Back in 2005, Bain produced a piece of research that identified the existence of a customer experience delivery gap, where 80% of the companies surveyed believed that they delivered a “superior experience” yet only 8% of customers agreed. Now that research may now be verging on becoming old and, potentially, out of date. But, the idea of a ‘gap’ existing still resonates with many executives and entrepreneurs that I talk to when I conduct workshops and give talks on getting …
Category: Customer service
Today’s interview is with Tom Peters, author of numerous business books (18 in total) and speaker. He is, perhaps, best known for his 1982 seminal book: In Search of Excellence (co-authored with Robert H. Waterman Jr). However, today he joins me to talk about his latest book: The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last, what companies should be focusing on in the face of rapidly evolving technology, why striving for excellence is …
Over the last few months I’ve been thinking about the emergence and development of intelligent voice assistants and the impact that they are having, and will have, on the overall customer experience. Right now their impact may be limited but, according to Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca, voice assistants are set to become mainstream in about 18-24 months driven by increasing consumer acceptance, falling prices and fierce competition. This is particularly true in the US, where he believes that the …
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at a handful of conferences and in-house workshops, where I have been talking about some of the characteristics of leading companies, particularly those that are customer experience leaders. One of the characteristics I have been talking about is Simplicity. Now, it’s common when thinking about growing your business or developing your customer base to consider offering customers greater choice and more options. However, whilst offering more choice may seem …
Today’s interview is with Matt Watkinson, consultant and award winning author of The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences. Matt joins me today to talk about his new book: The Grid: The Decision-making Tool for Every Business (Including Yours), why he wrote it, what problem it solves and what we can learn from it. This interview follows on from my recent interview – The role of voice in the future of customer experience – Interview with Gregg Johnson – and …
Today’s interview is with Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca, a provider of call intelligence software that allows marketers to drive, track and automate inbound calls for better leads, greater marketing insight, and more customers. Gregg joins me today to talk about a recent report they have released, the impact of voice assistants on customer experience and the role of both intelligent voice assistants and the contact centre in the future of customer experience. This interview follows on from my recent …
This is a guest post from Kris McKenzie, Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at Calabrio It’s no secret that companies are prioritising the customer experience. In fact, 72 percent of businesses say that improving customer experience is the top priority. And it’s clear that this emphasis is driving digital transformation efforts. Making CX improvements is based on the ability to identify customers’ pain points and implement the right mix of technology and customer service processes to drive …
Today’s interview is with Jeremiah Smith, who is the President and CEO of SimpleTiger, a boutique digital marketing agency that specializes in SEO for entrepreneurs and software as a service firms. Jeremiah joins me today to talk about management styles, SimpleTiger’s discovery of Dan Pink’s three elements of motivation (autonomy, mastery, and purpose) and how they have developed a management system/approach that puts these three into practice. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Customer success needs to …
Today’s interview is with Fred Shilmover, the CEO and co-founder of InsightSquared, a provider of sales intelligence solutions for high-growth technology companies. Fred joins me today to talk about InsightSquared and their journey with implementing a customer success programme and how and why they changed it. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Ethics, technology and the impact of our decisions on customers and employees – Interview with Cennydd Bowles – and is number 252 in the series …