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2016 lessons from my customer experience podcast

Customer Bliss

I launched a podcast, The Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show , in 2016. At the end of all 32, I asked the guest — typically a Chief Customer Officer or someone who owns customer experience at their organization — what I call my “pay it forward” question.

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The Chief Customer Officer Role in Media, With Robert Bridge of Telegraph Media Group – CB39

Customer Bliss

The New York Times has a leader of Customer Experience (who we will soon be interviewing), and I was pleased to see that the UK is also embracing this role. He also worked to bring traditional UX and UI employees into the customer/client fold, for an array of different perspectives.

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3 Most Popular Episodes From My Podcast: The Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show

Customer Bliss

I must say, I’m not surprised that this episode with Mary Winfield, the VP of Customer Experience and Trust at Lyft is the most downloaded episode. In 2016, I also wrote a blog post, Why You Should Love Lyft More Than Uber , detailing the many benefits to supporting Lyft – they’re truly a beloved company.

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Who Really Leads Customer Experience: What Happens When Confusion Strikes

Customer Bliss

Guest post by Blake Morgan, Customer Experience Futurist, Author, Speaker. For a customer experience program to be effective, the most senior leaders at the company must take ownership of the program. The Importance of a Chief Customer Officer.

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How Liberty Mutual Engaged the C-Suite & Built their Customer Room, With Chief Customer Officer Margie Dillon – CB2

Customer Bliss

In this episode, I speak with Margie Dillon, the EVP and Chief Customer Officer for Liberty Mutual , about her unusual path from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Customer Officer. Around 2:00-2:23, the discussion turns to rooting new customer experience projects in data and metrics.

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Is the Chief Customer Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

But taking customer satisfaction lightly can be dangerous too. Some studies from 2016 suggest that poor customer service costs businesses up to $62 million per year. trillion per year when their customers leave – and that’s only in the US. Well, that’s where the Chief Customer Officer comes into play.

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Want To Sell Service Design? Get A Trojan Horse

Kerry Bodine

And in its 2014 survey of 200 companies, global analyst firm Gartner found that 89% of respondents planned to compete primarily on the basis of customer experience by 2016. And to that end, 65% of the companies surveyed had already appointed the equivalent of a chief customer officer within their organizations.