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From Chief Information Officer to Chief Customer Officer, With Brian Lillie – CB60

Customer Bliss

Brian Lillie joined Equinix in August 2008 and has been focused on building business value through strategic and innovative product development and information technology initiatives. I wanted to learn more about that transition, his background, and how he built out the new role. That’s this episode. About Brian.

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Is the Chief Customer Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

Overall, it seems like the easiest way to solve that is to have someone specialized in customer experience in charge of the whole process – both to make sure everything is going as it should and that the majority of the C level can focus on other matters. Well, that’s where the Chief Customer Officer comes into play.

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Is the Chief Experience Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

Well, that’s where the Chief Experience Officer comes into play. CXO stands for Chief Experience Officer. People might also refer to this position as Chief Customer Officer, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Client Officer, or Chief Customer Service Officer.

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How the Smithsonian Built their Journey Map, with Samir Bitar [CB4]

Customer Bliss

Like many folks who attain a Chief Customer Officer level type role, Samir had been developing a robust visitor experience for just one of the 19 museums on the Smithsonian campus. Prior to joining the Smithsonian in 2008 Samir was the Executive Director of Noemie LaFrance’s SENS Production in Brooklyn, New York.

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What the SaaS Collapse Means for Every Leader

Gainsight

Chief customer officers should consider ways to efficiently scale. This is true for five key reasons: New sales will decline rapidly as fear slows new decisions, so existing customers become even more important. No budget or head count is committed–everything is up for discussion at any moment.

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CX Experts We Love

Wootric CX Blog

The “Make Mom Proud” Standard for How to Treat Your Customers , a coach for Chief Customer Officers, host of the podcast The Human Duct Tape Show , and frequently writes articles on her site, Customer Bliss. And we probably haven’t even got everything covered. Jeannie Walters. Steven Van Belleghem.

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Top 20 Books Every Customer Experience Professional Needs to Read Now

Chattermill

Zappos founder Tony Hsieh’s book is essential reading for all customer experience professionals. in 2000 to over $1 billion in 2008 by focusing relentlessly on customer success. Chief Customer Officer 2.0 Bestselling author Jeanne Bliss’ Chief Customer 2.0 by Jeanne Bliss.