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 195: New Moves from the Pandemic Playbook, Transcending Transactional CX & AMEX Supercharges Survey Response Rates
New Moves from the Pandemic Playbook (4min) This week we share Part Two of a new research study by customer experience consultancy All Work Together, which reveals how Marketing and …
Why it’s Critical to Understand Your Customers’ New World
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 191: NPS Danger, Interview with SurveyMonkey’s CX Lead and Unthinking & Undoing in Service Design
Avoiding the Pitfalls of ‘NPS for All’ (3min) Whilst acknowledging the value of NPS and other customer satisfaction metrics, this article from CustomerThink identifies the dangers of giving NPS goals to every …
Customer Experience News 188: Forbes Ranks Top Corporate Responders, Shaping Remote Work and New World Impacts Profits & Growth
Forbes Ranks Top Corporate Responders (4-5min) Forbes has just released new research that ranks the 100 largest employers among US public companies based on how well they have responded to the …
Crisis Leadership: CX and Marketing Leaders Use DIY Listening
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 …