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Ten Unusual Tips to Ensure Your Company Beats the Odds And Last Over a Decade

Beyond Philosophy

Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. Our success has not been in doing everything associated with Customer Experience but knowing the bits we were good at and which ones we weren’t. . My company had a significant birthday this year.

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Getting Company Culture and Operations Right, and Keeping Them Right: What It Really Means to Be Stakeholder-Centric This Labor Day

Beyond Philosophy

To be a truly ‘people first’ enterprise, making both employee experience and customer experience an obsession, culture and operational processes are critical. In 2006, when it was sold to Bank of America, MBNA was an enterprise of 25,000 employees, the U.S.’ My paradigm example is, or was, MBNA America.

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Too Big To Care? Why Mega-Mergers Threaten Us

Beyond Philosophy

I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy in 2002. Let me assure you, I am then very aware, that when it comes to Customer Experience, the words dominate and dictate used in relation to how you treat customers do not create a trajectory you want for the outcome of your Customer Experience.

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Pollfish vs SurveyMonkey vs Qualtrics: A Comparison

SurveySparrow

Market Researchers Human Resources Professionals Customer Experience Managers Educators and Academic Researchers Event Planners Healthcare Professionals Government Agencies G2 Rating: 4.4/5 It is an entire experience management platform! The platform was founded in 2002 by a quartet: Ryan Smith, Scott M. 5 Capterra Rating: 4.6/5

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Killers of Corporate Life

Beyond Philosophy

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. Company Politics .

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Embrace New Ways of Thinking in 2016

Beyond Philosophy

More organizations have embraced the emotional side of the Customer Experience. This is gratifying for me because when I wrote about emotions for Building Great Customer Experiences back in 2002, everybody acted like I was mad. However, the Customer Experience movement has advanced. The Internet of Things.

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Exploring the World of Customer Service – An Interview with John Dijulius

SurveySparrow

In 2002, I wrote my first book, Secret Service – Hidden Systems that Deliver Unforgettable Customer Service. The cost is weaker human relationships that are vital to customer experiences, employee experiences, and happiness. Companies aren’t creating a world-class employee experience.