Category: Customer Obsessed

Jeff Bezos implemented these Inspirational Five Principles for global domination

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos employed 
rules and principles to make the company successful that are revealed in a new book,  “Flywheels: How Cities Are Creating Their Own Futures.”

The book was written by Tom Alberg, an early-stage investor and ex-Amazon board member of 23 years, and he explained Bezos'”Day1″attitude.

The book also talks about how Bezos overcame the company’s early difficulties in attracting investors.

Alberg described the rules that Bezos followed at work based on his experience watching the tech magnate make judgments.

Customer Obsession

In his book, Alberg noted, “The most important thing is customer obsession.” He went on to say that too many organizations, in his opinion, focus on their competition rather than Their customers.
According to Bezos, who testified before a congressional committee, “Customers Are consistently, delightfully unsatisfied.

We are continually inventing on behalf of our clients out of a desire to delight them” Alberg writes. According to him, Bezos made moves that harmed Amazon’s short-term business line but benefited customers and ultimately helped Amazon become a trillion-dollar company.

Continuous Invention & Innovation

“Continuous invention and innovation” is the second principle. According to Alberg, client happiness and inventiveness are inextricably linked. “When making decisions, customer happiness and innovation are powerful touchstones,” he added.


When you ask yourself, “What is the best decision for the customer?” it becomes much easier to make decisions. “Is there a way to invent our way to a solution?”and”Is there a way to invent our way to a solution?” Alberg writes.

Operational Excellence

According to Alberg, the third principle championed by Bezos is operational excellence. “Two-pizza teams,” “one-click shopping,” “single-threaded leaders,” and “working backward/becoming Outside-In” are some instances.

One of Bezos’ more inventive techniques is the”two-pizza rule,”which aims to avoid wasting a full day on unproductive meetings.

So, how does it work?
The more people you have at a meeting, the less productive it will be. The notion is that instead of expressing their viewpoints and ideas, most people will end up agreeing with each other (groupthink).

What is the solution?
Never have a meeting where two pizzas aren’t enough to feed everyone. According to Alberg, the fourth principle underpinning Bezos’ decision making process at Amazon is to think long-term.

Think long term

This can be everything from starting a new business to investing in new technology. Bezos’ early use of AI is one example.

“Jeff told the board that he intended to apply AI in every element of the business when firms were just beginning to understand the possibilities of machine learning and AI,” he wrote. The next step for Bezos was to employ AI experts and instruct the existing engineers on how to use AI.

According to Alberg, Amazon produced and made AI capabilities available to clients on Amazon Web Services, originally run by Andy Jazzy, now the new global CEO since the Jeff Bezos exit. Making AI available to employ in their businesses actually to compete against Amazon.

Staying Optimistic

Alberg noted that his fifth principle, and probably the most important, is his “staying optimistic for the future and how we are only in Day 1.” Bezos’ “Day 1” mindset is founded on the broader premise that, “while the internet and Amazon may appear mature to many, we are still at the beginning, according to Bezos.

Alberg commented, “It is his greatest expression of optimism about what the future will hold.”

These concepts are “not hidden,” according to Alberg. “However, you must adhere to them at all times, something most businesses are unwilling or unable to do.”

What is the Best Decision for the Customer?

Tom Alberg


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Watch Bezos talking about Customer Obsession: https://youtu.be/Yr_vQgzAgDM

Image Credit: CC: Daniel Oberhaus, 2019

Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?

How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn

Start here and follow these simple steps:

Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now

Step #2 – Get the Software:

Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021

Step #3 – Connect With The Community:

https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers

Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:

Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation

Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:

LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN

And for now, review this:

Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined

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Testimonials… hear what others say…

It’s been an honour and privilege to participate and attend the ACX-M course, It was an eye-opener and quite a revelation for me, I became conscious of these important concepts and aspects of customer experience, Thank you for showing us the way.
Product Specialist at Laerdal Medical, India

Thank you Steve for the high quality & insightful training you delivered
Your innovative approach, critical thinking & up to date case studies facilitated this achievement 👍
Muath Al-Azzam, Principal Services & Operations Specialist at Dubai Municipality

I have to say, every day since I left Denver, I have been able to apply some bit of learning that I got during the ACXM event into not only my job, but my personal life as well. Thank you so much for everything that you’ve done to advance the field of customer experience!
Brett Gill, United States

Thank you Steve for another enlightening and engaging course that just keeps challenging the way we do things®
Edwin De Lange, South Africa

Thanks again for four great and inspiring days.
Christian Becker, Germany


It’s been great training with lots of new tools that we will be able to implement soon I hope. Super interesting information, I am looking forward to reading your book as well. I really appreciated your energy and enthusiasm throughout the training.
Silvia Fernandez Calvo, Spain

Let me take this opportunity to thank Mr. Steve. Your teachings are timeless and they stick perfectly and forever in our minds. We shall never forget you wherever we find ourselves on this planet. Thank you so much, Steve 🙏
Benignus Otmar, Tanzania

Thank you, the experience was enlightening, empowering, educating, encouraging, and engaging.
Natasha Doren, South Africa

Thank you, Steve, I have never enjoyed anything more than the CX course, The weight of knowledge I gained and the enlightenment that I got is indescribable.
Reem Elsadig, Sudan

Thanks, Steve for such an excellent program, the dedicated manner you use to share with us your wonderful knowledge and wisdom in CX, and the time to respond to all our questions! God bless you, thanks a lot!
Yanese Angeles, Dominican Republic

You started me out on this journey my friend. Thanks for letting me live out my passion!
Molly Redenbaugh, Iowa, United States

Thank you! It’s been an amazing journey and you have been a great mentor.
It was an honor taking your class, I am now a confident CPP Master🙏🏾
Masele Masudi Msita, Tanzania

Thank you Steve for your high-quality wonderful Master. I thought the course was brilliant. Thank you for everything.
Ashraf Mohamed, Philadelphia, USA

Thanks again, Steve. Not only have you been a fantastic mentor to me but you have taught me how to mentor others. Thanks for being so supportive and getting me through.
Chandan Chhabra, Delhi, India

Another fantastic learning, personal and professional development experience with you!
Lyall Shapiro, Australia

Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?

How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn

Start here and follow these simple steps:

Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now

Step #2 – Get the Software:

Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021

Step #3 – Connect With The Community:

https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers

Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:

Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation

Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:

LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN

And for now, review this:

Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined

Busting That Silo Working Mentality

This time we feature a nice short video from the CX Rockstar James Dodkins.

A quick google search on ‘Silo working’ reveals 37.1 Million finds and this is not a new topic. Hammer and Champy were not the first to raise the issue in 1993, but they were early advocates of sweeping away that silo thinking in ‘Reengineering the Corporation’ with their cry of ‘Don’t Automate, Obliterate!’

The Silo Mentality as defined by the Business Dictionary is a mindset present when certain departments or sectors do not wish to share information with others in the same company. This type of mentality will reduce efficiency in the overall operation, reduce morale, and may contribute to the demise of a productive company culture.

Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?

How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn

Start here and follow these simple steps:

Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now

Step #2 – Get the Software:

Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021

Step #3 – Connect With The Community:

https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers

Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:

Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation

Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:

LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN

And for now, review this:

Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined

How to Meet the challenge of the Digital Customer

Executives are struggling. There is a collective fear of the Kodak Moment, where previously established businesses evaporate like the morning mist. This fear is driven by the unsettling realization that the Digital Customer is literally changing everything, and if your business relies on outdated techniques and approaches (you know who you are) then you will indeed experience a rather unpleasant surprise. 

Executives are searching. Then there is the good news that online conferences, seminars, and workshops are full to overflowing with questful people looking for the answer. That’s good, however, 90% of what they hear and see is simply putting ‘lipstick on a pig’.  It is the same old same old adopting fancy language and claiming salvation -if you would just follow the script and suspend your fear, uncertainty and doubt.

The new Kodak Moment is when you realize that Customer Needs have shifted so significantly from your products and services that it is too late to change

Avoid the Kodak Moment and let’s all get more scientific about the Customer Experience.  
https://www.cxobsession.com/2016/05/27/how-to-meet-the-challenge-of-the-digital-customer-video-free-book/

Executives are frustrated. The foolhardy keep hoping that doing the same thing faster will produce a different result. Isn’t that the definition of insanity? Meanwhile inexperienced youngbloods advocate revolution and change, without fully comprehending how the future is actually, pragmatically going to work. But there might be hope for some.

Executives (increasingly) are getting it. There are some refreshing conversations driven by leaders who are guiding their people, customers and shareholders to higher ground and safety. They are building new capability and bringing a far sight vision into today’s reality. 

The challenge? How do you engage with the enlightened and get with the survivors, nay the thrivers, for the next decade? Well, not surprisingly that is what many of my talks and work with global leading companies are all about. So when one of the most successful CEO’s challenged me to write something that would light the fire of those still gripped by fear I stepped up. Watch the two minute video and download the FREE book , and then join us on the journey.

Let’s all get more scientific about the Customer Experience. 
https://www.cxobsession.com/2016/05/27/how-to-meet-the-challenge-of-the-digital-customer-video-free-book/

Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?

How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn

Start here and follow these simple steps:

Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now

Step #2 – Get the Software:

Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021

Step #3 – Connect With The Community:

https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers

Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:

Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation

Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:

LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN

And for now, review this:

Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined

See you on the inside.

Business Mumbo Jumbo that frustrates everyone

Can we circle back and touch-base on this later?

Do you feel like you are being drowned by jargon? Grammarly recently researched the most popular phrases used in the work context and the list includes these gems…

  1. Low Hanging Fruit
  2. Leverage (do you leverage leverage?)
  3. Open the Kimono (that is creepy, sexist and racist all at the same time!)
  4. Giving 110% (which of course you can’t)
  5. Learnings (what were yours last year?)
  6. Out of Pocket (who’s pocket were you in and why?!)
  7. Drink the Kool-Aid
  8. Bio break (too much information)

You can review the full article and more of the same here.

Here is a great article on the same theme, published in New York’s ‘Vulture’ highlighting just one office workers experience:

https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html

Don’t forget – ping me back with your thoughts!

Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?

How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn

Start here and follow these simple steps:

Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now

Step #2 – Get the Software:

Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021

Step #3 – Connect With The Community:

https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers

Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:

Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation

Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:

LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN

And for now, review this:

Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined


	


	





	

		
		
Is Your Call Centre killing Great Customer Experiences? (Part 2 of 3)
	


				

				
Contact center metrics may be crippling you

			

			
	
	

		
	

		

Part Two. In Part One we reviewed how poor metrics drive bad behaviours. Lets dig deeper with a typical scenario…










And if you think this experience is unusual grab a coffee and google ‘poor customer experiences’.





Leadership Delusion





 The leadership team can talk until they are blue in the face about customer centricity but if they insist on metrics designed for running factories everyone suffers. Here’s another typical conversation:










In all three instances the customer did not achieve a Successful Outcome. 
In fact there is now more effort required by the customer, and also more cost and time to be incurred for the organisation if the customer does follow through. If the customer doesn’t bother that is more potential revenue lost.





So how does this organisation look to the browsing customer? 
Pretty awful to say the least.





We know why this is so. Organisations like this are focused on measuring Outputs, rather than measures of Successful Customer Outcomes. If it is so obvious why is it so many persist in this Failure-Demand cycle?





Because they are measuring the wrong things. 
And guess what? Yes, they will have automated those measurements and put them on fancy management dashboards so everyone can feel happy. Except the customer of course. But what does that matter?





In Part Three – a big reveal. A couple of techniques that will help shape Successful Customer Outcomes brought to you from companies like Amazon, Zara, Zappos and Emirates.

Now, please remember if you pay people to do dumb stuff they will get really smart at it.





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Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?







How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn





Start here and follow these simple steps:





Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now





Step #2 – Get the Software:





Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021





Step #3 – Connect With The Community:





https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers





Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:





Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation 





Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:





LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN





And for now, review this:





Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined

	


	





	

		
		
Do you have the Right Obsessions?
	


	
	
	

		
	

		

In one minute you have the distilled strategy from the man who has created an empire with a very simple philosophy.








The Richest Guy on the Planet tells us how to do it





We live, eat and breathe this stuff. Come and learn how to do it for you and your organization. We can’t promise you will become another Jeff but you will change to healthier Obsessions!





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TipTop Influencers
	


	
	
	

		
	

		

Yesterday someone asked me why was I publishing all the FREE material?





Well, in my line of work I am so often asked ‘who is the best person to watch on youtube about y?’ and of course each of us has our go-to person or people that we always mention. Terrific speakers and storytellers alike but I wanted to go one step further and collate some favourites. But then can it just be my opinion (as good as that could be?). No.










So I have scoured the web for the organisations who take time to run Awards programs and pass on that information for broader consumption. You could of course just go on Youtube and search for hours (and days) but these Tiptop Influencer lists make short work of that.









Enjoy.





Each day this week we will feature TipTop Influencers from different walks of life and business. I would be interested in knowing what and who your favourites are!





Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?







How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn





Start here and follow these simple steps:





Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now





Step #2 – Get the Software:





Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021





Step #3 – Connect With The Community:





https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers





Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:





Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation 





Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:





LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN





And for now, review this:





Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined







	


	





	

		
		
This works way better than any tips or techniques…
	


	
	
	

		
	

		

Hi – Steve here 🙂










I’m a real sucker for great new tips, techniques, tools, shortcuts, “hacks” and other quick ways of getting better results from our processes and customer experiences.





But
the truth is that the big wins don’t come from tips or tricks.





They
come from getting the
fundamentals right. Again and again.





Fundamentals
like really understanding your customers (internal and external) so your
products and services are what they need (not just what you think they want).





Fundamentals like having understanding the successful customer outcomes before you ever meet or work with them, so your processes and experiences build credibility and trust quickly.





Fundamentals like follow-up and nurturing your relationships so they are top of the priorities when your customers need to change things.





Fundamentals like being able to  “meet” face to face, on the phone, or via a webinar or web page (and by “meet”, I mean help a customer get the best from their experiences and processes, understand their problems, the potential solutions, and decide how to change things to meet ever-changing needs).





Master the fundamentals and the little tips and tricks will improve your results even further.





Get
the fundamentals wrong and all the tips, tricks or clever techniques in the
world won’t hurt.





–
Steve





PS
If you’d like to get my very best training, insights and personal support to
help you align your processes and experiences for all your customers (internal
and external), why not join me for my new ONLINE training program? Click here for more details.

	


	





	

		
		
Customer Obsession v. Customer Focused
	


	
	
	

		
	

		

Jeff Bezos encourages us to become Customer Obsessed (see video snippet) however Netflix’s journey to CX Obsession is less well known.














Here is an extract from a great article (link below):





From  Gibson Biddle, former VP at Netflix and CPO at Chegg 
In 2005, as I joined Netflix as VP of Product, I asked Reed Hastings, the CEO, what he hoped his legacy would be. His answer: “Consumer science.” He explained, “Leaders like Steve Jobs have a sense of style and what customers seek, but I don’t. We need consumer science to get there.”





Gibson Biddle, Former VP at Netflix 





Reed’s aspiration was that the Netflix team would discover what delights customers through the scientific process. Forming hypotheses through existing data, qualitative, and surveys, and then A/B testing these ideas to see what works. His vision was that product leaders at Netflix would develop remarkable consumer insight, fueled by results and learning from thousands of experiments.





During my time at Netflix, and later at my next startup, Chegg, I learned to move from customer focus to customer obsession. In doing so embraced Reed’s notion of consumer science. Here’s how I think about the transition:















The full article here is great testimony to moving away from the soft and fluffy version of Customer Experience. 
Let’s get more scientific about Customer Experience.





Contact Gibson here.





Is your Customer Experience initiative working for you? 
CX Obsessed or just playing at it? 
Upskill you or your team find out more to learn how others have become successful with a Customer Obsession strategy










Do you want to embrace advanced Customer Centric thinking and become Outside-In?







How You Can become ‘Outside-In’… https://bit.ly/WhyOutsideIn





Start here and follow these simple steps:





Step #1 – Get The Book: Outside-In The Secret *FREE* | https://bit.ly/OI2021now





Step #2 – Get the Software:





Parallel | http://bit.ly/Parallel2021





Step #3 – Connect With The Community:





https://linktr.ee/SteveTowers





Step #4 – Keep Pace with Change:





Recent Interview | http://bit.ly/STInnovation 





Step #5 – Recent Article – Customer Obsession:





LinkedIn (3 minute read) | https://lnkd.in/dHeCJhN





And for now, review this:





Your definition of Customer Experience is/may be wrong (3-minute video) http://bit.ly/CXDefined