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If you’re explaining, you’re losing

The late actor (who also did some other things) Ronald Reagan had a saying:  “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.”  Now, when it comes to popular politics, what he meant by that was that it’s important to keep your arguments simple:  The more succinct you can make your point, the more likely people are to agree [...]

By |2023-01-17T15:00:11+00:00January 17th, 2023|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on If you’re explaining, you’re losing

CX is not a test

As a math and stats professor, I assign a lot of homework (my cadets can attest to that), but that homework is distinct from the exams I administer.  That’s because the purpose of each is different. When we give homework, the purpose is for practice and learning; getting better at stuff, which is often pretty [...]

By |2022-12-20T15:23:51+00:00December 20th, 2022|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, VoC|Comments Off on CX is not a test

When it’s okay to ask

At one point a while back in my career I spent most of my days teaching Lean Six Sigma around the company for which I was working at the time.  From a (much more seasoned) colleague I learned a witty thing to say at the end of each session:  “If you have negative feedback, please [...]

By |2022-12-07T16:06:42+00:00December 7th, 2022|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on When it’s okay to ask

How CX is like HR

I’ll often describe CX in terms of an analogy to other operations within your company.  If it’s to make an impact, it should have a charter that includes responsibility for and the moving parts needed to drive changes.  Otherwise, there’s no point in having a CX department in the first place. The conversation usually comes [...]

By |2022-11-22T15:30:06+00:00November 22nd, 2022|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, ROI of CX|Comments Off on How CX is like HR

Is it loyalty?

I’ve been with a certain service provider for about 20 years now.  It’s definitely the longest I’ve ever been with any brand that I can think of off the top of my head.  Sometimes you stay because it’s the only game in town (you can likely consider your cable company for this example).  Sometimes you [...]

By |2022-07-26T16:07:35+00:00July 26th, 2022|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Is it loyalty?

So why did you ask?

A while back, one of my service providers sent me an invitation to fill out a survey.  As I’ve stated before, sometimes CX people can be the best or the worst when it comes to such things.  I will usually only fill out a survey when I know that I have something positive to say [...]

By |2022-05-25T13:48:01+00:00May 25th, 2022|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on So why did you ask?

Don’t leave that seat empty

There’s an old anecdote that’s probably apocryphal—at least for some brands that like to tout it—that certain Customer-centric companies are “so dedicated” to their Customers that they leave an empty chair at the table in the meeting room where their leadership gets together that is ostensibly to signify where the Customer would be sitting….i.e., their [...]

By |2022-05-03T14:49:56+00:00May 3rd, 2022|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Jobs, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on Don’t leave that seat empty

The big reason you need that outside perspective

I listen to a wide variety of podcasts…I’ve even appeared on quite a few of them myself.  (“Appeared”?  That doesn’t sound right for a podcast.  Anyway.)  In the jumble of all the great content, recently I was listening to one on which the guest made a reference to a movie that I hadn’t thought about [...]

By |2022-04-13T15:01:39+00:00April 13th, 2022|CX Culture, CX Jobs, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on The big reason you need that outside perspective

Three important words

I wrote a while back about how a big-box home improvement retailer made it less convenient for military folks to receive their in-store discount, while saying the purpose was to make it more so for us.  My original comment was that, gee, it’s interesting, it seems, that every hassle I go through somehow or another [...]

By |2022-03-23T15:25:36+00:00March 23rd, 2022|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Process Engineering|Comments Off on Three important words

Good for your Customers doesn’t have to be bad for you

I’ve mentioned before that those of us in the CX profession are both the best and the worst Customers:  the best because we are sympathetic to those in the Customer-facing trades, but also the worst because we expect so much and are always on the lookout for improvement opportunities—even if they’re opportunities for others to improve.  [...]

By |2022-03-09T15:56:05+00:00March 9th, 2022|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Good for your Customers doesn’t have to be bad for you
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