I think we’ll all breathe a collective sigh of relief when we kiss 2020 goodbye. But just as this year has been like no other, so will next year, 2021, …
CX Q&A: How Do You Deal With In-Moment Customer Feedback?
Last week I posted this question on my LinkedIn profile, ‘How do you deal with in-moment customer feedback?’ What surprised me was the number of responses to this problem and …
Customer Experience News 207: Forrester’s CX Predictions for 2021, CX Tech Saves the Day and Why Empathy is Good for Business
Forrester’s CX Predictions for 2021 (1min) A quick look at some of the key customer experience take outs from Forrester’s ‘Predictions 2021’ research. Notably, the flow-on effects of the pandemic …
Customer Experience News 200: World’s Best Case for Customer-Centric Growth, New Empathy Research and CX Top 50 Leading with Culture
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 198: Expert ‘Building Blocks’ Guide CX Success, Research Reveals ROI of CX and Microsoft Backs Empathy
Expert ‘Building Blocks’ Guide CX Success (3-4min ea.) The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) has created a “CX Building Blocks” series designed to help practitioners establish or strengthen their CX …
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 196: Winning in the New World, Peter Fader on Loyalty & Customer Value and Emotional Intelligence
Winning in the New World (5min) A timely and in-depth article from the Australian Institute of Company Directors on how smart businesses can capitalise on the shifts in consumer behaviour …
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 …