Rather than hibernating during the COVID-19 lock-down, I’ve been running my own ‘listen and learn’ program with CX and Marketing Leaders (CCO’s, CXO’s and CMO’s) to understand their challenges and …
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 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 182: CX Folk Report, Brand Marketing in the Crisis Economy, Proving CX Business Value & COVID-19 in Perspective
CX Folk Learnings (3min) How quickly things change! The second CX Folk Sydney meetup was forced indoors and online last week, with authors Alex Allwood (Customer Empathy), Jason Bradshaw (It’s All …
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 …
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 …
Customer Experience News 165: Improve Your NPS, The ‘Experience Factory’, Optus 2020 CX Vision and CX Education
How to Improve Your NPS (3min)Referencing business examples, this HBR article explains how you can improve your NPS. It also shows how surveys conducted across the customer value chain can reveal the …
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 …
CX Leadership – Wise Words from the Godfather of Customer Experience
Image: courtesy Qualtrics Ok I admit it … after meeting Bruce Tempkin this week – I have a little CX crush! Not only is he a customer experience management (CXM) …