CX


Net Promotor Score NPS
Reading Time: 6 minutesSeeing B2B Customer Success Through the Right Lens For many boards, Net Promoter Score (NPS) has become the default proxy for customer success. It is reviewed regularly, discussed confidently, and often treated as evidence that the organisation is either “doing fine” or “needs attention”. The problem is not that Net [...]

Beyond the Net Promoter Score (NPS)


Customer Spectacles
Reading Time: 4 minutesWearing Your Customer Spectacles – How it can shift organisational behaviour. There is a moment in every organisation — usually subtle, often unspoken — when the internal truth drifts away from the customer’s truth. Leaders still believe they’re customer-centric. Teams still talk about value. Dashboards still pulse green. The strategy [...]

Wearing Your Customer Spectacles – SUCCESS Framework


Board - Customer Alignment
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen an unhappy strategic customer leaves the room, what does your boardroom really sound like? Introduction: The Door Closes, the Real Conversation Begins The handshakes end, the smiles fade, and the customer leaves the room. Within seconds, the conversation changes. Targets. Timelines. Blame. A quiet sigh of relief that the [...]

The Sound of Board and Customer Alignment



Making Digital Transformations Stick
Reading Time: 6 minutesContinuous Improvement Beyond Go-Live The Myth of “Finished” In the final blog of the series, we dive into how to ensure that your digital transformations stick. In the first two blogs of this series, we looked at how to craft a digital transformation vision that inspires, and how to lead [...]

Making Digital Transformations Stick


A to Z of Customer Alignment
Reading Time: 14 minutesIntroduction At Oak Consult, we believe that customer alignment is the difference between transactions and partnerships. That’s why we’ve built this A to Z of Customer Alignment: 26 practical lenses to help leaders, managers, and teams see alignment in action, understand why it matters, and put it into practice. Most [...]

The A to Z of Customer Alignment


Oak Consult, Customer Experience, CX
Reading Time: 5 minutesHelping teams build a culture that truly puts the customer first by wearing customer spectacles Introduction When was the last time your team truly saw the world as your customers do? Most organisations say they are customer-focused, but targets, processes, and politics often pull attention inward. The result is experiences [...]

Customer Spectacles: Seeing Through Your Customer’s Eyes