by Annette Franz | Mar 23, 2022 | action plan, closed-loop process, customer experience, data, governance, root cause, Uncategorized, voice of customer
You’re listening to customers, right? What are you doing with the feedback? How do you ensure that it is properly socialized and operationalized? Do you incorporate action planning into your follow-up work? What is Action Planning? Action planning is a...
by Annette Franz | Nov 10, 2021 | collaboration, culture, customer experience, customer-centric culture, governance, technology, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for WixAnswers. It appeared on their blog on June 7, 2021. We know that the customer experience is important to the success of any organization. Customers are king, and they vote with their wallets – and with their feet. It’s...
by Annette Franz | Dec 16, 2020 | customer experience, CX strategy, governance, Uncategorized
In last week’s post, I wrote about Building Your Multi-Faceted, Multi-Skilled CX Team. I outlined the various skills that you’ll need on your team. An important thing to note is that not all skills needed to execute on your customer experience strategy...
by Annette Franz | Jun 3, 2020 | culture, customer experience, customer experience design, customer-centric culture, governance, Uncategorized
A couple weeks ago, Sarah Simon shared her thoughts on warring factions experienced within many corporations around the world, specifically, the lack of unity between CX teams and other parts of the organization that are also trying to understand the customer and...
by Annette Franz | May 26, 2020 | commitment, core values, culture, customer experience, CX strategy, CX vision, employee experience, governance, leadership, mission, Uncategorized, vision
I originally wrote today’s post for Forbes. It appeared on the Forbes site on August 16, 2019. A customer experience transformation is a lot of work. There are a lot of pieces that must come together, i.e., a lot of foundational elements that must be in place,...
by Annette Franz | Aug 7, 2019 | customer experience, customer experience journey, CX strategy, CX vision, employee experience, governance, Uncategorized
I originally wrote today’s post for Kayako. It appeared on their blog on March 1, 2019. The only true competitive advantage for brands is their customer experience. As a result, more and more companies – both large and small – are slowly getting on board with...