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CCO Forum 2017: Why you need a Chief Customer Officer

Customer Bliss

This post originally appeared on the CCO 2017 website. In today’s dynamic business environment, the one thing that should be of constant importance is the value of the customer as the lifeline of any organisation. With the proliferation of the influence of Customer Experience comes a floodgate into the marketplace of solutions.

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Top 20 Customer Experience Leaders to Follow in 2017

Bold360

Founder and President of CustomerBliss, Jeanne Bliss is one of the foremost experts on customer-centric leadership. She was the first known CCO (Chief Customer Officer) at Microsoft as well as other corporations, pioneering this role. Jeanne is a co-founder and board member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

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Customer Experience 2017 Reality Check – Evolution or Revolution?

ijgolding

This post is part of the Customer Experience Professionals Association’s Blog Carnival celebrating customer experience. It’s part of a broader celebration of Customer Experience Day 2017. On the 3rd October 2017, the world will once again celebrate CX Day. Or even 1997?

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Customer Experience in 2017 – Collaborate, Educate, Simplify and Focus!

ijgolding

When it comes to the world of Customer Experience, business people and Customer Experience Professionals all around the world will be thinking of and dreaming about, a more customer centric 2017. I discussed 5 key learnings of emotion, knowledge, commitment, governance and leadership.

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The Always Up-To-Date Guide To CX Events

Kerry Bodine

I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals. February 4 – 8, 2017. May 16 – 17, 2017. June 5 – 8, 2017.

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The Customer Experience ‘7 Year Itch’! A frank and honest assessment of the CX profession

ijgolding

I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. However, it was not until 2011, with the creation of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), that the role became officially recognised as a profession.

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15 CX Experts Talk about the Future and Challenges of Customer Experience in 2018 [part 1] 

Lumoa

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. Blockchain, GDPR) and coordination.

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