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Rethinking the ROI of CX

Articulating the return on investment (ROI) of Customer Experience efforts is a recurring theme among CX professionals.  As I moderate panels on webinars and sit as a guest on podcasts, listen to my peers talk, and read articles, I hear the questions all the time:  How do you define the ROI?  How do you sell [...]

By |2021-08-17T16:09:15+00:00August 17th, 2021|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, ROI of CX|Comments Off on Rethinking the ROI of CX

Set your CCO up with authority

Recently I wrote about a friend of mine, a Chief Customer Officer who was struggling with breaking through to her leadership colleagues the importance of taking action to improve the organization’s CX.  Her frustration, I surmised, was rooted mostly in a lack of support from her CEO, who, although her heart was in the right place, [...]

By |2021-08-11T15:40:20+00:00August 11th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on Set your CCO up with authority

Are we conversing?

I spent the last three weeks on Reserve status with the Air Force. It’s an exercise I anticipate and enjoy every year, but it inevitably gobbles up a lot of my time when it rolls around. As such, I’ve been a more passive observer on LinkedIn, Customer Think, CXPA, Twitter, and other forums in which [...]

By |2021-08-04T18:52:42+00:00August 4th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on Are we conversing?

Is fear affecting your decision making?

Way back when I decided to leave active duty I took a friend, a fellow captain, to the informational meeting held by Cameron Brooks, the placement company that went on to help me land my first post-military civilian job. We had each been in the Air Force for about a decade, and I think he [...]

By |2021-06-22T15:35:32+00:00June 22nd, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, Leadership|Comments Off on Is fear affecting your decision making?

Keeping up with your professional network

One of the things that makes being an independent consultant different from work ‘on the inside’ is that doing things like keeping up with LinkedIn and other ‘work-related’ social networks is actually part of the job.  While it may seem a luxury to be able to find cool stuff here or find out about promotions [...]

By |2021-06-16T15:42:31+00:00June 16th, 2021|Consulting, Leadership|Comments Off on Keeping up with your professional network

Regulation as a CX opportunity

As a CX consultant and Fractional Chief Customer Officer, at times I’ve had clients and worked with companies in highly-regulated industries; from healthcare to insurance as well as others.  In the online webinar panels I moderate, I also come across senior leaders at companies in these sorts of fields all the time.  I love working [...]

By |2021-05-18T15:24:18+00:00May 18th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Regulation as a CX opportunity

Employee experience begins with candidates

The world of work out there these days is simply weird.  With unemployment clearly and dramatically impacted by the choices made in response to the whole Covid-19 mess, and yet the economy going gangbusters, it’s hard to understand if things are good or bad sometimes. Lots of organizations are looking to hire, and especially in [...]

By |2021-04-27T15:29:11+00:00April 27th, 2021|Consulting, CX Jobs, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Employee experience begins with candidates

Reasons to read and share

LinkedIn, Medium, tons of CX blogs and websites, including the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), Customer Think, and others, are all great sources of information for those looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of Customer Experience.  There are insights into specific tactical issues, organizational concepts and approaches, strategic thought leadership, and much more.  Given [...]

By |2021-04-20T16:33:54+00:00April 20th, 2021|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Reasons to read and share

CX for SaaS

I’ve done some work with some folks in the software as a service (SaaS) space and have lots of colleagues and friends who are also working there.  Whenever I talk with them about Customer Experience, I always chuckle when the conversation turns to the Voice of the Customer. […]

By |2021-04-06T15:14:52+00:00April 6th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on CX for SaaS
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