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Customer Success is not CX

I’ve written previously about different job postings with CX-sounding titles.  One of those jobs is in the family of “Customer Success” positions.  If you’re like me, and work in CX, you may have wondered, What, exactly, is, Customer Success?  From a CX perspective, it may be useful to understand how these roles and their responsibilities [...]

By |2020-10-22T14:50:28+00:00October 22nd, 2020|CX Jobs, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Customer Success is not CX

Lead and lag measures

You know I’m all about metrics and measures.  One of the things that made entering the CX profession so attractive to me was that this is a field of study that’s not only based in numbers, it’s starving for people who have an affinity for measuring.  CX is a study that’s founded on measuring…from survey [...]

By |2020-10-15T16:00:46+00:00October 15th, 2020|CX Thoughts, Measures & Metrics, Process Engineering|Comments Off on Lead and lag measures

Transactional and relationship surveys: They’re different

“Well, it’s because they’re different.” The not-deliberately snarky, yet somewhat oversimplified tautological response was understandably not satisfying for the support business leader who’d asked me why I thought NPS would be different for the different lines of business his organization supported.  But in the end, it’s no more complicated than that.  Forget that I was, [...]

By |2020-10-11T18:26:14+00:00October 8th, 2020|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on Transactional and relationship surveys: They’re different

The value of certifications

I once had a mentor whose cubicle walls were covered in certificates and evidence of completion of training and qualification.  People considered him a bit of an egotist and obsessed with certifications.  Credentialism is a thing, after all.  But I asked him once about all his accreditations.  He said, “Some people say, ‘Sure, well you’re [...]

By |2020-10-01T14:46:12+00:00October 1st, 2020|CX Jobs, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on The value of certifications

Be hungry for negative feedback

The topic of the Voice of the Customer (VoC) has many branches and sub-categories.  Just on the topic of surveys alone (which is only a part of VoC), there are tons of thoughts: We discuss things like the formatting of surveys, the proper response rates, how and what sorts of questions to ask, which channel [...]

By |2020-09-24T14:48:51+00:00September 24th, 2020|CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on Be hungry for negative feedback

For a CX leader, don’t hire from within your industry

There’s a meme going around LinkedIn these days about a job posting that requires of the ideal candidate experience that’s physically impossible:  a history of use of a platform or programming language that’s longer than the language’s existence in the first place.  There’s even been a mocking job posting put up with a cascade of [...]

By |2020-09-17T13:33:10+00:00September 17th, 2020|CX Culture, CX Jobs, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on For a CX leader, don’t hire from within your industry

Three uses of your feedback

I’m a big fan, as you know, of negative feedback.  I suggest that CX professionals be greedy for negative feedback.  Since slaps on the back and hoorahs from your most ardent fans don’t really help you improve, you should be eager to hear “suggestions” from your Customers as to how you can better serve them.  [...]

By |2020-09-10T15:50:44+00:00September 10th, 2020|CX Thoughts, Process Engineering, VoC|Comments Off on Three uses of your feedback

Dynamism over products or services

There are articles all over the place and books overloading shelves in the business section of the stores having to do with strategies and branding.  One of the theories that I find appealing is that, when it comes to strategies and visions and missions, it’s important to leave your products or services out of these [...]

By |2020-09-03T14:51:39+00:00September 3rd, 2020|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on Dynamism over products or services
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