Building a Customer Service Ecosystem

Customer experience is not a program, a department, a contact center, self-service capability, or CRM system—it’s much more. It’s an ecosystem, comprised of many components that must seamlessly work together. It’s the result of a culture and approach that spans the entire organization and its suppliers, partners and customers.

A well-functioning ecosystem can take you from chaos to clarity, and enable your brand to shine through. It bears fruit over time. Service that is optimized is a powerful tool—and a differentiator that is very hard for others to emulate.

Here’s an interview I did with Nabil Doss about customer service ecosystems and the principles that will keep them functioning well.