by Annette Franz | Feb 22, 2023 | closed-loop process, customer feedback, employee feedback, feedback, root cause, Uncategorized, voice of customer, voice of employee
I originally wrote today’s post for NICE Ltd. It appeared on their site on December 8, 2022. Your Voice of the Customer (VOC) program is a rich source of data that, when used properly, fuels and informs your customer experience (CX) strategy—providing your...
by Annette Franz | Jan 11, 2023 | employee engagement, employee expectations, employee experience, employee feedback, employee happiness, feedback, leadership, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Medallia. It appeared on their site on August 31, 2022. Employee experience is a hot topic right now. Finally, right? The Great Resignation really turned the focus onto employees and on understanding what’s driving them to switch...
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 | Jun 15, 2022 | customer feedback, employee feedback, feedback, listening, Uncategorized, voice of customer, voice of employee
A couple months ago, I wrote a post titled, CX Journey™ Musings: The Challenges of Customer Listening. In it, I wrote about, well, some of the challenges that brands face as they embark on their customer listening work. I included things like: inducing survey fatigue,...
by Annette Franz | Apr 20, 2022 | customer experience, customer feedback, data, feedback, listening, surveys, Uncategorized
You know by now that there are three ways to achieve customer understanding: Listen (feedback and data), Characterize (personas), and Empathize (journey mapping process). Of these three, probably the one that is used most often – or the one that most companies...
by Annette Franz | Nov 3, 2021 | customer experience, customer feedback, data, feedback, insights, Uncategorized, voice of customer
It’s that time of the year again when folks are looking for predictions about what customer experience will look like next year and beyond. I find it more interesting to reflect on this year as a follow-up to the shitshow that was known as 2020. What did brands...