Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 14, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. For both inspiration and answers regarding the best and most effective approaches to apply, I turned to trailblazing ideas of the two “Fathers of Servant Leadership”, Max De Pree and Robert Greenleaf. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., Scott Peck.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 13, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. For both inspiration and answers regarding the best and most effective approaches to apply, I turned to trailblazing ideas of the two “Fathers of Servant Leadership”, Max De Pree and Robert Greenleaf. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., Scott Peck.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In other words, Customers will share data even though they don’t believe it is protected enough to get a better value from an organization. Netflix and Amazon continue to perfect their suggestions to suit the interests and previous selections by their customer, creating value to their loyal customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Before I explain what I mean by that and how it has to do with Customer Experience, however, let me first tell you where I was born. 2] The study found price increases had twice the effect on customer switching, compared to price decreases.”. How is this applicable to Customer Experience? We see it all the time.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2015

Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. Of course I know what the Customer Experience is about!”. Are you sure?

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2015

As a leader or a marketer if you want an employee or a customer to change behavior, research says the best thing to do is give them positive reinforcement when they do what you want. If you threaten your employees or Customers with punitive action when they do something you don’t want, you are potentially encouraging them to lie to you.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 10, 2015

You charged for the wrong plan on a Customer’s mobile bill or sent an ‘Extra Small’ instead of a Medium on the Jacket a Customer ordered online. So how do you recover from a mistake with your customers? Acknowledging your emotions is key to communicating with your customer. Everyone makes mistakes. We all make mistakes.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Knowing this percentage, how can you harness the incredible power of the Customers’ subconscious mind to create a positive experience? What these industries do to create a positive experience for their diners or players show us the importance of designing a deliberate subconscious experience for your customers, whomever they might be.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In doing so, the Royal Yacht Britannia team has thought through every aspect of the visit to create an excellent Customer Experience. Downie explained that this was the result of recognising that Customer Service is only the final action in what has to be a much more strategic focus on the whole Customer Experience. “If

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

When it comes to branding there might be no better way than using music to help a Customer remember your brand promise. Apple and Coke have chosen good songs to create the memory with their Customers. Having a great song, jingle, or score makes the ad create positive emotions in the minds of your Customers. They did a great job.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. This delay is a consequence caused by the Paradox of Choice , first introduced to us by Barry Schwartz in his book of the same name in 2004, and then later in his TED talk. The Consequence of Choice.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

These types are critical to locate and eradicate from your culture to promote a better work environment that can create an excellent Customer Experience. For Customer-facing employees, it is important to hire those with a high EQ (emotional intelligence), so that they can use those skills to manage the situations to the outcome you want.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 12, 2015

I love watching what people, and Customers do. Your Customers would raise their hands during this TED talk also. What baffles me, then is why some organizations choose to ignore feelings and how they affect the behavior of their Customers. What do I mean by irrational behavior? Ze Frank has this to say about being human.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 26, 2015

4: Leadership is everything. Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching. — George Van Valkenburg. Leadership is putting your team first and yourself second. Leadership is never asking your team to do something you wouldn’t do. Leadership means recognizing that everyone is equal.

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ClearAction

AUGUST 24, 2008

Customer Experience Metaphors Offer a Wealth of Insights Lynn Hunsaker. And we all use 5-6 metaphors a minute, according to author Gerald Zeitman in his book How Customers Think. So how much do you know about your customers’ metaphors? The analogies they use to explain the customer experience.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 12, 2018

That leader had an epiphany about customer-centric culture. If we focus on customers, we will be a better organization. Starting today, we focus on customers in a whole new way! A speech that declares this day is “DAY ONE” of becoming customer centered. Or maybe he was the CEO. We will have legions of fans.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 4, 2016

In truth people couldn’t care less about the Customer. As part of our consulting philosophy, we encourage a cross-functional team to champion the Customer Experience. To help improve your Customer Experience sign up for our Certified Foundation CEM Training starting on April 8th. Its was all about politics.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 4, 2016

In truth people couldn’t care less about the Customer. As part of our consulting philosophy, we encourage a cross-functional team to champion the Customer Experience. To help improve your Customer Experience sign up for our Certified Foundation CEM Training starting on April 8th. Its was all about politics.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 14, 2015

Over the 13 years I worked on Customer Experience, I learned the tell-tale signs of authentic commitment. How to Check the Commitment of Your CEO: Count the number of times the CEO mentions Customers in any communication. If you don’t hear your CEO talking, emailing, or meeting about Customers, he or she isn’t focused on them.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. Here is the ‘executive summary’ version of some conditions of each stage, and how the movement to customer obsession takes place within the enterprise. Customer Awareness. Customer Sensitivity. Customer Focus. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 2, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. For anyone who appreciates a truly customer-centric organization, one that is invested in its stellar reputation for ongoing trust and value creation, customer experience optimization and building employee ambassadorship, Wegmans is the company to emulate.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. When we look at the tactics, or types, of content marketers are applying, studies are showing that social media has become the most popular, knocking articles out of the leadership position. appeared first on Beyond Philosophy | CX Consultants | Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2015

There are some signs that your Customer relationship is all about you, or one-sided, and they are easier to spot than you think. Many of the things that make personal relationships fail make your relationship with Customers one-sided. 2: Your Customer retention plan includes penalties or fines if they want to end the relationship.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. just how jaded and seeking for social interaction have customers become, in their relationships with vendors and their loyalty and engagement programs, that experiences need to always be fun and inclusive? Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 23, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. A couple of years ago, our local newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ran a disturbing story about how a mortgage loan company in Phoenix had sent spam advertising messages which appeared on the screens of thousands of wireless phone customers. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Their Customer Service Success Blog reported some interesting stats to consider about Customer’s self-service options, including: By 2017, Only 1/3 of Customer service interactions will require human assistance.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 30, 2015

Keeping Customers is cheaper than getting new ones. Customer loyalty and retention are goals for most organizations as a result. So now what do we do to build Customer Loyalty? So now what do we do to build Customer Loyalty? Loyalty Programs Disappoint Customers. What makes your target Customer feel elite?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

Without fear of (much) argument, it’s a fair statement that all companies want, and try to generate and achieve, optimum loyalty from their customer base. They should want this because study after study shows the financial rewards of having loyal customers. Customer loyalty programs are especially popular among retailers.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 20, 2015

Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. More than just a buzzword, ‘being human’, especially in brand-building and leveraging customer relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept. To understand customers, the effective enterprise needs to think in human, emotional terms. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 23, 2019

At Pulse 2016, SaaStr’s Customer Success for Start-ups track was one of the most popular series of sessions in the entire conference. Just in brief, how big should you scale your Customer Success team? CS: So April is a veteran in the customer success space and has over 10 years of experience in SaaS companies.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Knowing that the memory of the experience is what makes a Customer return, every organization should adapt their experience to appeal differently to the gender of the Customer. So why not in a Customer Experience as well? According to researchers, this means that they remember different things about an experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

Chances are, 70% or more of your Customers are reading/Googling/posting on mobile devices about your organization, too. Train customer staff across all channels. Customer-facing staff should know how to use all the channels you have available. Enhance the current experience with Customer-led innovation. And it’s working.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 12, 2015

Psychologist and Professor Daniel Kahneman , winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, explains why this is in his book, “ Thinking Fast and Slow ”. This fact is why dealing with Customers is so difficult. Most organizations make the mistake thinking Customers are rational beings and only make decisions logically.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. The company needs to understand the benefits, and overall perceived value, customers seek in the entertainment experience. As basic customer experience processes were improved, the metric flatlined, offering no opportunity for further enhancement or competitive advantage.

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