Karine Cardona-Smits

Every customer journey, as simple as it looks, happens in a more and more complex ecosystem. Think about your last online purchase: You interacted with an online store, on your computer or your mobile, and got your order delivered at home as planned. Simple? Well . . . on the front stage, yes. But if […]

Designers joining Agile teams often complain about feeling like misfits. The importance of good design is mentioned in Agile principles, but designers are nowhere in the picture. The only individuals that Agile principles mention are business people and developers. How do you fit in, then, when you are a user experience, customer experience, service, or […]

When I describe what customer experience (CX) management requires to be able to transform a CX vision into reality, I often hear from my audience, “This is interesting, but we are different.” The nature of that difference is then often stated as one of the following: We are operating in B2B, not B2C; we operate […]

Are you leading or managing customer service? Then you, like many of your colleagues, may be looking for ways to reduce its cost. Our data shows that digital transformation results in a rise in call volume in call centers. Adding more and more agents to handle volume is not sustainable, so companies are exploring options […]

I am back from two days at UX STRAT 2019 — a conference that gathers an international community of design leaders and experience makers. This single-track conference offers presentations about the latest trends at the intersection of business strategy, user experience (UX), product, and service design. The three big takeaways for me this year are […]

Poor copywriting is damaging, particularly at key moments such as when errors occur.

I just returned from MWC19 Barcelona, for which I was a judge of the GLOMO Awards. As a Forrester analyst whose research includes service design, I paid extra attention to the attendee journey. I’d like to share the top standout elements in the event’s design, which did a nice job of considering the three phases […]