CX Strategy

how to reorganize your team around customer outcomes instead of channels in four practical steps

When I started helping support teams shift from channel-based organisation to outcome-focused squads, I expected resistance — but what surprised me most was how often teams hadn’t even agreed on the outcomes they were trying to deliver. Channels are easy to see: you can count phone lines, chat sessions, and inboxes. Outcomes are messier because they require judgement, measurement, and cross-functional collaboration. That messiness is where...

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how to design an onboarding support journey that increases trial-to-paid conversion by focusing on signals

When I work with product and support teams on onboarding, I stop thinking about "onboarding" as a single linear process and start thinking about a conversation made of signals. Every click, message, error, and delay is a signal that tells you whether a trial user is moving toward activation — or toward churn. Designing an onboarding support journey around these signals is the fastest, highest-leverage way I've found to lift trial-to-paid...

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how to cut support costs by 30% using a tiered self-service funnel and simple analytics

I want to show you a practical way to cut support costs by about 30% in under a year by combining a simple tiered self-service funnel with lightweight analytics. I’ve done this for teams that range from 10 to 200 agents, and the pattern is the same: fewer repetitive contacts, faster resolution for customers who prefer self-help, and better triage for agents when human intervention is required.Why a tiered self-service funnel worksMost contact...

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