Redefining CX Excellence In a year dominated by talk of AI-driven digitisation, Specsavers’ rise to the top of KPMG’s Customer Experience Excellence (CEE) rankings tells a refreshingly different story. Their …
CommBank’s AI Backflip: Lessons for Customer Experience Leaders
News in CX: CommBank’s AI Backflip In the past 24 hours, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has dominated national headlines. Its attempted shift to AI-driven call centres — and …
Customer Experience News 240: Holiday Reading: Books That Inspire, Better CX Governance and US President’s CX Agenda
Books That Inspire Me: Holiday Reading (2min) There are 4 books in particular that helped Alex shape the narrative and inspired her thinking for her latest book, Customer Empathy: A …
Customer Experience News 239: CX Predictions 2022, HBR: Low-Profit Customers, What Successful CX Leaders Do
Forrester: CX Predictions 2022 (2min) Yes, it’s that time of the year again. We promise this article and Alex’s 2022 CX predictions, will be the only two posts of this …
Inspirational Books and Applying Learnings in Customer Empathy
In writing my latest book, Customer Empathy: A radical intervention in customer experience management and design, there were four books in particular that helped me shape the narrative and inspired …
Customer Experience News 235: CX Leader Shares Lessons Learned, Fostering Trust & Giving Hope and Creative Thinking for Curious People
CX Leader Shares 4 BIG Lessons Learned (3min) The average tenure for a CX leader is between 12 and 24 months. Nancy Porte spent eight years in a global CX …
Customer Experience News 233: Journey Mapping vs Touchpoint Mapping, CMOs Seat at the Table & Turning Customers into Profit Peaks
Journey Mapping vs Touchpoint Mapping (2-3min) An excellent read. This article for Customer Think takes a deep dive into the differences between customer journey mapping vs touchpoint mapping; as the …
Customer Experience News 232: CEO’s Who ‘Do’, Empathy vs Sympathy What’s the Difference and Sign of the Times
CEO’s Who ‘Do’ (2min) After a couple of weeks’ absence globetrotting the virtual stages of the world, Alex is back at her desk. This week she discusses how two client …
Who Will Serve Me? Looking at Customer Experience Differently
In the not too distant future, you’ll be old too. Just like my dad of 80, you’ll realise that you’ve become invisible to the likes of your bank, telco and …
Customer Experience News 227: Top 10 CX Books, Evolving CXO Role and Best-in-Class Customer Experience
‘Customer Empathy’ Makes Top 10 CX Books (1min) A nice little win this week for Alex Allwood! Alex’s latest book, Customer Empathy, has made it onto Lumoa’s list of Top …