Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

What happens when you get three Customer Experience Pioneers together to discuss the past, present, and future of Customer Experience? This episode of The Intuitive Customer, for starters. Joe Pine is the author of the book that started it all, The Experience Economy. Key Takeaways.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer Experience as an industry is at a crossroads. In our recent podcast, we had a guest Bob Thompson, CEO of Customer Think Corp., an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management and the founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. Rightly so, to be honest.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 25, 2016

There is a major skill most organizations lack: Customer centricity. But if you want to remain competitive in today’s economic climate, putting the focus on Customers is imperative to your bottom line. It was 20 years ago when the realization that I wasn’t Customer centric hit me. Operate with Customer in mind.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dawn Gucciardo who took my model of Six D’s to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture and applied it to developing and implementing a CRM software. – Shep Hyken. Shep Hyken believes customer centricity must start on the inside, with your employees. Guess what? Disseminate it.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Building a Customer-centric Culture From the Frontlines to the C-suite. Shep Hyken interviews Diane Hopkins, Certified Experience Economy Expert, CEO of ExPeers Consulting and author of Unleashing the Chief Moment Officers. The company’s leadership needs to be aligned with its customer experience goals.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the last 20 years, Customer Experience has been a concept embraced by businesses. . However, despite this emphasis on providing excellent experiences, customer satisfaction levels have not improved. As you can see, this was pre-pandemic and a time that I think of as the height of the Customer Experience movement.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 8, 2017

Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. We asked the Customer Experience professionals there to name a Telecom they admired for the experience they provided. Rather than this be a rant let’s look at the key issues with Telecom’s Customer Experience?

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity. Some do both.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 29, 2021

My global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, has been recognized by Financial Times as one of the leading management consultancy organizations for the past three years. So, today, we will look at the 5 Rules for building a successful Customer Experience team. .

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2020

She writes about preparing a productive and successful customer experience strategy and why it’s important to have one. This summer, The Petrova Experience conducted a Customer Experience Preparedness Survey. One of our questions assessed brand maturity in terms of customer experience strategy.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

So how do you get happy employees and how does it affect Customer Experience? You must design an Employee Experience that enables the Customer Experience you want to deliver. We discussed the importance of creating a complementary Employee Experience along with your Customer Experience in a recent podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 29, 2022

Anna wants to operationalize journey mapping to make their Customer Experience more customer centric. In addition, we will share practical steps and advice that any organization should take when implementing what they learn from the exercise to become more customer-centric in the experience they provide.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Whilst they each have their unique challenges, their insight on Customer Experience shows us the common obstacles that all of us face when tackling such an important facet of our business.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers.

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Quadient

AUGUST 1, 2022

Creating a Customer-centric Culture: Four Steps to Get Started. At the Experience-driven CCM event, I had the opportunity to explore how Quadient can further solve the challenges that our current and future customers face. As I mingled with our many customers and invited guests, two takeaways immediately became clear.

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Lumoa

APRIL 3, 2023

We are thrilled to announce our new partner: B2B Customer Experience Agency. By combining expertise in B2B customer experience with Lumoa’s powerful platform, we can create exceptional customer experiences that drive growth. I see CX as a Service.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

If you are like most companies, you probably think that you put the customer at the center of everything you do. There are some critical things that the most customer centric companies do differently than the average company. Key Ideas to Improve your Customer Experience. But do you? Complete this short survey.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

I dedicate my career to helping organizations take their current Customer Experience to the next level, or Beyond the Philosophy of it and into the “real world.”. Philosophy drives my actions, of course , including the following five: Philosophy #1: Experiences are not just about the “what” but also the “how.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that I would love to share with you, and discussed on my most recent podcast , regarding where we are now with Customer Experience and, perhaps more importantly, where we are heading.

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COPC

JUNE 24, 2024

Maintaining high customer experience (CX) standards determines survival in a competitive market, where customer loyalty is hard to earn and easy to lose. Their Q1 2024 report shows improvements in customer satisfaction across several industries, particularly in retail and e-commerce.

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Lumoa

APRIL 6, 2023

Relationships between customers and brands are the foundation of customer experience (CX) success. To ensure that customer experience is successful, companies must focus on creating strong relationships- by understanding customer needs and providing exceptional service.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. These choices affect the Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

When I thought about how I recognized it, I found that organizations that did not commit to customers had some shared company culture cues that indicated where their focus was. The ideas behind this discovery later became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience. ”, few of them would say false.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Customer Centric Processes for Stellar Customer Experience Lynn Hunsaker. All processes within a company have the potential to impact customer experience. Customer-facing employees are only as effective as the rest of the company enables them to be. 1) Define the process (6-10 manageable steps).

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2022

Stephanie wrote to us to ask about what to do about a price increase regarding their Customer Experience. Before we dive into how you can maintain and improve your Customer Experience even during a price increase, it is essential to appreciate the role of inflation in the broader economy. Subscribe today right here.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He writes about designing a compelling customer experience process and training your team to implement it. The bar for providing a top-notch customer experience (CX) seems to be rising year after year, regardless of whether you operate in B2B or B2C. Regularly update training materials based on customer feedback.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is. We shared some examples of some of the indicators of whether a company is customer-centric or not customer-centric on a recent podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Customer Experiences I have in the UK are not as good as I have in the USA, now there is evidence to back this up. Per the 8th annual “ Customer Experience Excellence Study” published by KPMG Nunwood, shows that Customer Experience in the UK is lagging. Secondly, the UK are not as customer-centric as U.S

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

First, that listening to the Voice of the Customer (VOC) is an important part of your brand strategy. Second, that incorporating what you hear in the VOC to your Customer Experience pays off for your bottom line, a.k.a. When It Comes to Customer Experience, You Have to Keep Rolling the Dice. It shows us two things.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Having a handle on where you are for each of them is an excellent way to improve your customer focus. In this episode, we explore the ways that we assess an organization’s customer centricity from the most unfocused on customers, or Naïve, to the most, which are Natural. Please tell us how we are doing!

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The same principle of gradual improvement through diligent effort holds true for Customer Experiences. Achieving a customer-centric organization isn’t an overnight switch. It evolves over time, with incremental enhancements fostering a culture and experience centered around customers. .’

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