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429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

Since retiring, Sally has started her own consulting business, Strategic Product Development, which focuses on the front end of the innovation process. The award started in 1988, and in 2004 the OCI committee was asked to write a chapter for the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development about the OCI award.

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CX expert Annette Franz on putting the ‘customer’ in ‘customer experience’

Intercom, Inc.

Few people are as passionate about customer experience as Annette, the founder and CEO of consulting firm CX Journey Inc. Bobby Stapleton , our Senior Manager of Customer Support for North America, recently caught up with Annette to chat about getting to know the customer and why personas and journey mapping are the perfect tools to do it.

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The Path Beyond CSM

Gainsight

Over the past ten years, the role of Customer Success Manager has evolved and changed as much as the field of SaaS has. In Gainsight’s book, The Customer Success Professional’s Handbook, the authors shared the essential skills that every CS professional should possess. Now CSMs are an integral part of almost every field of business.

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Combining DevOps and Agile Transformations to Achieve Business Outcomes

Agile Velocity

They are key inputs for your business and technology discussions around WHAT to work on. They are measurable outcomes – goal posts – that provide feedback on HOW your initiatives are doing. It’s more than “Training, Titles, Ceremonies, and Tools.”. From organizational silos to legacy technology. The big WHY.

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How to declutter product portfolios with modular productization

The Product Coalition

For software products : design interface, data sets, infrastructure ?? But less tangible services such as consulting often need productization to be commercialized.) For example, Uber developed Uber eats, based on modules such as its already established network of drivers and tech platform that can track and predict driving times.

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6 Things I Learned About PLG and Customer Success

Gainsight

Yet, one cohort of CS leaders exists that I’ve found to truly be special snowflakes: Customer Success teams in companies that employ Product-led Growth strategies. Because the product is so technical, the CS team includes the traditional CSM role as well as Technical Account Managers and Solutions Architects.

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Friday Tracks and Takeaways When Lightning Strikes

Gainsight

The results are increased engagement, increased productivity, and better solutions. ONE Powerful Word That Can Transform Your Customer Relationships with the incredible Nils Vinje, Founder and CEO at Glide Consulting and 30 Day Leadership. Your Customers Need You to Put Yourself First: Listen to Them!