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Read my Foreword for this report on the new era of customer interaction

Next week in Orlando, I'm set to be the opening speaker for the 14th Annual Process Excellence Week 2013 in Orlando - with folks from most global Fortune 1,000 organizations in the room.
The focus - aligning fast paced change to a customer centric world, and the need to align business process to market, customer, technology, business model change.

There's a lot to cover
and a lot to talk about -- and I've got 45 minutes to get these folks fired up about the fascinating opportunities unfolding in their future as we devolve to a world in which the future belongs to those who are fast!

The folks at PEX have just released their seminal 2013 white paper, "Transforming customer feedback into opportunity."

And they were kind enough to ask me to consider writing a Foreword for the report -- to which I responded with an unequivocal yes. I pride myself as a speaker on the obvious need to go above and beyond client expectations -- it's not just about the keynote, it's about an opportunity for transformation of a profession! And turning customer feedback into opportunity!

You can read my Foreword from the report by hitting the image.

You can also request a full copy of the report here -- you will need to register.

Three of my favorite comments from my Foreword:

Fix things fast When things go wrong with a customer relationship fix them fast. Have a communications plan.Be prepared to reassure the customer quickly. In this new era of hyper-information feedback, don’t let the customer sit and stew for a moment — proactive information and proactive action is the only weapon you have, and you have to use it.
Admit that mistakes will happen It’s ok. It’s the 21st century. Bad things go wrong all the time. Accept that, and use that as a go- forward strategy. “Things will go wrong and we will work to fix them fast” is a better strategy than “we plan on rolling it out and holding our breath that things don’t get messed up.”
Empower people with niceness Customer-centricity and the instant-age demands that the customer be made happy — quickly. Give staff who have not previously had the authority, the authority to do things to the customer that are nice. That will help to ease the early part of the “pain process.”

Every company in every industry is in a situation in which the customer is more empowered than ever before. Accept that -- work with it -- learn from it -- and use it as the base for innovation!

 

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