Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve followed the American Customer Satisfaction Institute (ACSI) results since I started Beyond Philosophy in 2002. When you consider all the resources organizations and individuals have put into customer experience and the voice of the customer, I wonder… was it worth it? Guess what? So, how can this be?

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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!”.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

As a Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy , we have worked in China on a few occasions. We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 10, 2016

It parallels a shift in the overall mindset of consumers in this area, one of a more commanding and capricious customer. In other words, the Customer Experience matters here more than it did even a couple of years ago. Much of this value derives from how your Customer Experience makes them feel. Are you ready?

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 18, 2015

In “ Thinking Fast and Slow ,” Professor Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient in 2002, explores why our mind plays tricks on us. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Why Gut Decisions Are Sometimes Wrong. Discovering What Customers Don’t Know Themselves.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2018

Having worked in Customer Experience since 2002, I may be too much of a purist. However, for a while now, I have been writing about the decline and dilution of the discipline of Customer Experience. From changing titles but not behavior to a poor understanding of what customers want, the trends are troublesome.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

More organizations call our Customer Experience consultancy every day with the same complaint: they aren’t seeing the same gains in Net Promoter Score (NPS) that they did when they started their Customer Experience Improvement program. My explanation is the same: The easy things in Customer Experience have been done.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When I was in corporate life, my boss asked me to improve the Customer Experience and do it for the least cost. what is a Customer Experience?” This idea was revolutionary in that day, but today, the business world has more or less accepted that emotions are a significant part of interactions with customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2023

Expanding Too Quickly Around 2004, I made the mistake of thinking that my global Customer Experience Consultancy was about to experience rapid growth. At this point, I had done little more marketing for my Customer Experience consultancy than writing and marketing the books. So, I set up a telemarketing team.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 7, 2016

Last year, I questioned whether Customer Experience had delivered the goods. This year, I question whether Customer Experience is the problem. This year, I think Customer Experience isn’t failing us; we are failing Customer Experience. You can see the whole chart here. The answer is YES!

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Understanding how IVA and NLU operate is a step towards creating an excellent customer experience and simultaneously enhancing efficiency for the contact center. Check out this blog post to find out. GET IN TOUCH. See How We Can Help You Exceed your CX Goals. Get a Demo. Related Content. Debunking 5 Conversational AI Myths.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 29, 2017

Forbes once described the omnichannel experience as the point where “ marketing meets ubiquity ,” an apt description. Building on the Forbes concept, I say your brand promise delivered through excellent Customer Experience is what is ubiquitous. John Lewis has a great reputation for excellent Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

So, what is Customer Science? Like any embryonic change, Customer Science is evolving and emerging, like Customer Experience did over the years. In my view, Customer Science is the fusion between technology (mainly AI), behavioral science, and data. There are a few out there, but not an overwhelming amount.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Twenty years ago, at this time of the year, I started my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, and published my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Customer experience is declining as a driver of change. .

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Each option has a role in customer service depending on what parts of the customer experience businesses want to automate and which parts they want live agents to handle. Understanding the key differences between IVR and IVA is crucial for businesses looking to optimize their customer service. Limited capabilities.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Finally, we discuss that once you have a Price Image, what you can do with it from a Customer Experience standpoint. The scuffed floors and cardboard boxes communicate messages about the experience without being explicit. Subconscious signals your experience gives are vital to the outcome of your Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2018

How big does a company need to get before it is too big to care about Customer Experience? If this week’s news is any indication, telecom customers in the U.S. We all can see from surveys like this (#2), or this one (#6), Customer Experience has been a significant area of concern for many CEOs recently.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

I had just finished a big project on improving our Customer Experience (in the year 2000), before the words Customer Experience were even a term. A second journey to establish a consulting company based on Customer Experience. Since 2002, I have learned some truths about starting my own business.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

Customer-centricity, in short, is not pervasively ‘people first’. To be a truly ‘people first’ enterprise, making both employee experience and customer experience an obsession, culture and operational processes are critical. Only a culture of stakeholder-centricity can be defined in that way. when making decisions.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, nobody knew us. At Beyond Philosophy, we have always tried to be at the cutting edge of Customer Experience, pushing the boundaries. In my first book, I wrote about customers’ emotions and the emotional experience. appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2016

I reached the exalted heights of SVP leading a team of 3,500 people globally before I left to start Beyond Philosophy, a customer experience consultancy, back in 2002. I spent my days trying to improve the customer experience and being thwarted at every point by people who have their own agendas.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Several years ago, Professor Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, looked closely at the idea that our minds have two systems of thinking in his book, “Thinking Fast and Slow”. The post 3 Dangers of Employing Smart People appeared first on Beyond Philosophy | CX Consultants | Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 7, 2016

Last year, I questioned whether Customer Experience had delivered the goods. This year, I question whether Customer Experience is the problem. This year, I think Customer Experience isn’t failing us; we are failing Customer Experience. You can see the whole chart here. The answer is YES!

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In January, I was surprised and disappointed that research from Nunwood and Forrester, two significant firms in the Customer Experience movement, showed that Customer Experience was flatlining. Colson believes that in these times, human interaction and service takes on a renewed value for your Customer Experience. .

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Comm100

JANUARY 5, 2022

Not all live chat platforms are created equal, so to make sure you pick the right vendor, this blog will take a look at: The top 4 factors to consider when choosing a live chat provider The best live chat providers for government websites on the market. Excellent user experience . Zendesk Chat . Zendesk Chat .

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Horizon CX

APRIL 6, 2021

I first wrote and published this blog topic back in July of 2015. As the voice of the customer, we should choose words and speak in a way that includes and welcomes all identities and experiences and continue to learn and grow toward achieving that goal. Below is the revival of my original blog post from 2015.

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Natalie Petouhof

JULY 26, 2016

Tweet The need for customer experience to improve is not a myth. With the advent of CoIT, we’ve actually imposed a new set of demands on our customer’s brains. And at the same time customer’s flow-oriented brains simply aren’t wired to deal with poor digital experience interactions. In fact, here’s why.

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SmartAction

MARCH 7, 2023

Since 2002, SmartAction has helped 100+ industry-leading brands streamline their contact centers and take their customer experience to the next level through AI voice, text, and chat.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Check out these success stories from some familiar brands that trust us to aid them in providing top notch customer care! Since 2002, SmartAction has helped 100+ industry-leading brands streamline their contact centers and take their customer experience to the next level through AI voice, text, and chat.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 27, 2022

As the new wave of Customer Science comes in, the old tide of Customer Experience (CX) is receding. I have seen it before with other influential business concepts, like Total Quality Management, Business Re-engineering, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). I thought I had felt this way before. . It was about CRM.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

But what if I told you peer pressure could be great for your Customer Experience? Once you know how people behave regarding social proof influence, you can design it into your Customer Experience moving forward. Communicate to your customers other peoples’ experiences. Who hasn’t heard that one before?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. Many years ago, I decided to be a conference speaker on Customer Experience. With Customer Experience in mind as a topic, you could choose many aspects of experiences. I hesitated.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 24, 2022

Back in 2002, I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, I fancied myself an influencer on Customer Experience, and I was. The problem was nobody knew what a Customer Experience was back then. For example, I am officially an “Influencer” on LinkedIn.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 20, 2021

While we can’t predict they will do the same for you with certainty, we feel that they will be helpful in the pursuit of your career goals for yourself and your Customer Experience management goals for the organizations. The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money.

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