Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Several years ago, Professor Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, looked closely at the idea that our minds have two systems of thinking in his book, “Thinking Fast and Slow”. The Kind of Thinking You Use. What kind of thinking you use to arrive at a decision has a huge impact on its accuracy.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I started my global Customer Experience consultancy in 2002, I had not been a consultant. In 2002, when I started Beyond Philosophy, no one on the broader market knew I was an expert in Customer Experience (or, frankly, what Customer Experience was). If I had a time machine, I might go back to 2002-Colin and tell him so.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In 2002, when I started Beyond Philosophy, Customer Experience was an area that was only forming. I also shared the research I undertook in the last quarter of 2019 to position my global Customer Experience consultancy in the marketplace. . Customer Experience has matured.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. I wondered how I did that. When I thought about it, there were some common telltale cultural signs organizations share that indicate where their focus lies.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

So, I told them, starting my marketing efforts with my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). When I started my Global Customer Experience consultancy, no one knew me or even what Customer Experience was. Then I began conference speaking. Have an original idea.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Since 2002, I have learned some truths about starting my own business. My new goal was to become the world’s foremost authority on the subject. Five books later, many keynote speeches, and many radio and TV interviews behind me, I am on my way to that goal. I have never looked back.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2015

I am pleased to have helped, in some way, to shape a new industry with our books, research and client work since 2002. Customer Experience is a way of life, a cultural change, and a commitment needed from the heart as well as the head. It is not a slogan. I see dangers on the horizon we should all try to avoid.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

As described by Professor Daniel Kahneman of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School (and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics), we have a tendency to evaluate things in terms of gains and losses. And unless you recognize its power, you may make critical mistakes with your customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2018

Having worked in Customer Experience since 2002, I may be too much of a purist. I am apprehensive about my industry. However, for a while now, I have been writing about the decline and dilution of the discipline of Customer Experience. My concerns only grow as we roll into 2018.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

I defined it for myself as the mix of rational and emotional parts of an interaction with a customer, which later became my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Once you realize that emotions are a significant part of the process, it is time to work them into your business strategy.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 29, 2017

I founded my global Customer Experience Consultancy in 2002 when Customer Experience wasn’t a thing yet. Then, they redesigned their channels to deliver on their brand promise by integrating the brick and mortar location with their online presence. Perhaps in this way, John Lewis is omniscient in their omnichannel strategy.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

I wrote Building Great Customer Experiences , my first book about Customer Experience, in 2002 with John Ivens. This research emphasizes the fact that those organizations that truly embrace the ideology behind a culture of Customer Centricity have enormous potential for opportunity and growth in a new market.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 10, 2016

As Customer Experience consultants, we have asserted since 2002 that the global marketplace necessitates a focus on your competitive differentiation. Like the consumer one might expect to find in Anytown, U.S.A., or waiting for the tube in London, the consumers in the Asia Pacific region expect you to provide a customer-centered experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2016

I reached the exalted heights of SVP leading a team of 3,500 people globally before I left to start Beyond Philosophy, a customer experience consultancy, back in 2002. Before setting up Beyond Philosophy I spent most of my career working in large corporate companies, climbing the ladder of success. Company Politics .

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2021

When I was writing my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences , back in 2002, I interviewed a source from BMW who said something I never forgot: “We don’t have any ‘Only-ers’ in our organization.” ” He meant that no employee did only one thing, like be an engineer or a sales associate.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Many of you might know that I started my global Customer Experience consultancy in 2002, back when the movement began. Looking at the different types of customers that you have and determining how to build social proof into the message can be an effective way to target your marketing and enhance your experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2018

I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy in 2002. The Labor Shadow business secretary even called out the merger for creating a duopoly with Tesco (the leading British Supermarket), which would have “ unrivaled power to dominate, dictating choice and prices for consumers… ”.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 20, 2021

Shortly after the BT Customer Experience program was a success, I wrote my first of seven books on Customer Experience, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) , and started my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. The End of Average How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness. by Todd Rose.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. So, I started by writing a book on Customer Experience called Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). My company had a significant birthday this year. So, I educated them. .

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It reminded me of 2002 when I first started talking about getting into Customer Experience. There are a few out there, but not an overwhelming amount. Customer Science is not fully defined; it’s more of a fusion between technology, Customer Experience, and behavioral science.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 22, 2022

13:27 Colin reads some articles for 2002 regarding CRM, when experiences were becoming a new focus and compares it to what is happening with Customer Experience today. 08:34 We get into what Customer Science is and what it is capable of doing for businesses today.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

In part, he authors built on ambassadorial ideas expressed in two editions of The Customer Comes Second (1992 and 2002), by Hal Rosenbluth and Diane Peters. These books emphasized the important linkage between customer experience and employee experience; and they are all strongly recommended.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 25, 2021

This new year also coincides with the 20 th anniversary of me founding my global Customer Experience Consultancy, Beyond Philosophy and publishing my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In 2002, I began my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, a term a bandied about long before anyone even knew what it was. Back in 1994, Steve Jobs introduced a concept at an Apple conference: that the design of their products should begin at the desired Customer Experience and work backward from there.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Since 2002, we have consulted brands all over the world and completed hundreds of successful implementations. People get these Price Image perceptions in their minds that are built up through subconscious signals you are either giving them on purpose or not. Beyond Philosophy can help.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, nobody knew us. Well…It depends! I implemented a strategy based on one of Oscar Wilde’s phrases. Wilde said, “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

This is gratifying for me because when I wrote about emotions for Building Great Customer Experiences back in 2002, everybody acted like I was mad. More organizations have embraced the emotional side of the Customer Experience. Thirteen years is a long time to be considered a madman! However, the Customer Experience movement has advanced.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Even since I joined the movement back in 2002, the ideas of what a Customer Experience is, how it works, and what you can do to optimize it have changed a lot. If you customize your goods or services and your experiences, you’ll thoroughly engage people.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 25, 2024

For instance, in 2002, people didn’t know what I meant by customer experience , so I would ask them to tell me a story about an experience they enjoyed and one they didn’t. Stories can also make abstract concepts concrete for people. This exercise allowed my potential clients to understand the concept personally.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

I have been consulting on Customer Experience since 2002. Customer Experience design is often through the lens of the organization rather than from a customer’s point of view. Companies do not train or develop their people sufficiently. .

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

So, I told them, starting my marketing efforts with my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). When I started my Global Customer Experience consultancy, no one knew me or even what Customer Experience was. Then I began conference speaking. Have an original idea.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve followed the American Customer Satisfaction Institute (ACSI) results since I started Beyond Philosophy in 2002. Guess what? It’s at an all-time low for the last 17 years.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

MAY 8, 2017

Surveys with fewer response options are “forcing” respondents into a category that causes information loss and renders the results to be less reliable than those with more variability (Van Bennekom, 2002). Surveys with more response alternatives are more reliable than those with fewer responses (Scherpenzeel, 2002; Alwin and Krosnick, 1991).

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Twenty years ago, at this time of the year, I started my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, and published my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

This is gratifying for me because when I wrote about emotions for Building Great Customer Experiences back in 2002, everybody acted like I was mad. More organizations have embraced the emotional side of the Customer Experience. Thirteen years is a long time to be considered a madman! However, the Customer Experience movement has advanced.

Employee engagement 150

Employee engagement Big data Analytics Education 150

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For example, I’ve had my own company since 2002, and I’ve considered each area. Therefore, as we present these ways to get others to sell for you, some of these channels will be better than others at various communications and tactics. I avoided a couple of them, particularly the first one, affiliate marketing.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2023

I had written two books, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and Revolutionize Your Customer Experience (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and we were flooded with inbound inquiries about our services.

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