Customer Empathy

Book excerpt: Global performance reports show that current customer experience (CX) practices are failing organisations and their customers. Promised returns of enhanced customer value, competitive differentiation and CX as a driver of sustainable growth are not being fully realised - at best, there is only incremental gain for most organisations. Something is missing. As it stands, customer experience management and design is overdue for radical intervention. Customer empathy helps us to see the customer's world differently. Doubling down on CX practices by switching on customer empathy creates deeper understanding, more meaningful connection, aligns and unites teams and enriches decision making. Customer empathy is a powerful human resource for positively impacting customer experience excellence that until now has been largely overlooked.