From having a sensible customer support infrastructure, to reminding yourself that we don't know everyone's story, here are strategies for having more empathy.
The documentation team at Splunk have written their own book called The Product is Docs. It covers the most important aspects of documentation for software development product teams.
There’s quite a difference between engineering a “newsworthy” customer service experience, and simply just getting it right every time. It may not go “viral”, but it wins you customers for life.
When someone complains, it naturally arouses our instinct to defend ourselves, and avoid blame for negative situations. But it doesn’t have to be this way.