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Don’t confuse your system with reality

Improving our processes is hard work.  There’s a lot of research and thinking that goes into the exercise of getting better at what we do.  Add to that the complexities and politics of change management—especially if your organization is large and/or well-established—and it can be daunting for sure.  People spend careers refining their approach to [...]

By |2021-03-08T16:26:03+00:00March 8th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Process Engineering|Comments Off on Don’t confuse your system with reality

Chesterton and his gate

One of my favorite Process Engineering tools is the Five Whys.  The basic principle is to consider a problem or imperfection, ask why it’s the way it is, and then ask why that explanation is so.  We keep digging (as the title suggests, five times, but your mileage may vary) until we’ve uncovered the true [...]

By |2021-02-22T17:37:25+00:00February 22nd, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, Process Engineering|Comments Off on Chesterton and his gate

Maybe you are already “doing” CX

“You’re soaking in it.”  Do you remember that commercial for dishwashing soap that was supposed to be so incredibly good for your skin that the lady who’d gone in (to see Madge, remember?) for a manicure was unknowingly enjoying its benefits, thinking she was dipping her fingers into some wonderful skin tonic?  Or have you heard [...]

By |2021-02-16T16:20:58+00:00February 16th, 2021|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, Process Engineering, VoC|Comments Off on Maybe you are already “doing” CX

The struggle for feedback

I came across the following article I wrote in an earlier part of my consulting career (I was much thinner then).  Without knowing it at the time, I foreshadowed a lot of reflection that I use now as an executive CX consultant and Fractional CCO.  At the time my practice was mainly focused on training [...]

By |2021-02-11T16:27:37+00:00February 11th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on The struggle for feedback

CX professionals are the best (and worst) Customers

The Wall Street Journal has a daily column called “Best of the Web Today.”  Its originator, James Taranto, created it as a bit of a light-hearted end-of-the-day quick-hit piece with a bit of political commentary thrown in as well.  A recurring gag is to make little jokes about headlines published around the Web that, regardless [...]

By |2020-12-14T16:36:57+00:00December 14th, 2020|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Jobs, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on CX professionals are the best (and worst) Customers

Good CX Principle #2: Communicate

In this, the second installment of a five-part series on the Principles of Good CX (Intro here, and Part One here), I’ll present the principle of Communication.  It’s pretty obvious that this is important, but that makes it even more surprising that so many organizations get it so wrong. I recently spent literally two weeks [...]

By |2020-11-12T15:57:05+00:00November 12th, 2020|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Principles of Good CX|Comments Off on Good CX Principle #2: Communicate

Good CX Principle #1: Get it Right

In my time as a CX professional, I’ve developed what I call the Five Principles of CX.  I’ll go through them over the course of five articles starting here with the first one:  Get It Right (GIR).  (I posted an introduction to the series here.)  Although not universally the case, and it’s not a good [...]

By |2020-11-11T19:25:28+00:00November 11th, 2020|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Principles of Good CX|Comments Off on Good CX Principle #1: Get it Right

An introduction to the Principles of Good CX

I wouldn’t be a self-serving, self-promoting consultant if I didn’t have a few frameworks to show you, so at the risk of shaming myself and losing my membership card, here’s another one.  Over the course of five articles, I’ll get into each of them, but here I’ll lay out what I term the Principles of [...]

By |2022-08-26T16:28:51+00:00November 9th, 2020|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Principles of Good CX|Comments Off on An introduction to the Principles of Good CX

Another webinar coming up, this time for the EANE

I'm honored to be invited to participate in the Employers Association of the NorthEast's WOW (Webinars on Wednesday) program. Check me out coming up next week on how to identify Waste in your day.  And check out the other offerings in this series while you're at it:  

By |2020-08-17T16:37:34+00:00August 17th, 2020|Consulting, Leadership, Sightings|Comments Off on Another webinar coming up, this time for the EANE
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