welcome and valued (and not like just another new hire). Bonus experience points for offering multi-lingual onboarding support.  
  • You’ll be providing a ton of logistical information, company documents, policies, and so on. Make it digestible, easy to locate and access, and available on any device.  
  • While they’re getting up to speed on essentials, make sure they know where to find the fun; perhaps you run events and competitions, for example, designed to bring your teams together. 
  • Make sure they know who leadership is and how to access other contact information via a readily accessible directory of people.  

Stage three: Engagement and retention

What your employee might be feeling: Ideally, by now your employee will feel part of the team and that they have valuable skills and ideas to contribute. However, a 2019 study showed that, after just six months of employment enthusiasm among employees declines by about 22%. Depending on the experience and other factors, the employee may be discouraged, feel overlooked, or like they don’t quite fit in or measure up.  

How to make it an excellent experience:

  • Provide the ongoing training and support your employees need not just to perform their job functions, but to progress professionally as well. This will lead to greater retention and help your organisation avoid being swept up in the “turnover tsunami” that has affected so many this year.  
  • Foster inclusion and encourage all voices to contribute in a variety of ways, whether it’s by creating user-generated content or participating in pulse surveys to share their opinions and experiences.  
  • Proactively communicate with employees, and ensure they have ways to offer feedback. Then, respond to that feedback so employees know they are being heard.
  • Celebrate achievements and empower team members to recognise each other. Consider integrating an employee app into your existing recognition programmes to make recognition more immediate.

Stage four: Development 

How your employee may be feeling: Many employees will be keen to grow their skills and even gain promotion. Conversely, some may feel disgruntled or bored. Both types of employees need opportunities to grow while gaining recognition. 

How to make it an excellent experience: 

  • Take pulse surveys and use the resulting data to know where the business can improve its employee experience and what employees want in terms of development opportunities.  
  • Motivate employees with an abundance of training and development modules alongside other learning and growth opportunities. Make these things easy for employees to access where and when they would like. Personalise training for each employee.  
  • Continue to recognise employees on a frequent basis by publishing success stories on your communication channels. 
  • Host events and competitions to encourage interaction and connection.  

Ultimately, taking time to focus on your employee experience strategy and making a conscious effort to ensure your workforce are engaged and satisfied within their roles can be hugely beneficial for your organisation. After all, those who are happy at work are undoubtedly more likely to enhance the customer experience – and what business wouldn’t want that?

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12 min read If you want to turn a potential customer into a lifetime one, you’ll need to get to know every step of the entire customer journey. Here’s why the secret to customer retention lies in knowing how to fine-tune your sales funnel…

What is the customer journey?

What do we actually mean when we talk about the customer journey? Well, the simplest way to think about it is by comparing it to any other journey: a destination in mind, a starting point, and steps to take along the way.

In this case, the destination is not only to make a purchase but to have a great experience with your product or service – sometimes by interacting with aftersale customer support channels – and become a loyal customer who buys again.

stages of the customer journey

And, just like how you can’t arrive at your vacation resort before you’ve done you’ve found out about it, the customer journey starts with steps to do with discovery, research, understanding, and comparison, before moving on to the buying process.

“Maximizing satisfaction with customer journeys has the potential not only to increase customer satisfaction by 20% but also lift revenue up by 15% while lowering the cost of serving customers by as much as 20%”

– McKinsey, The Three Cs of Customer Satisfaction

In short, the customer journey is the path taken by your target audience toward becoming loyal customers. So it’s really important to understand – both in terms of what each step entails and how you can improve each one to provide a maximally impressive and enjoyable experience.

Every customer journey will be different, after all, so getting to grips with the nuances of each customer journey stage is key to removing obstacles from in front of your potential and existing customers’ feet.

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What are the essential customer journey stages?

While many companies will put their own spin on the exact naming of the customer journey stages, the most widely-recognized naming convention is as follows:

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5 customer journey stages

These steps are often then sub-categorized into three parts:

  • Sale/Purchase

It’s important to understand every part of the puzzle, so let’s look at each sub-category and stage in turn, from the awareness and consideration stage, right through to advocacy:

Customer journey: Pre-sale

In the pre-sale phase, potential customers learn about products, evaluate their needs, make comparisons, and soak up information.

Awareness stage

In the awareness stage, your potential customer becomes aware of a company, product, or service. This might be passive – in that they’re served an ad online, on TV, or when out and about – or active in that they have a need and are searching for a solution. For example, if a customer needs car insurance, they’ll begin searching for providers.

Consideration stage

In the consideration stage, the customer has been made aware of several possible solutions for their particular need and starts doing research to compare them. That might mean looking at reviews or what others are saying on social media, as well as absorbing info on product specs and features on companies’ own channels. They’re receptive to information that can help them make the best decision.

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Customer journey: Sale

The sale phase is short but pivotal: it’s when the crucial decision on which option to go with has been made.

Decision stage

The customer has all the information they need on the various options available to them, and they make a purchase. This can be something that’s taken a long time to decide upon, like buying a new computer, or it can be as quick as quickly scouring the different kinds of bread available in the supermarket before picking the one they want.

Customer journey: Post-sale

Post-sale is a really important part of the puzzle because it’s where loyal customers , who come back time and again, are won or lost.

Retention stage

The retention stage of the customer journey is where you do whatever you can to help leave a lasting, positive impression on the customer, and entice them to purchase more. That means offering best-in-class customer support if they have any issues, but it also means being proactive with follow-up communications that offer personalized offers, information on new products, and rewards for loyalty.

Advocacy stage

If you nail the retention phase, you’ll have yourself a customer who not only wants to keep buying from you but will also advocate on your behalf. Here, the customer will become one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal, in that they’ll actively recommend you to their friends, family, followers, and colleagues.

What’s the difference between the customer journey and the buyer’s journey?

Great question; the two are similar, but not exactly the same. The buyer’s journey is a shorter, three-step process that describes the steps taken to make a purchase. So that’s awareness , consideration, and decision . That’s where things stop, however. The buyer’s journey doesn’t take into account the strategies you’ll use to keep the customer after a purchase has been made.

Why are the customer journey stages important?

The short answer? The customer journey is what shapes your entire business. It’s the method by which you attract and inform customers, how you convince them to purchase from you, and what you do to ensure they’re left feeling positive about every interaction.

Why this matters is that the journey is, in a way, cyclical. Customers who’ve had a smooth ride all the way through their individual journeys are more likely to stay with you, and that can have a massive effect on your operational metrics.

It’s up to five times more expensive to attract a new customer than it is to keep an existing customer, but even besides that: satisfied customers become loyal customers , and customer loyalty reduces churn at the same time as increasing profits .

So companies looking to really make an impact on the market need to think beyond simply attracting potential customers with impressive marketing, and more about the journey as a whole – where the retention and advocacy stages are equally important.

After all, 81% of US and UK consumers trust product advice from friends and family over brand messaging, and 59% of American consumers say that once they’re loyal to a brand, they’re loyal to it for life.

Importantly, to understand the customer journey as a whole is to understand its individual stages, recognize what works, and find things that could be improved to make it a more seamless experience. Because when you do that, you’ll be improving every part of your business proposition that matters.

How can you improve each customer journey stage?

Ok, so this whole customer journey thing is pretty important. Understanding the customer journey phases and how they relate to the overall customer experience is how you encourage customers to stick around and spread the news via word of mouth.

But how do you ensure every part of the journey is performing as it should? Here are some practical strategies to help each customer journey stage sing…

1. Perform customer journey mapping

A customer journey map takes all of the established customer journey stages and attempts to plot how actual target audience personas might travel along them. That means using a mix of data and intuition to map out a range of journeys that utilize a range of touch points along the way.

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One customer journey map, for example, might start with a TV ad, then utilize social media and third-party review sites during the consideration stage, before purchasing online and then contacting customer support about you your delivery service. And then, finally, that customer may be served a discount code for a future purchase. That’s just one example.

Customer journey mapping is really about building a myriad of those journeys that are informed by everything you know about how customers interact with you – and then using those maps to discover weaker areas of the journey.

2. Listen like you mean it

The key to building better customer journeys is listening to what customers are saying. Getting feedbac k from every stage of the journey allows you to build a strong, all-encompassing view of what’s happening from those that are experiencing it.

Maybe there’s an issue with the customer sign-up experience, for example. Or maybe the number advertised to contact for a demo doesn’t work. Or maybe you have a customer service agent in need of coaching, who only makes the issue worse. By listening, you’ll understand your customers’ issues and be able to fix them at the source. That customer service agent, for example, may just feel disempowered and unsupported, and in need of the right tools to help them perform better. Fixing that will help to optimize a key stage in the customer journey.

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The key is to listen at every stage, and we can do that by employing the right technology at the right customer journey stages.

Customer surveys, for instance, can help you understand what went wrong from the people who’re willing to provide that feedback, but conversational analytics and AI solutions can automatically build insights out of all the structured and unstructured conversational data your customers are creating every time they reach out, or tweet, or leave a review on a third party website.

3. Get personal

The other side of the ‘listening’ equation is that it’s worth remembering that each and every customer’s journey is different – so treating them with a blanket approach won’t necessarily make anything better for them.

The trick instead is to use the tools available to you to build out a personalized view of every customer journey, customer journey stage, and customer engagemen t, and find common solutions.

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Qualtrics Experience iD , for example, is an intelligent system that builds customer profiles that are unique to them and can identify through AI, natural language processing , and past interactions what’s not working – and what needs fixing.

On an individual basis, that will help turn each customer into an advocate. But as a whole, you’ll learn about experience gaps that are common to many journeys.

Listening to and understanding the customer experience at each customer journey stage is key to ensuring customers are satisfied and remain loyal on a huge scale.

It’s how you create 1:1 experiences, because, while an issue for one person might be an issue for many others, by fixing it quickly you can minimize the impact it might have on future customers who’re right at the start of their journey.

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1. Introduction

This guide provides advice on how transport planners and providers, architects, engineers, builders, certifiers and all levels of government can work together with people with disability to make public transport more accessible.

There are a variety of standards across government and industry that must be complied with in relation to designing and building public infrastructure. This guide asks us to go beyond compliance to deliver better outcomes.

The Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards) 1 are made under subsection 31(1) of the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) 2 . The Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development is responsible for providing public transport policy advice on the Transport Standards.

Before the Transport Standards were introduced—while certain obligations existed in the DDA and individuals had the right to lodge discrimination complaints—there was no focused effort to remove discrimination from Australia's public transport systems including aircraft, buses and coaches, ferries, taxis, trains, trams, light rail, motor rail, rack railways and other rolling stock.

The Transport Standards provide a level of certainty to operators and providers of public transport services and infrastructure on their responsibilities under the DDA. The standards identify target dates for compliance within a 20 year timeframe, and 30 years for certain trains and trams. The standards also help ensure Australia meets its international obligations.

The ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 3 in 2008 reflects Australia's commitment to promoting and supporting equal and active participation by people with disability in economic and social life. The DDA and Transport Standards are important for Australia to meet its international obligations.

There are also a number of support programs. For example, the Australian Government has established the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 4 to support people with a permanent and significant disability which affects their capacity to take part in everyday activities.

In the 15 years since the Transport Standards were established, there has been a significant change in the way that governments, public transport operators and providers address access to public transport for people with disability. In this context, the DDA requires the Transport Standards to be reviewed every five years, with the first review commencing in 2007 and the second in 2012. The next review is scheduled to commence in 2017.

The Second Review of the Transport Standards PDF: 2707 KB .

There are however many other aspects of a person's journey that are not addressed by the standards. Even in public transport systems that otherwise comply with prescribed accessibility standards, people with disability often face a range of barriers to a seamless accessible journey.

While some guidance on whole-of-journey planning is available at the local, state and territory government levels, there has been no guidance at the national level to help operators and providers to address whole-of-journey accessibility.

In developing the Whole Journey Guide, the Australian Government's intention is to promote thinking beyond compliance. This includes facilitating best practices based on innovation and continuous improvement, human-centred design, understanding, consultation and collaboration. Accordingly, the Whole Journey Guide is not intended to be a legally enforceable standard, nor guidelines to the Transport Standards. Instead it seeks to examine each element of the journey to provide direction and highlight the experiences people have within and between the different parts.

However, it is also recognised that some individual elements within the guide, and practices arising from future developments as a result of the guide's use, may suggest consideration of new or amended standards in specific areas. The five-yearly reviews of the Transport Standards provide opportunities for this to occur.

1.2 Who should use The Whole Journey Guide ?

This guide is designed to encourage policy makers, planners, designers, builders, certifiers and operators to think beyond compliance and the physical and governance boundaries of services and infrastructure, and to focus instead on people's accessibility needs across their whole journey.

This means a change of focus from providing compliant public transport infrastructure or services to enabling a travel experience that is accessible, comfortable, seamless, efficient and cost effective.

The Whole Journey Guide also provides a resource for people with disability to use when discussing whole-of-journey accessibility and by informing those not familiar with accessible transport solutions.

This whole journey approach requires cooperation and discussion between those who deliver, service and use parts of the transport system. Everyone needs to work together to identify issues, solutions and opportunities.

Carolyn, Victorian public transport user: “Better and compulsory training in disability access (understanding the DDA, not just complying with standards) is needed for people responsible for planning, purchasing, and delivering services, from the ones designing and ordering new rolling stock or modifying existing infrastructure, through to those delivering the service: ticket sales, drivers, etc.”

This includes:

  • Australian, state and territory government agencies
  • local governments
  • public transport infrastructure owners
  • public transport service providers
  • landscape architects
  • urban designers
  • strategic and urban planners
  • transport planners
  • building certifiers
  • accessibility consultants/auditors
  • software/website designers
  • owners of private facilities
  • building managers
  • precinct managers
  • academia/researchers
  • public policy makers
  • disability support workers and agencies

1.3 Benefits of focusing on the whole journey

In 2015 there were 4.3 million Australians with disability, representing 18.3 per cent of the population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015). Around half of Australians aged 65 years or more reported having disability. Given Australia's growing and ageing population, the number of people with disability will continue to increase.

People with disability are more likely to experience social and economic disadvantage because of more limited opportunities to earn income and the high cost (in proportion to their income) of their housing, travel, medical and other needs. In many cases disability restricts people from driving a private vehicle, either through physical or cognitive ability or the lack of economic resources to own and operate a car. For many people, the perceived or real inaccessibility of public transport leaves them reliant on family or friends, or particular types of public transport such as the taxi system and the increasingly popular ride-share. This reliance on others to drive them where they want to go affects their ability to participate independently in many social, economic or cultural aspects of the community.

Access to public transport opens up opportunities for personal empowerment, social inclusion and community participation. People can choose to travel to see friends and family, and participate in social and cultural activities or other initiatives such as training or education. Accessible public transport allows individuals to travel based on their requirements (such as cost, time of day, urgency of travel, length of the journey, interchanges etc.) rather than having to rely on private transport options.

Public transport is cost effective for individuals and the economy. Improving the accessibility of public transport can promote more efficient transport decisions by individuals, and increase the customer base as more people are able to travel for work, business or study. This improves productivity and supports a stronger economy.

1.4 Consultation on the Whole Journey Guide

The guide has been developed with the community, industry and governments, drawing on their extensive knowledge and experience. Its development was overseen by the National Accessible Public Transport Advisory Committee.

Initially this involved in-depth consultations and workshops around the nation with stakeholders including disability non-government organisations, public transport providers, and all levels of government, service providers and other interested individuals.

The draft guide was available for public comment from 27 March to 14 June 2017 and 43 formal submissions were received. During this time the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development also partnered with Disabled People's Organisations Australia to hold in-depth focus group workshops with people with disability in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin.

The consultations provided valuable additional material which the Department has sought to incorporate as far as practical, while keeping the guide to a length that is readable and consistent with its intended purpose. This includes promoting ‘thinking beyond compliance’ by facilitating best practices based on innovation and continuous improvement, human-centred design, understanding, consultation and collaboration.

Some issues raised within the submissions have been identified for consideration as part of the current modernisation of standards being undertaken by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (see also section 1.1 above).

The submissions may provide readers with further information and perspectives. This includes viewpoints of organisations representing people with physical, vision, hearing, intellectual or other disability.

Submissions are available on the Department's website infrastructure.gov.au/transport .

The views or recommendations of third parties do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.

1 www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2011C00213

2 www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00763

3 www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html

4 www.ndis.gov.au

5 infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Review_of_Disability_Standards_for_Accessible_Public_Transport.pdf PDF: 2707 KB

6 infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/files/Australian_Government_Response_Transport_Standards_Review_Report.pdf PDF: 292 KB

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