Maybe I’m too close to my CX work or maybe I’ve just been spoiled by my current provider. In my world, delivering great experiences is more than caring for customers, …
Customer Experience News 132: 2019 CX Transformation, Measurement & Marketing
CX Transformation Trumps Quick Wins (2min) Alex Allwood argues that a focus on short term quick wins is the enemy of customer experience transformation and lists her ‘less of this, more of that’ practices for getting …
‘Less of This, More of That’ Getting CX Transformation Right in 2019
Article first published in CustomerThink, February 1, 2019 ‘Short-termism’ has become the enemy of CX transformation. We have developed a preoccupation with what is happening now, quick wins, next month’s …
Customer Experience News 131: Organisations of the Future, NPS & Business Leaders Survey
The ‘Organisation of the Future’ is Already Here (4min) A common theme at the recent 2018 Global Peter Drucker Forum was the rise of large scale, ‘post-bureaucratic’ organisations and how they have successfully adapted to …
Customer-Centric Hack: Humanising Customer Experience Feedback
I don’t know about you, but it seems that I am inundated with requests for customer experience feedback using online NPS and CSat surveys. This week alone I’ve received three …
Customer Experience News 128: Bain Research, Customer Value and Top 10 CX Podcasts
Bain on Delivering Customer Value (4-5min) This report from Bain, using data from a recent survey of more than 45,000 US consumers, explains the concept of ‘Elements of Value’ and shows how …
Customer Experience News 127: Top 5 Marketing Trends, Design Thinking Case Study & Qualtrics
2019 Top 5 Marketing Trends for CMOs (3min) As the year draws to a close this timely article from Forbes details the top five marketing trends that will impact CMO’s in 2019. From …
Customer-Centric Hack: Customer Segmentation for Customer Experience Mapping
Just back from my last customer journey mapping workshop for this year – a big shout out to all workshop participants who trusted the process, embraced ambiguity and learned how-to …
Customer Experience News 124: PayPal, Facebook Messenger, CSat & Great CX
How PayPal Champions its Customers (3-9min) In this McKinsey interview, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, explains how putting the needs of customers ahead of certain business priorities has paid dividends, not only for PayPal’s …
Customer Experience News 123: Mass Customisation, NPS vs NetCNS and VoC
How Carnival Mass Customises Guest Experiences (3min) Cruise operator Carnival is now hyper-personalising guest experiences at scale with the recent launch of their high-tech Ocean Medallion. Experience guru Joe Pine explains how the device ‘efficiently, seamlessly and amazingly’ …