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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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Read more about the article Is democracy all it’s cracked up to be?

Is democracy all it’s cracked up to be?

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:October 25, 2018
  • Post category:Leadership

The UK’s Brexit debate is about democracy as much as its relationship with Europe. It's an important debate for workplaces too If you were trying to get around central London…

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Read more about the article Can customers win the fight against global warming?

Can customers win the fight against global warming?

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:October 16, 2018
  • Post category:Customer Innovation

Responsible use of data can help If there’s one thing that gets me going it’s being told I should change my behaviour in order to affect something of global significance.…

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Read more about the article Jerks at work – now running a country near you!

Jerks at work – now running a country near you!

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:October 15, 2018
  • Post category:Leadership

You need industrial strength processes to ensure bullies get the boot Hearing the phrase “a damning report” on the one o’clock news is usually enough to get me to prick…

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Read more about the article RoI from CX: it’s (not) the numbers, stupid!

RoI from CX: it’s (not) the numbers, stupid!

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:October 9, 2018
  • Post category:Customer Innovation

The process by which you get them is just as important Are you frustrated at the lack of attention from senior management for your customer experience improvement programmes? Do you…

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Read more about the article Customer success: the cornerstone of “21st Century Capitalism”

Customer success: the cornerstone of “21st Century Capitalism”

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:October 2, 2018
  • Post category:Entrepreneurialism

It would work just as well for socialism too It’s party conference season in the UK at the moment, a few weeks where I get a morally-dubious pleasure in watching…

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Read more about the article When disruption strikes, will you be ready?
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When disruption strikes, will you be ready?

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:September 25, 2018
  • Post category:Entrepreneurialism

Best to assume it’s a constant feature of business Picture the scene: an early 21st Century music industry boardroom where a young executive is trying to convince his senior management…

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Read more about the article Time to junk the satisfaction survey
Buster Keaton's approach to housebuilding is still alive and well nearly 100 years on

Time to junk the satisfaction survey

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:September 18, 2018
  • Post category:Customer Innovation

Why your customer strategy should focus on complaints I was half listening to the news the other day when I heard a story about a couple who were selling their…

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Read more about the article The CX Rap Sheet: we name the guilty in their crimes against the customer

The CX Rap Sheet: we name the guilty in their crimes against the customer

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:September 6, 2018
  • Post category:Customer Innovation

Learning from other people’s mistakes  We’ve been pleased to feature Don Hales’ Heroes and Villains series on The Next Ten Years and Don has bemoaned the fact that he gets…

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Read more about the article Is your business built on “alternative facts”?

Is your business built on “alternative facts”?

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:August 30, 2018
  • Post category:Leadership

It’s a natural tendency, but you should worry about the consequences Like many people I’m sceptical about the labelling of what people – typically leaders of superpowers, or journalists –…

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Read more about the article Build a community and you won’t need customers

Build a community and you won’t need customers

  • Post author:Nick Bush
  • Post published:August 15, 2018
  • Post category:Customer Innovation

Instead, you’ll have committed fans who’ll go the extra mile for you Here’s a heart-warming story from my recent holiday – and I promise it’s the last for now –…

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