This morning started like most. Part of my AM ritual is reading the latest CX news and views. A story on Deloitte’s CMO Survey caught my eye; it revealed that …
You’re Only as Good as the Quality of the Insight
There’s been lots of discussion on Forrester’s prediction ‘that 25% of customer experience (CX) professionals will lose their jobs in 2020’. One CX commentator has blamed an inability to align …
CX Folk: Lessons from the CX Experts
Last night was our first CX Folk meetup. The meeting was a great success; we raised $400 for the Australian Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal, and came together to connect …
CX Leadership Trends 2020: From Little Things Big Things Grow
First published in SmarterCX, December 17, 2019 In 2020, customer experience leaders find themselves at a performance crossroad. While endeavouring to deliver the promise of enhanced value, differentiation, and CX …
Customer Experience News 169: Why Customer Empathy Matters, Canva Cross-Functional Design, AI Teaching EQ? and a Choice Quiz
3 Reasons Why Customer Empathy Matters (2-3min)Fresh off the press, in her new book, Alex Allwood argues that customer empathy is essential to realising the promised returns of CX effort. In this …
Why Customer Empathy is Important in Customer Experience Management
For 20 years now, organisations have worked at delivering customer experience (CX) excellence; appointing a senior CX leader and dedicated team, investing resources into measuring customer satisfaction, mobilising teams to …
Customer Experience News 168: Big Brother’s Secret Consumer Scores, Shopify Goes Green, Finding the ‘Why’, & Saving CX Management
Big Brother’s Secret Consumer Scores (3min)From the New York Times, a fascinating article on companies that track consumers’ personal data and generate ‘secret surveillance scores’ for their clients. Requesting his file …
Customer Experience News 167: The Customer Empathy Deficit, Journey Mapping to Journey Management and Embracing Social Licence
What’s Causing the Customer Empathy Deficit? (3min)In this edited extract from her new book, Alex Allwood argues that despite best efforts, businesses are becoming emotionally disconnected from their customers and explains the …
What’s Causing the Customer Empathy Deficit?
This is article an edited extract from Alex Allwood’s new book, Customer Empathy, A radical intervention in customer experience management and design. Available November 11, 2019. In my work I’ve …
Customer Experience News 166: Journey Mapping Do’s & Don’ts, Using Voice of Employee Insights & Improving Collaboration
Journey Mapping Do’s and Don’ts (3-4min)Creating a customer journey map does not necessarily guarantee the success of your CX initiatives – what matters is the quality of the process. In this article …