Measuring customer satisfaction is often as unreliable and surprising as election or referendum polls. The downside of believing what people say they will do and their actual actions can have many politicians and business people eating their hats or even their kilts. Mick Jagger’s plaintive cry from over 50 years ago still rings true for…
State of the Nation- UK Customer Satisfaction
UK CSI: State of the nation January 2017 – positive start to the New Year. Along with the New Year, Burns night and a New American president in office before the end of January, the most recent UK Customer Satisfaction Index results are out and here’s a rundown of the highlights. If you want to…
5 Pressure Points faced by Contact Centre Leaders
Trends impacting Customer Contact Centre Leaders today: So in my blog last week (consumer trends) I highlighted the trends that are impacting customer behaviours today which are: Personalised customer interactions Multi channel everything Fast increasing customer expectations A shift from one size fits all The rise of influencers With this as the backdrop and ever … Continue reading →
What’s The Right Measure?
This was the theme from many of the questions in a discussion around customer experience measures and metrics that I was involved in at the end of 2014.
It’s a good question to debate and discuss, and I’ll outline some of the points below, but it also goes to highlight a potential human weakness. That of the constant search for a ‘silver bullet’ solution to our problems and challenges and I’m certainly not exempt from that temptation either.
If You Want The Truth – Ask The Question 3 Times
We are surprisingly simple – Which makes us really complicated
I was chatting to a colleague Jon Marrs who is in the US exploring opportunities last night, and the thought occurred – It always starts with a question, but do we really understand how complicated it is to ask the right questions?
Personalisation, Individualism or plain old Just Joined Up (JJU)
As we are now well into 2015, I have read with interest articles about how things have potentially improved or how some things or sectors have continued to deteriorate. UKCSI results headlines are hot of the press are the results are a little concerning, although there are some seeds of positivity in there too. The … Continue reading →
2+2 = 5 Bad Maths or The Way Forward?
Why Customer Experience Has The Power To Affect Change. I thought this was worth bringing back out as we do tend to live in a volume related world and there is a big temptation to keep churning ‘stuff’ out. But every so often it feels good to go back and kick the coals over and share.
Agile – To Be Or Not To Be
We love Agile because it’s helping to open people to the idea that the process is not more important than the outcome. But we’re nervous because it’s in danger of becoming a process that’s more important than the outcome…
Get Tw’rking – Maybe more business should get Tw’rking
Now don’t worry I am not suggesting that you down tools and ask your colleagues to start sticking their bums out with a little shake – although that may improve colleague engagement. What I am talking about is ‘Teleworking’! Giving people the freedom to work from home. So will we really see more UK tw’rking! … Continue reading →
Why Satisfied Customers Leave
Why Do Satisfied Customers Leave? This is a constant question, and there are any number of different views, so I thought I would share mine. First let me say I do recognise that, thankfully, in many cases companies are moving on from blunt satisfaction ratings, but just in case you are not there yet, … Continue reading →
