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Author: Nick Bush

This author has written 99 articles

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  • Think differently to find the best talent: Recruitment in a disruptive digital age
  • Turning leadership on its head: Finding the leaders around you
  • How buying on emotion led to one of the best customer experiences I’ve had.
  • Nothing goes together like a bird feeder, chocolate and the Bossa Nova (?!)
  • What the NHS can teach us about customer relationship management

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Nick

Nick is a business advisor and non-executive director who helps organisations improve their focus and performance by developing customer-centred strategies and business plans. He has helped companies transform the way they do business through better strategies, change management and technology, with a relentless focus on the customer.
Nick has worked across all kinds of business sectors from telecoms to banking, chemicals to charities - as owner of Open Chord his current focus is on helping arts and non-profit organisations to be more successful by creating a solid planning foundation that will help them grow.

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  • Think differently to find the best talent: Recruitment in a disruptive digital age
  • Turning leadership on its head: Finding the leaders around you
  • How buying on emotion led to one of the best customer experiences I’ve had.
  • Nothing goes together like a bird feeder, chocolate and the Bossa Nova (?!)
  • What the NHS can teach us about customer relationship management

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Can CX save us from a bleak future?
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Can CX save us from a bleak future?

  • Nick Bush
  • June 16, 2019
  • Article

Dystopian visions send Nick Bush a warning about the future of customer experience I misread a message from a colleague yesterday telling me that Gordon Tredgold’s article on 15 things…

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Listening to dissenting voices could be your organisation’s D-Day

Listening to dissenting voices could be your organisation’s D-Day

  • Nick Bush
  • June 10, 2019
  • Article

Sometimes it pays to listen to the minority view The recent D-Day commemorations have reminded me that last year I saw a great play about weather forecasting… don’t stop reading…

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The one simple rule for employee engagement

The one simple rule for employee engagement

  • Nick Bush
  • May 30, 2019
  • Podcast

Engagement expert Vic Thorpe offers a simple lesson to raise productivity According to the most recent Gallup report on the state of the global workplace only 15% of employees are…

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To keep your fickle customers, focus on repeatable great experiences

To keep your fickle customers, focus on repeatable great experiences

  • Nick Bush
  • May 24, 2019
  • Article

Customer loyalty may be overrated, but achieving it is still a challenge Residents of my little pocket of south London are lucky to have a wide choice of coffee outlets…

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Is poor service letting down your social media strategy?

Is poor service letting down your social media strategy?

  • Nick Bush
  • May 18, 2019
  • Article

According to a recent survey it is – but fixing it requires commitment across the whole organisation Whatever you may think about Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, their ethics or market…

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Are you an inspirational customer?

Are you an inspirational customer?

  • Nick Bush
  • May 10, 2019
  • Article / Customer Experience

Customers should be better at providing meaningful feedback – and service providers should make it easier for them to do so Another caffeinated customer experience gave me a new perspective on feedback. I…

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Wake up and smell the cologne… how are you inspiring your customers?

Wake up and smell the cologne… how are you inspiring your customers?

  • Nick Bush
  • May 3, 2019
  • Article / Customer Experience

“Magic moments” are not the be-all and end-all of customer experience – but they are important  Wednesday in Wimbledon – I’d say wet if I was seeking an alliterative effect…

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Wessex Water: using complaints to put the customer first

Wessex Water: using complaints to put the customer first

  • Nick Bush
  • March 29, 2019
  • Customer Innovation / Podcast

In this podcast, Nick Bush talks to Alex Russell-Rutherford a customer experience lead at UK utility company Wessex Water. Alex and his team recently won an award at the UK…

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Are you building the skills for success in 2030?

Are you building the skills for success in 2030?

  • Nick Bush
  • March 22, 2019
  • Article / Leadership

A report into consulting skills for the next decade has lessons for all kinds of organisation The Centre for Management Consulting Excellence, a pro bono organisation set up in 2017…

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Want to increase productivity and reduce stress? Get mindful!

Want to increase productivity and reduce stress? Get mindful!

  • Nick Bush
  • February 15, 2019
  • Case Study / Leadership / Webinar

We're all suffering from information overload and it's making us unproductive and stressed. Mindfulness can help overcome this - here's how to start. In this 30-minute webinar, recorded on 11th…

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