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

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Using smells in your Customer Experience is olfactory marketing, and it works. Smell is one of the fastest senses to process, and it is connected directly to the part of the brain that processes emotion. Customer experience is largely dependent on the subconscious mind and the emotional triggers that it evokes.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

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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

MARCH 12, 2015

When it comes to the emotional journey during this new and improved process, most organizations cross their fingers and hope for the best. It is a blend of an organizations rational performance, the senses stimulated and emotions evoked and intuitively measured against Customer expectations across all moments of contact.

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Customer emotions Journey mapping Customer centricity Customer retention 417

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Even when looking at product and service features that appear strictly rational, there is an emotional underpinning. In other words, emotions are driving these importance and performance ratings; and their impact on customer experience perception needs to be understood. have an emotional base that must be considered.

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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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Customer Experience Airlines Banking Customer centricity 278

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Watch out this space as in a subsequent blog we’ll give advice on the different ways to change a habit… Blogs CEM CEO Conferences consultants consumer behaviour customer Customer Analysis customer behavior Customer Behaviour customer centricity customer emotions customer engagement Customer experience customer experience books customer experience (..)

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Marketing Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity 418

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 5, 2015

There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. We can all learn a little about Customer centricity when we look at these examples from three major carriers in the US. Southwest Attacks Its Late Problem Head-on with Its Customers.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Your employees have the power to make or break your Customer Experience this holiday season with the customer service they provide. However, when employees aren’t happy, customer service often suffers. However, they also provide an excellent Employee Experience. Remember the Nordstrom Way.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 418

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I have led hundreds of successful Customer Experience (CX) program successes. Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. Customer-centricity requires you to put the Customer at the center of everything you do. Where does your experience stop? Why or why not?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The emotional side of the Customer Experience (CX) is often ignored, which is a big mistake in today’s competitive business environment. Since emotion influences more than half the typical CX, deliberate structuring of your emotional CX is essential. I wrote a book about this question, The Intuitive Customer.

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Journey mapping Banking Customer emotions Customer centricity 357

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2015

. “ Unlocking the Hidden Customer Experience: Short Stories of Remarkable Practices that Ensure Success” is designed to help organizations take their Customer Experience to the next level. Are You Making These Mistakes with Your Employees Today. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

It is essential that you connect your Customer Experience to these ads, and sustain this emotional experience for Customers. Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is an excellent example of using emotions to create a connection and brand promise with Customers, an essential first step to an excellent Customer Experience.

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Customer emotions Customer centricity Consulting Consulting 313

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As Customer Experience Consultants, we advise our clients to learn to take an outside-in approach to their Customer Experience. This is completely backwards thinking that turns a Customer Experience upside down. Designing a Customer-Focused Process. However, if you do disappoint them, listen to why.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 419

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 11, 2016

If you haven’t gone online with your Customer Experience, too, it’s time. The digital transformation of your present Customer Experience is long overdue. Consider this graph of which devices customers use at home: Nearly everyone has a computer or smartphone, and close to three quarters have a tablet.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2015

. “ Unlocking the Hidden Customer Experience: Short Stories of Remarkable Practices that Ensure Success” is designed to help organizations take their Customer Experience to the next level. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Four Ways to Get Customers to Do What You Want.

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Customer emotions Customer centricity Customer retention Consulting 315

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company.

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Customer centricity Customer retention Customer emotions Airlines 276

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Expectations are associated with our choice of vacation, the gifts we give and receive at the holidays, and the Customer Experiences we receive from the organization. Disappointment is an emotion caused by the nonfulfillment of your hopes or expectations. It is an emotion most of us would rather avoid at the holidays.

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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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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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Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Customer emotions 150

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Resolving the paradox of choice should be a priority for most organizations that want to design a Customer Experience that creates a feeling of satisfaction instead of one of angst and remorse. It is a paradox to be sure, and one commonly referred to as the Paradox of choice. The Paralysis of Too Much Choice. < [link].

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Blaming someone else is a sure sign of a company that is inwardly focused instead of looking at ways to be more customer centric. Emotional Signature is one of the building blocks of a customer-centric strategy that leads to better customer experiences and greater value for a company.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 17, 2019

I am cursed with the fact that I can’t have a Customer Experience without analyzing it and defining what they should do differently. But I am also blessed, because my Customer Experience knowledge has fed my family for 20 years! Why You Must Create and Sustain a Customer-Centric Culture. Will we get a table?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Changing the culture within your organization is vital if you want to deliver a Customer Experience that fosters customer loyalty and retention. I was running a workshop with a utility client many years ago about the concept of Customer Experience. Culture change is not easy.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 1, 2019

A significant influence on your Customer Experience outcome is how customers feel during your experience. In our global Customer Experience consultancy, we say that emotions are over 50 percent of a Customer Experience. To measure customer emotions, you need the proper tools to do a job.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 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 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. . I have used them many, many times.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

As a Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy , we have worked in China on a few occasions. We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 283

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The new report, “ The Health of the Contact Center: Agent Well-Being in a Customer-Centric Era ,” revealed that 56% of the 1,000 respondents in the U.K. said complicated customer issues are their most significant challenge. We see this sort of thing all the time in our global Customer Experience consultancy.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What wasn’t so completely understood at the time is that that this level of employee commitment and personal investment also positively impacted the employee experience. Customer experience pros can argue back-and-forth about whether a vendor can create deep emotions such as bonding and love in a customer.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Trust and the Customer Experience. Emotions are an important part of any customer experience. How a customer feels about the company is an integral part of their loyalty to it. Emotions evoked by the branding, the reputation, and the actions of an organization should build trust.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

Join us for our webinar, “ OmniChannel Customer Engagement” on Thursday, May 28 th , to learn more how you can manage your diverse channels in a single model to promote your Customer Experience agenda. Mobile Experience: Harness the Power of Your Mobile Channel to Increase Traffic in Retail Stores. Register here today!

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2015

State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it’s not a moment too soon. It’s the law of Customer Experience Supply and Demand: they demand it so you better supply it! They evoke the wrong Customer emotions during the experience. That’s just the U.K.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

You would have thought that this would change over time, but about five years ago, we conducted research where we asked customer experience professionals at about 40 telecom companies worldwide to name a company in their industry whose customer experience they admired. Share your experiences in the comments box below.

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