World’s Best Case for Customer-Centric Growth (2-3min) In this week’s opinion piece, Alex Allwood takes on the CX sceptics with a little help from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who recently …
Customer Experience News 199: Customer Empathy Nudges, Making Sense of the ‘Messy Middle’, Frictionless Journeys and a Fashion Fightback
Are You Using Customer Empathy Nudges? (3min) Interviewed by Bill Stakios for his new podcast Be Customer Led, Alex Allwood poses the question ‘How often are we really discussing customer …
Are You Using Empathy Nudges?
What does your team discuss in their daily stand-up? This was a question I asked my LinkedIn connections this week. Typically it’s: 1. What did you do yesterday? 2. What …
Customer Experience News 197: Customer Needs the New Normal, Empathy Key to Enhanced CX and The Fake Review Epidemic
Needs Not Wants the New Normal (3min) Responding to findings from McKinsey’s US Consumer Sentiment surveys, senior partner Kelly Ungerman shares four essential CX practices that will help retailers and …
Customer Experience News 193: New Customer Needs = Growth Opportunities, Solving the Data Deficit Problem and Woolies Cops $1M Fine
New Customer Needs = Growth Opportunities (2-3min) Alex Allwood explains why it is critical in the current environment for businesses to understand their customers’ new needs and experience expectations, in …
Customer Experience News 186: CX Leads do DIY Listening, CX Strategy to Rebuild Customer Loyalty and Bupa Fast Tracks Experience Innovation
CX & Marketing Leads Do DIY Listening (3min) For this week’s opinion piece, Alex Allwood reports on her own ‘listen and learn’ conversations with CX and Marketing leaders. Allwood explains how their Do-It-Themselves …
Customer Experience News 181: Creating New Customer Value in a Crisis, Forrester Takes Consumer Pulse and Work-from-Home Collaboration
Creating New Customer Value in a Crisis (2-3min) Writing for mycustomer’s new content hub, Corporate Social Responsibility During COVID-19, Alex Allwood identifies some of the good, bad and ugly responses to …
Leading with Empathy: Safety is the New Customer and Employee Value
This article was first published in mycustomer.com COVID-19 has brought upon us frenetic change. Around the world, people have bunkered down. Our homes are now isolated and have become digital …
Customer Experience News 180: Empathy on the Front Line, Leadership in an Uncertain Future and Empathy in Action
Empathy on the Front Line (2-3min) From USA Today, some inspirational examples of how individuals across the US are responding to the unfolding COVID-19 crisis, by providing compassion, kindness and empathy …
Customer Experience News 179: Managing Customer Panic, Nudge Theory in CX and Systems Design
How to Manage Customer Panic (2min)In the current crisis, images of empty supermarket shelves, angry shoppers and early morning queues have dominated mainstream news and social media. This timely article …