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Dialogue on CRM, Customer Experience, and Customer-Centricity

Maz Iqbal

On CX – voice of the customer, journey mapping etc. In the name of customer-centricity – whatever that means. Colleague: Which big company, as in the kind of company … Continue reading "Dialogue on CRM, Customer Experience, and Customer-Centricity". Yet, there is little to show for it.

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Is The Way We Are Going About Customer Acquisition and Retention Dead Wrong?

Maz Iqbal

While an automated phone system may improve an organisation’s operational efficiencies, it rarely improves the customer experience. In light of the Comcast call that went viral I invite you to listen to these wise words (bolding is my work).

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Customer Experience: Summing Up 2014

Maz Iqbal

Customer Experience: What Is The Default Setting? Why is that the floor at Paddington Station did not facilitate one of its primary roles: enable passengers (customers) to walk about easily, freely, quickly (if need be) around the railway station? My hypothesis, is that insufficient attention-consideration was given to the customer.

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Customer / Leadership: What Is The Access To Cultivating Greatness?

Maz Iqbal

Perhaps, you wish to transition your organisation from a product-centred orientation towards customer-centred orientation. And/or shift the fundamental stance of your organisation from ‘extracting value’ from your customers to being generously rewarded (by customers) for simplifying-enriching the lives of your customers.

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What Does It Take To Shift To A Human-to-Human Way Of Doing Business?

Maz Iqbal

This is what I notice about the whole Customer thing: the focus is almost exclusively on the technical stuff (metrics, data, analytics, technology, processes) and almost no recognition of the human. He would have been there as a physician but not as a human being. Does this matter?

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Erich Fromm On The Central Challenge Of Cultivating Meaningful Relationships With Customers

Maz Iqbal

What Is The Central Challenge Of Building Meaningful & Profitable Relationships With Customers? Is it about coming up with new products and services that attract customers like bright lights attract moths at night-time? Is this challenge about opening up 24/7 access to your business through any and all channels?