Building Great Customer
Experiences is by the fresh and exciting team of Colin Shaw and John Ivens, who are
being called the gurus of the customer experience. It examines the new and emerging area
of the customer experience, exploring how it can be used as a competitive weapon as well
as a means of reducing costs.
Many business books look at
new companies and how they have become successful. This book bases itself in the reality
in which most business people find themselves daily - working in companies which have been
established for some time and which are faced with legacy people, legacy processes, legacy
systems, legacy channels and an existing culture. It focuses on how you can change an
existing organisation in order to build and deliver great customer experiences.
The book captures the
thoughts and views of over 20 senior business leaders on the customer experience,
including:
- Andrew Roife, Chairman and
Chief Executive, Pret-a-Manger
- Barry Herstein, Chief
Marketing Officer, Financial Times Group
- lan McAllister, Former
Chairman & Managing Director, Ford UK
- Mike Ashton, Senior Vice
President of Marketing Worldwide, Hilton International Hotels
- David Mead, Chief
Operating Officer, First Direct
- Robin Terrell, Managing
Director, Amazon.co.uk
It explores why they now see
the customer experience as a sustainable differentiator. With the use of compelling
examples and cases the authors show that building great customer experiences is critical
for all companies and organisations.
John Ivens and Colin
Shaw are the Founding Partners of Beyond Philosophy, the leading consultancy specialising
in the customer experience. Based in the UK and America, the company helps clients to
develop their customer experience strategies and then, critically, also assists them in
implementing those strategies.
Both have led many customer
experience strategy sessions with boards of companies, helping them recognise the
strategic importance of the customer experience. They have also undertaken many customer
experience implementations, helping clients to actually realise the benefits of engaging
emotionally with their customers.
Colin and John draw on their
unique experience of both having had senior level careers which have spanned sales,
marketing, customer service and training, allowing them to take a holistic approach to the
customer experience and their clients' requirements.
Colin was the Director of
Customer Experience at one of the UK's largest companies and John previously held senior
strategic and operational positions in a number of blue chip companies in financial
services, utilities and telecommunications.
224 pages