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  • SenseMaking – The Customer Success Superpower

    SenseMaking is not just for those in the Customer Success business. That post links to a report on skills of the future and SenseMaking is very much one of them, for all future workers. In an increasingly complex and noisy world you can see why. For Customer Success it makes even more sense.

  • Everyday Productivity with Microsoft 365

  • Way of the minimalist for creative productivity

    The way of the minimalist is to “remove until it breaks”. As Henry David Thoreau once said, “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify”. I subscribe to this philosophy đź’Ż although I don’t always live up to it. New research just out validates this view and especially when it comes to creative…

  • The employee customer experience connection – fundamentals

    Here is an infographic with some supporting source material and an industry overview for context if you want it. Here too is where my interest and expertise in this space lie. This post is intended to dig a little deeper on the subject. Check out the diagram which captures a little more detail than I’ve…

  • Update on As a Service Trends

    Sources for image gallery plus other related articles: Culture: The Biggest Challenge in Getting the Subscription Model Right MaaS transit: The business of mobility as a service The first era of SaaS ends: ‘Best of breed’ was prelude to ‘systems of delivery’ Smart Growth: the Case for Measuring Brain Capital Customer Experience Redefined: Insights From Chief Customer Officers on the Frontlines Top 10 IT…

  • The backlash to video calling and the alternatives

    Okay I wouldn’t call just one decision from the CEO of a major bank the indication of a backlash: Citigroup CEO ordains Zoom-free Fridays to ease ‘relentless’ pandemic workday. But come on, how many tales have you already heard of similar woes. Zoom fatigue has become a thing. And its not just about Zoom. Microsoft…

  • Mood Music – The Infinite

  • Signal for help – DanelDoodle for good

    I care deeply about the woman and children in my life and feel like I and all men need to make an extra effort for them. Of course some men are in the same position but to a far lesser degree – more often than not they are the perpetrators. Off the back of the…

  • State of a category – customer success 2021

    I’ve been in this space formally for almost 10 years now. I say formally because I’ve been doing the work a lot longer, just under another name. I’ve been passionate about it all these years and still am but after that long, you’ve got to question things. I’ve written on the state of customer success…

  • A year of tech in charts – pandemic edition

    All the charts (click on any to view enlarged) come from an article in the The Information from various different sources: 12 Charts That Show How Tech Took Off During a Year of Shutdowns. The full article requires a subscription but I can share access to The Information with 5 friends or colleagues completely free…

  • Considering Microsoft Teams as a Platform – get started with App templates

    In several foundational pieces I have written about Microsoft Teams as a Platform (disclosure). This post gets to some of the detail and focuses on a simple way to get started with use of App templates in Teams. This is a big focus of my work with customers at the moment and I give an…

  • It’s only a matter of time until she blows

    The Ever Given ship blocking things up on the Suez Canal has been such a funny affair that has captivated the world and given rise to numerous memes. Okay for some it’s not been so funny. Anyway, here is my take in a DanelDoodle.

  • In an age of machines human organisations matter – an ode to joy

    There is an explosion of automation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning with many fearing job losses. In the attention economy we have proliferation of social media, questionable content, digital addiction, etc. Freedom of expression knows no bounds yet sensitivities are tested like never before. There are many benefits to adopting these tools and approaches and there…

  • A synergy of forces shaping the future of work