by Annette Franz | Jun 28, 2023 | customer effort, customer expectations, customer experience, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, Uncategorized, voice of customer
For all the talk about customer-centricity, some businesses ironically downplay the actual voiceof the customer. They chase trends and make investments without fully considering how theseinitiatives will transform the customer experience. That’s how CCW starts...
by Annette Franz | Jun 14, 2023 | culture, customer experience, customer focus, customer-centric, customer-centric culture
Today’s article includes an excerpt from my latest book, Built to Win: Designing a Customer-Centric Culture That Drives Value for Your Business (Advantage|ForbesBooks) along with some additional thoughts on the topic. *** Did you know that customer-focused and...
by Annette Franz | Nov 16, 2022 | culture, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, employee understanding, golden rule, governance, leadership, metrics, people-centric, platinum rule, Uncategorized
In last week’s post I shared that, in order to get your entire organization thinking differently, you’ve got to first know and embrace the principles and the practices of customer-centricity, and you’ve got to ensure that everyone remains aligned to achieve the...
by Annette Franz | Nov 9, 2022 | core values, culture, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, employee experience, leadership, people-centric, product design, Uncategorized
Customer-centricity is an often misused term, but it actually has a pretty straightforward definition: put the customer at the center of all the business does. (It does not mean that we will always say “Yes” to everything the customer asks for, nor does it...
by Annette Franz | Aug 17, 2022 | customer experience design, customer feedback, customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, feedback, listen, listening, product design, Uncategorized
I originally published today’s post on Forbes. It appeared on their site on May 2, 2022. I recently came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about David Novak, the former CEO of Yum Brands. In the article, he talks about his epic fail: Crystal Pepsi, the...
by Annette Franz | May 18, 2022 | core values, culture, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, Uncategorized, value
I originally wrote today’s post for Bill Quiseng’s blog. It was posted on his site on March, 15, 2022. As I was writing my latest book, Built to Win, I wanted to be sure to incorporate the notion that it’s important to design a customer-centric culture...
