WHITEPAPER: Top 10 considerations on how to flex your CX strategy to help your organisation through the Coronavirus crisis

WHITEPAPER: Top 10 considerations on how to flex your CX strategy to help your organisation through the Coronavirus crisis

The Coronavirus is radically impacting everybody’s life. Now more than ever, it is important to think about what your customers need, both functionally and emotionally. Then you need to flex your CX strategy accordingly and make it a key part of all crisis management actions.

Trust and Transparency - My highlights from chairing the Customer Engagement Summit 2019

Trust and Transparency - My highlights from chairing the Customer Engagement Summit 2019

This year I had the pleasure of chairing the Customer Engagement Summit, the largest customer experience event in Europe. Follow the link to read my Chair Report with the key highlights from two days spent with inspirational leaders and immersed in insightful presentations.

The future of CX in Retail - An interview

The future of CX in Retail - An interview

Do you know why your customers come into your store instead of shopping online? And do you design your stores to meet those needs and expectations, leveraging the right balance of immersive spaces and technology-enabled engagement solutions? Many retailers don’t, and that is why it is not surprising that many high street names are struggling.

I want it all and I want it now

I want it all and I want it now

Customers’ intolerance for suboptimal experiences is increasingly impacting companies’ profitability, because far too often their expectations for immediate, convenient and personalised service are not met. Why are organisations still pursuing tech-first transformation without due consideration for those deeper customer needs and expectations?

Techno-cocktails of the senses

Techno-cocktails of the senses

Increasingly organisations aim to engage their customers and users at a deeper level, by tapping into their emotions and stimulating their senses. Innovative technologies are increasingly helping with this by creating sensorial stimuli to enrich the experience and influence the mind.

Take a chance on poor customer experience? Mamma Mia, no!

Take a chance on poor customer experience? Mamma Mia, no!

In the midst of the ‘Experience Economy’, where Customer Experience is the key driver of lasting customer relationships and loyalty, many organisations still leave things to chance. Instead, a clear customer strategy is essential to design and deliver coherent, meaningful and differentiated CX

Reclaiming your time at the time of a claim

Reclaiming your time at the time of a claim

Claims are a key moment in the insurance journey and key to customer retention. However, the customer experience is often a chronicle of frustrations and bad endings. How can insurers leverage technology and automation to improve the claims journey and drive loyalty and business value?

Customer strategy: The missing link

Customer strategy: The missing link

Do you have a clear Customer Strategy to shape the focus of your CX programme and supercharge its delivery and impact? The reality is that not only many organisations overlook this aspect of the CX programme, but many do not have the right skills and tools to design a successful and brand-aligned Customer Strategy.

You're hot and you're cold

You're hot and you're cold

Many studies show that customers’ behaviours and decisions are greatly influenced by emotions. However, most organisations are not clear about what their customers’ emotional motivators are and therefore ignore opportunities for strengthening customer engagement.

Once upon a time, design was for kids

Once upon a time, design was for kids

Businesses increasingly use the word ‘design’ as the solution to many problems. However, many still adopt traditional process design techniques, which are not able to bring the right customer focus or lead to innovative solutions.

Emotions are loud but nobody listens

Emotions are loud but nobody listens

People's decisions and behaviours are driven by emotions, but most Voice of the Customer programmes focus only on the transactional aspects of the customer journey, without trying to understand how the customer felt