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4 CS Leaders’ Predictions for the Future of Customer Success

Gainsight

Maranda (VandenBroek) Dziekonski Chief Customer Officer, Swiftly Years in CS: I have been in a customer-facing position for over 20 years now. Additionally, I foresee an increase in CS professionals ascending to executive roles, ranging from Chief Customer Officers to CEOs.

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Top 10 Customer Experience Podcasts You Should Listen To

Kustomer

Led by two of Forester’s VPs, each episode of What It Means invites a Forrester analyst to discuss the hottest topics in customer experience, from tech-driven innovation and CX design to B2B buying trends and marketing planning. The team at What It Means defines themselves as truly customer-obsessed, and hopes that you will be, too.

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Want To Sell Service Design? Get A Trojan Horse

Kerry Bodine

The innovation team at a government agency I work with also met with strong resistance when introducing design methodologies to the organization several years ago. And in its 2014 survey of 200 companies, global analyst firm Gartner found that 89% of respondents planned to compete primarily on the basis of customer experience by 2016.

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Making an impact on the customer experience in the first 90 days

Customer Alignment

the number of Chief Customer Officers across all industries increased from 14 in 2014 to 90 in 2017; half of those roles were created in the last 15 months. months in 2013 but it still has the shortest lifespan among all C-suite executives, according to research conducted in 2010 by the Chief Customer Officer Council.

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Top 20 Customer Service Experts to Follow on Twitter Right Now

Comm100

Jeanne Bliss is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss , and the Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. She is an expert on customer-centric leadership, and an active tweeter. She is an expert on customer-centric leadership, and an active tweeter. Andrew Neff. AndrewinContact. Blake Morgan.

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Strativity Presents New Customer Experience Learning Program: CX Masters – Making a Difference in World Causes

Strativity

Hackensack, NJ (PRWEB) December 09, 2014. Strativity Group – a world leader in customer experience training for over 12 years, transforming over 375,000 people through programs for managers, employees and CX practitioners – is pleased to announce The CX Masters. Chief Customer Officer. Who should attend?

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

He has appeared in over 150 media and is regularly cited as a top customer experience thought leader. In addition to his customer experience work, Adam is an angel investor with an interest in entrepreneurs who disrupt the status quo through innovation. Adrian Swinscoe. Barry Dalton. Bob Thompson.