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Watch Out! We Are in Danger of Repeating the Same Mistakes We Did Last Year!

Beyond Philosophy

I started Beyond Philosophy 20 years ago when Customer Experience was the next big thing; the new concept that was going to change everything in business. The last big thing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), was old news. Now, in 2022, I see the next big thing: Customer Science.

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7 Signs of Decline for the CX Movement in 2015

Beyond Philosophy

My concern is the focus on improving the Customer Experience is in danger of heading the same way as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), into failure if it’s not careful. Customer Experience is a way of life, a cultural change, and a commitment needed from the heart as well as the head. It is not a slogan.

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Wow, What a Year! What is Our Personal and Business Learning for The Year

Beyond Philosophy

Twenty years ago, at this time of the year, I started my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, and published my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Back when I started Beyond Philosophy, Customer Experience was not a thing yet.

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Watch Out! We Are In Danger of Repeating the Same Mistakes We Did Last Year

Beyond Philosophy

I have seen it before with other influential business concepts, like Total Quality Management, Business Re-engineering, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). In 2002, Fred Reichheld, inventor of Net Promoter Score® [1] , wrote in the Harvard Business Review, “ Avoid the Four Perils of CRM.”

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Top 20 Customer Service Experts to Follow on Twitter Right Now

Comm100

A family man and best-selling author, Shaw started a consulting firm, Beyond Philosophy , in order to help companies build great customer service experiences. According to Shaw, “When I started Beyond Philosophy, in 2002 the subject of Customer Experience was new. Kate Leggett. kateleggett.

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Much to gain for SAP with Bob Stutz Joining their CRM Team

Forrester's Customer Insights

Siebel was a powerhouse in its time, peaking at 45% market share in 2002. Bob Stutz and CRM have always been synonymous. Stutz started his CRM career at Siebel, in 1998, in the early days of IT-driven, on-premise CRM. Stutz’s tenure ended after it was acquired by Oracle (2005), and he moved to SAP to […].

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Comprehensive Guide to Lead Generation

Magellan Solutions

Ideally, the software should be able to work with your customer relationship management (CRM) system. If you look at how much and how well the technology is used, you can get a good idea of what the company values. And how up-to-date it is with both its strategy and how it does it.