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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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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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Tales of Customer Experience: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly?

Maz Iqbal

The starting point for customer-centricity is authentic care for one’s customers. In so doing, these folks will make it easy and enriching for customers to do business with that organisation. RAC : Regulation of Call-Centre Agent Behaviour Is What Matters, Not The Customer Experience. What can I say? What a waste!

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2014 State of Customer Experience: Who Are UK’s 2014 Leaders And What Can We Learn From Them? (Part 3)

Maz Iqbal

And find myself in a position to share with you the table that I have put together: What Does It Take To Be A Customer Experience Excellence Leader? What does this look like from a customer perspective? Let’s listen to a First Direct customer: I was in Venice when my credit card was refused and it was quite stressful.

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Customers-Employees-Leadership: Distinguishing Between ‘Caring About’ And ‘Caring For’- And Why It Matters

Maz Iqbal

I wish to distinguish between ‘caring about’ and ‘caring for’ Let’s start with the realm of Customer. Caring About Customers v Caring For The Customer. I am clear that folks in business care about customers. Now, let’s turn our attention to caring for 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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2014 State of Customer Experience: Who Are UK’s Leaders And What Can We Learn From Them? (Part 4)

Maz Iqbal

What Does It Take To Excel At The Customer Experience Game? Rather, the best dividends come from understanding how to accelerate the rate of customer experience change. . Which Four Critical Dimensions Do Businesses Need To Master In Order To Accelerate Customer Experience Improvement? . How Should Your Organisation Go About It?