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Chief Customer Officer in Manufacturing & Distribution With Anne Herman – CB47

Customer Bliss

Anne Herman is the Chief Customer Officer for MSA – The Safety Company, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of safety equipment. Anne is the third Chief Customer Officer for MSA. She believes the ease of those B2C transactions is influencing how B2B companies need to do business.

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5 Ways Chief Customer Officers Can Drive Net Revenue Retention

Gainsight

Though the pandemic isn’t exactly in the rearview mirror yet, we are beginning to understand the effect it’s had on B2B firms across the country — and around the world. One of the biggest paradigm shifts is an increased appreciation for the customer base. We can’t take our customers for granted — ever.

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The Chief Customer Officer Role in Media, With Robert Bridge of Telegraph Media Group – CB39

Customer Bliss

The New York Times has a leader of Customer Experience (who we will soon be interviewing), and I was pleased to see that the UK is also embracing this role. There is a huge cultural component to creating a customer-driven growth engine; it’s not simply about metrics/numbers, but also people.

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What Chief Customer Officers can learn from YCombinator’s approach to disruption

Thematic

What do Chief Customer Officers have in common with YCombinator? Last week, I attended the Chief Customer Officers & Influencers conference in Atlanta. In the B2B space, startups like Stripe disrupt how we think about payments, and Gusto has simplified something as complex as HR processes.

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The Impact of the Chief Customer Officer, Part II

CCO Council

Last week, I described recent research conducted by the CCO Council into the impact of the chief customer officer on company financials. Customer Centricity is a two-year investment. Developing and improving customer strategy is a profitable but longer-term investment.

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CX Wisdom You Need to Know From 6 Leaders in B2B Organizations

Customer Bliss

In today’s podcast episode, you’ll hear from six customer experience leaders in the B2B industry who share advice about the things they know now, that they wish they knew before they started their work. Invest Deeply in Listening to Your Customers. Listening to the customer never stops.

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SaaS Customer Experience Starts in the C-Suite

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

In 2003 there were 30 Chief Customer Officers worldwide according to the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Council, reaching 450 by 2011. Annie has been specializing in the field of Customer Experience Management for over ten years, but has dabbled in lots of different parts of business.