Is your company its own worst enemy when it comes to delivering great experience? Your ability to engage and delight customers and prospects may be falling short because you’re tripping over your own organizational feet. Perhaps it’s time to take strategic action on change management. At DCG, we believe so strongly in the value of… read more >
It’s increasingly difficult for companies to get good response rates when they ask customers for feedback. Many buyers are tired of being “invited” to participate in surveys at the end of telephone calls or chat sessions, or of being surveyed at the point of sale, or asked to log onto the website at the bottom of… read more >
The hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in today’s marketplace cannot be overstated. Most of the excitement is just that—hype and hot air, plus a whole lot of confusion about what AI actually encompasses. Whether it’s 1) voice-driven assistants such as Alexa and Siri, 2) chatbots that engage with customers, 3) robotic process automation (RPA) that… read more >
We first published our report Transform Customer Experience and Operational Excellence By Going Digital Outside and Inside in September 2015. The topic has only become more relevant since then, as senior leaders and executives continue to experience performance fall-out when external transformation and internal transformation initiatives aren’t connected. I’ll be presenting on digital outside and inside, in… read more >
Vast amounts of attention, effort, and money have been expended on customer experience management (CEM) over nearly a decade – by vendors, service partners, and practitioners. Yet global consumer surveys show conclusively that most firms are struggling to make or sustain real progress with improved customer experiences. DCG has analyzed several of the reasons firms… read more >
Cathy McKnight shares her insights and knowledge at this year’s Information Development World.
Cathy delivers the opening session Understanding Digital Transformation, on May 15 at 9:40 am.
Information Development World (IDW) is the conference for technical, marketing, and product information managers—the folks responsible for managing the people, processes, and technologies involved in creating exceptional customer experiences with content.
Contact us to arrange a time to meet with Cathy at IDW.
Getting customer feedback is the rage in today’s business world, whether the industry is retail, transportation, consumer packaged goods, banking, telecommunications, government or something else. How many times have you bought something in a store, only to have the checkout clerk circle a URL and ask you to go to a website and provide feedback?… read more >
It is everywhere. And while content is prolific, it is not simple — it is a complex, multi-faceted effort that if not managed properly can mean the difference between success and getting sued. The content – images, text, audio, video – that fill our digital channels does not appear out of thin air. Success in… read more >
You know that expression about “teaching old dogs new tricks . . . ?” Well, it’s true. In fact, it’s worse than that—I’m having trouble teaching my two-year-old Dalmatian new tricks and he isn’t even middle aged. My dog only wants to do what he already knows how to do —and, what he already likes… read more >
Every day, organizations launch one or more customer experience initiatives to speed their firms toward digital transformation, often without fully appreciating that the business culture will invariably morph – with or without guidance – and employees will need to work differently once new projects are completed – with or without effective training. By overlooking… read more >
