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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. The founders of AirBnB came up with an exercise that can help. Anyone can do this exercise. Leaders who listen to customers.

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How to Gain Leadership Buy-In for Customer Experience: A Guide for CX Change Agents

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

I speak with customer experience professionals every day. Some of them have fancy, customer-focused titles like Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Others have more common org chart regulars, like Chief Marketing Officer or Voice fo the Customer (VoC) Director.

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Mapping Customer Journeys Through a Systems Lens

Horizon CX

In some cases that might be the very origin, especially when one of those senior leaders holds the title of Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Unless you’re committed to that, the mapping would merely be an exercise with no tangible business outcome.

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Big Controversy: Should We Stop All Certification Now? Join the Debate…

Beyond Philosophy

He implores the Customer Experience leaders to make sweeping changes to training initiatives that emphasize practical applications instead of high-minded theories. . Also, executive boards Mead works with have no idea of the reality of their customer journey. Few companies have a Chief Customer Officer.

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We Asked 30 CX Influencers if They Would Recommend the Net Promoter System

Lumoa

I’d love to specify from the very beginning, we focus on the Net Promoter System , not only on the Net Promoter Score ( that actually changes a lot ). Before we dive deeper, here’s a detailed guide to how to improve your customer experience with NPS (and here is a quick summary of what NPS is and isn’t ).

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Understanding the Joint Success Plan: A Tool for Outcome-Based Customer Success Management

ChurnZero

This is a guest blog post by Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. A J oint Success Plan is a simple but powerful tool for outcome-based customer success management. It’s designed to help solution providers align with their customers’ business goals and objectives.

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Can You Change Your Member Experience During These Challenging Times?

inmoment

Participants received exercise DVDs and resistance bands, food scales, and other weight loss support items. In her book Chief Customer Officer , Jeanne Bliss talks about how cross-functional teams will often build “three-hump camels.” Question #3: Do You Know Who Owns the Member Experience?