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What the 238-page book argues

Source: press release issued for the author, September 2026, and the publisher's book page.

The 238-page book, Intentional Luxury: Elevated Client Engagement for Client-Facing Teams by Dr Matthieu Mielet, is published by Palgrave Macmillan and available through Springer Nature and Amazon. Its central conviction, as set out by the author, is that fine service is no longer enough. A client interaction, in this account, can be perfectly executed and still leave the client indifferent. The book draws on more than a decade of the author's practice, research, coaching and training in the luxury sector, and it treats that gap between flawless delivery and felt experience as the problem client-facing teams now have to solve.

Mielet's stated position is that luxury is increasingly defined not only by what clients buy but by what they feel, remember and take away. The challenge for client-facing teams, he argues, is to create each client moment with intention. Elevated Client Engagement is defined in the book as the intentional craft of transforming transactions into moments of resonance. The emphasis falls on intention as a discipline rather than a mood: something designed, rehearsed and led, not left to the temperament of whoever happens to be serving that day. The book covers individual and organisational dimensions, including leadership, culture, autonomy, training, coaching and systems, with practical tools, frameworks, reflection exercises and assessment approaches. For UK readers on the client side of luxury and private wealth, the argument is a familiar one in a new vocabulary: the transaction is the visible part, and the memory is the part that decides whether there is another one.

The three dimensions of Elevated Client Engagement

The framework in the book rests on three dimensions. The Functional dimension covers expertise, ease, seamlessness and anticipation. The Relational dimension covers authentic human connection through presence, empathy, adaptability and personalisation. The Sensorial dimension covers environment, aesthetics, rhythm, gestures and attention to detail. Mielet's argument is that these are orchestrated together rather than separately, and that treating them as separate workstreams is where firms tend to lose the effect. A technically strong adviser with no presence, or a warm and attentive host with no expertise, produces the same outcome in the client's memory: something missing that is hard to name.

The organisational half of the book follows from that. If the three dimensions have to arrive together, then leadership, culture, autonomy, training, coaching and systems are not back-office concerns but the conditions that make the client moment possible. The book sets out practical tools, frameworks, reflection exercises and assessment approaches for teams and their leaders, which places it in the working-library category rather than the manifesto category. The claim being made is not that luxury service is failing, but that the standard has moved. Execution was the old bar. Resonance, in the author's framing, is the current one, and it is harder to measure, harder to delegate and harder to fake.

Who wrote it and for whom

Dr Matthieu Mielet is Managing Partner at Oktave, a Swiss-based agency specialising in client experience and business performance for luxury brands. He lived for 15 years in China and holds a doctorate from the University of Monaco, where his research focused on client engagement and the balance between selling and serving. That balance is the intellectual spine of the book: the tension between the commercial need to close and the service need to give, and what happens to client relationships when one side of that balance is allowed to dominate.

The publisher's back-cover copy states that Mielet has designed and delivered consulting, coaching and training programmes for brands including Bulgari, Cartier, Diptyque, Ferrari, L'Oreal, Louis Vuitton and Porsche, and that he lives and works in Paris. The book is written for professionals across luxury retail, hospitality and other high-end service environments, from client advisors to senior executives. The publisher listing on Amazon UK, dated 22 September 2026, gives a hardcover of 238 pages, published 1 July 2026, with an RRP of £27.99 and a listed price of £27.17, ISBN 978-3032175298. The press release announcing the title is dated September 2026.

Why it matters for UK private wealth clients

The same expectations the book describes in luxury retail and hospitality apply to private banking, wealth management and prime property. Expat and high-net-worth clients judge firms on the whole experience, not on the product alone, and the three dimensions map onto that experience with uncomfortable precision. Functional: the expertise, the ease of dealing with the firm, the anticipation of what a client will need before the request is made. Relational: whether the relationship manager is present, empathetic, adaptable and genuinely personal in a market where clients are often new to the country and rebuilding a financial life. Sensorial: the environment, the aesthetics, the rhythm of meetings, the gestures and the attention to detail that signal whether a client is being handled or processed.

The book's claim that a perfectly executed interaction can still leave a client indifferent is the part UK private wealth firms may find least comfortable. A correctly priced mortgage, a correctly structured portfolio and a correctly drafted will can all be delivered without producing anything a client remembers or repeats. Mielet's argument, attributed to him, is that this is a design failure rather than a service failure, and that it is fixable through intention, leadership and systems. For expat and high-net-worth households comparing providers, the practical effect is that the firm which is merely competent is now the firm that is forgettable. Related guides on this site cover expat banking, wealth management and prime property for UK readers, and the same lens applies across all three: what the client feels, remembers and takes away is the part that decides whether the relationship continues.

Source: Springer Nature: Intentional Luxury.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the book called and who wrote it?

Intentional Luxury: Elevated Client Engagement for Client-Facing Teams by Dr Matthieu Mielet, published by Palgrave Macmillan and available through Springer Nature and Amazon.

How long is the book?

The publisher listing gives a hardcover of 238 pages, published 1 July 2026, with an RRP of £27.99 and a listed price of £27.17, ISBN 978-3032175298.

What is the central argument?

The book's central conviction is that fine service is no longer enough, and that a client interaction can be perfectly executed and still leave the client indifferent.

What are the three dimensions of Elevated Client Engagement?

Functional (expertise, ease, seamlessness, anticipation), Relational (authentic human connection through presence, empathy, adaptability, personalisation) and Sensorial (environment, aesthetics, rhythm, gestures, attention to detail), orchestrated together rather than separately.

Who is the book written for?

Professionals across luxury retail, hospitality and other high-end service environments, from client advisors to senior executives.