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The Always-On Customer Obsessed Organization
There are many anomalies in the business world today. None bigger than the intent to put the customer at the center of our ecosystem or being “customer-obsessed”. While 9 out of 10 organizations would claim to do it, 9 out of 10 actually don’t end up doing it. While the customer is at the center…
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Founding Principles of Enabling an Omni Channel Strategy
There has been enough said and written about Omni Channel Experiences from two perspectives – Firstly, why it is unreal and still a myth through my own posts like The Omni Channel Paradox, Omni Channel Far From Being a Reality and others. Secondly what an Omni Channel experience really means for brands and consumers and…
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The Perfect Imperfection – The Technology & Channel Obsession |#HumanFirst?
I think if there is one thing in the world of marketing that hasn’t changed, one statement that has been consistently written with blood, one emotion and desire that everyone regardless of where they sit have unequivocally expressed has been to “PUT THE CONSUMER AT THE CENTER”. Ironically enough though, we have consistently failed in…
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CMSWire – The Marketing Technology Explosion: A Blessing or a Curse?
View the original post on CMSWire My first two reactions to Scott Brinker’s super infographic covering the marketing technology landscape were: WOW and WOW. The first wow — Wow, we have come a long way. There’s been a tremendous amount of innovation, evolution and exploration of data and technology across the broad categories of Media,…
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Dialogue with DMNews – The Marketing Technology Disruption
I recently gave a keynote at this year’s DMNews Marketing Technology and Innovation Summit in NY around what it meant to build global marketing technology and digital capabilities in a Fortune 100 and the notion of marketing technology disruption itself. As a prelude to the event, I had a great discussion with the lead editor…