Why it’s Critical to Understand Your Customers’ New World A number of my most sacred and long-held daily routines and activities have, over the past few months, changed and been …
Customer Experience News 185: CPI’s The New Customer-Centric Metric, Post Pandemic Predictions and Reopening: The Retail Marketing Challenge
The New Customer-Centric Metric (3min) This thought-provoking article from HBR argues that traditional metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) do little beyond contributing to company-centric KPI’s. The alternative, as both …
Customer Experience News 184: Adapting to New World Customer Behaviour, Being Customer-Led in a Crisis & Improving CX Communication Skills
Adapting to New World Customer Behaviour (2min) Adrian Swinscoe shares some highlights from the latest research on how the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping customer behaviour and warns that CX practitioners should …
Customer Experience News 183: Do You Have What it Takes to be a CCO?, Achieving CX Success in a Crisis and Winning in the Future
Do You Have What it Takes to be a CCO? (2-3min) From 2003, when there were fewer than 30 Chief Customer Officers globally, the demand for executive level CX leaders has …
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 …
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 …
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 164: Inspirational Journey Mapping, Amazon Empathy Training, Self-Service CX & Company Culture
How Your Journey Map Can Inspire Change (3min)If your beautifully crafted customer journey map has so far failed to deliver the desired results, or if you’re about to embark on your …
Customer Experience News 163: Top 50 CX Brands, NAB’s Customer Culture, Assessing CX Governance, What’s in a Name?
Top 50 CX Brands Revealed (2-3min)The latest KPMG Customer Experience Excellence report ranks the top 50 CX brands in Australia, but warns that a siloed approach in many businesses is limiting the effectiveness of …