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EXPERIENCE STRATEGY:
CONNECTING
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
TO BUSINESS STRATEGY
By Charlene Li with Aubrey Littleton and Omar Akhtar
Altimeter, a Prophet Company
July 2017
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Our research found that most people define their ideal experience in terms of
relevance — getting the information they need quickly and ensuring that they
are remembered between and during engagements with a brand. Yet despite
customer experience being a top priority for the C-suite, few organizations
have a coherent strategy that aligns customer experience with business
strategy and then across departments. Our research found that the key is to
use relationships as the foundation for a next-generation customer experience
strategy, with touchpoints and journeys remaining practical necessities. The
strategy must prioritize experiences that create relevance in the relationship
that in the end drives business results.
To develop the strategy itself, start by understanding the maturity of your
experience strategy formulation and execution capabilities. From there, the
strategy process has four components:
•	 Understand the next generation customer on a continuous basis.
•	 Create a vision and guiding principles that connect experience to relationships.
•	 Prioritize experience initiatives for relevance.
•	 Align the organization for execution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary	 2
Despire Making Customer Experience a Priority, Companies Don’t Know How to Invest in It 3
The Next-Generation Experience Strategy is Based on Relationships	 6
The Experience Strategy Maturity Model	 10
Four Steps to Create Your Experience Strategy	 16
	 Case Study: Piedmont Health									 19
	 Case Study: Manulife Bank	 21
	 Case Study: Eli Lilly									 23
Endnotes	24
Methodology	24
About Us	 25
How to Work With Us	 25
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DESPITE MAKING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
A PRIORITY, COMPANIES DON’T KNOW
HOW TO INVEST IN IT
Customer experience is the latest buzzword hitting organizations — almost every company
will profess to being “customer-focused,” “customer-obsessed,” or “customer-centric.” Prior
research found that 89% of companies1
expect to compete mostly on the basis of customer
experience and that by the year 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product2
as
the key brand differentiator. To that end, the biggest question facing business leaders is this:
Where should we invest to create
the best possible customer experience?
A CEO can’t answer this question if they view experience through the lens of touchpoints or
even journeys, especially if the goal is to deliver an experience that is relevant to each person.
Touchpoints live in many different parts of the organization — the call center, the website, physical
store, product design, advertising, etc. Each siloed department interacts with customers in a
different part of the customer lifecycle and has tools, data, and touchpoints optimized for that
particular journey. Customer experience is more than just touchpoints that rollup into journeys —
it’s the series of experiences over time that define the overall relationship with an organization
and brand.
Moreover, viewing experience only through the lens of customers ignores other key
relationships — those between organizations and employees, investors, suppliers, partners,
regulators, competitors, and volunteers (for non-profits and religious organizations), etc. All
of these relationships deserve having an experience designed for them, hence the need for a
comprehensive experience strategy that drives holistic business results.
When it Comes to Experience, Customers Want Relevance, Not Delight
But what about “delighting customers?” In our research, we looked for examples of strategies
that create experiences that bring joy, happiness, and delight to customers. One interviewee
described an experience when trying to rent a car and the person at the rental counter insisted
providing a “delightful” experience that involved 1) asking about their day, 2) explaining the
contract options in detail, and 3) giving a personalized tour of the car’s features. They were trying
to bring “joy and delight” to the experience, but that’s NOT what the customer wanted, which
was to just get to their car quickly, which was parked just outside the door.
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Altimeter conducted
a consumer study of
1,412 people across five
countries to understand
how they think about
their ideal customer
experience (see Figure
1). Globally, the answers
“Fast responses
to questions or
complaints” and “Can
find the information
I need quickly”
were clearly the top
responses. These two
top responses represent
what we consider “table
stakes” priorities. In
the US, however, the
answer “Complete
transactions quickly”
ranked the highest
but was a distant third
in other geographies.
And respondents from
Japan were almost
twice as likely as
other geographies to
include “Personalized
experience based on my
data” in their top three
choices.
We also found that women were much more likely than men to want to find information
quickly, as were 18-24 year olds. Adults age 65+ were more much more likely to want to
complete transactions quickly. More details around geographic, gender, and age breakouts
are available online.
We also asked consumers what they think prevents companies from providing the ideal
customer experience (see Figure 2). “Lack of employee training” received the top votes across
the board, followed closely by “They value profit over customers.” Underlying these responses
is a deep-seated belief that companies do not value the experience of a customer as much as
their money. Interestingly, across the board, people didn’t think this was a technology problem,
but rather one related to priorities and people.
FIGURE 1
FAST RESPONSES AND TRANSACTION FORM THE TABLE
STAKES OF EXPERIENCES
Thinking of your ideal customer experience,
which of the following are most important to you?
Please select up to three.
52%Fast responses
to questions or
complaints
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Can find the
information I need
quickly
Complete
transactions quickly
The experience is
always consistent
Personalized
experience
based on my data
Remembers me
between and during
visits
49%
36%
30%
19%
17%
Table Stakes
Base: 1,412 respondents
Source: Altimeter Q2 2017 Experience Study. Additional geographic, gender, and age
breakouts available online.
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FIGURE 2
POORLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES AND MISPLACED PRIORITIES PREVENT COMPANIES
FROM PROVIDING IDEAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
45%Lack of good
employee training
What do you think prevents companies from providing
the ideal customer experience? Please select up to three.
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
They value profit over
customers
Departments don’t work well
with each other
They don’t care about
customer satisfaction
They don’t understand what I
need
They don’t invest enough in
technology
44%
35%
32%
23%
15%
People in Japan focused on completely different reasons for this breakdown, with the top
response being that departments don’t work well with each other. And Japanese were twice as
likely to believe that companies don’t understand what consumers need than respondents from
other countries. Women and adults 65+ were slightly more likely to believe that poor employee
training results in poor customer experiences, while young adults age 18-34 were more likely to
believe that companies didn’t invest enough in technology. More details around geographic,
gender, and age breakouts are available online.
In the end, you can only satisfy people if you deliver what it is that they want, at the time
they want it, understanding what is relevant to them at that particular time and place. The
information, response, or transaction delivered to them “quickly” needs to be tuned to what
they define as relevant. People experience joy, happiness, and delight from things that matter
to them — there is a sense that the organization had mindreading skills and could anticipate
the next action that would help them quickly accomplish their goal.
Base: 1,412 respondents
Source: Altimeter Q2 2017 Experience Study. Additional geographic, gender, and age
breakouts available online.
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THE NEXT-GENERATION EXPERIENCE
STRATEGY IS BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS
Experience is thus not about unicorns, rainbows, or soft fuzzy ideas. Instead it is about a
shared value proposition with customers that aligns to your business. The strategy that
creates these experiences needs to be intentional about the value it wants to deliver.
Our research found that the only way to link experience strategy to brand strategy, and
ultimately to business strategy, is to look at it through the lens of a relationship. Thus, our
definition of experience strategy follows:
Experience strategy is a set of prioritized and
coordinated moves that use experiences to build relationships
that result in brand and business outcomes.
Experience is the mechanism through which your business strategy and brand value
proposition are activated with customers. When customer experience strategy focuses on
and is measured by the strength and nature of the customer relationship, it can then be tied
to business strategy and brand strategy (see Figure 3).
FIGURE 3
RELATIONSHIPS CONNECT EXPERIENCE, BRAND, AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES
Experience Metrics
•	 Speed to completion
•	 Drop off at key touchpoints
•	 Effort scores
Relationship Metrics
•	 Customer satisfaction
•	 Lifetime value
•	 Net Promoter Score
Brand Metrics
•	 Relevance
•	 Awareness
Relationships
Brand
Strategy
Business
Strategy
Experience
Strategy
Business Metrics
•	 Revenues/Profits
•	 Market share
•	 Share of wallet
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Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy [REPORT PREVIEW]

  • 1. EXPERIENCE STRATEGY: CONNECTING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO BUSINESS STRATEGY By Charlene Li with Aubrey Littleton and Omar Akhtar Altimeter, a Prophet Company July 2017 PREVIEW COPY
  • 2. www.altimetergroup.com | Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy | info@altimetergroup.com 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our research found that most people define their ideal experience in terms of relevance — getting the information they need quickly and ensuring that they are remembered between and during engagements with a brand. Yet despite customer experience being a top priority for the C-suite, few organizations have a coherent strategy that aligns customer experience with business strategy and then across departments. Our research found that the key is to use relationships as the foundation for a next-generation customer experience strategy, with touchpoints and journeys remaining practical necessities. The strategy must prioritize experiences that create relevance in the relationship that in the end drives business results. To develop the strategy itself, start by understanding the maturity of your experience strategy formulation and execution capabilities. From there, the strategy process has four components: • Understand the next generation customer on a continuous basis. • Create a vision and guiding principles that connect experience to relationships. • Prioritize experience initiatives for relevance. • Align the organization for execution. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 Despire Making Customer Experience a Priority, Companies Don’t Know How to Invest in It 3 The Next-Generation Experience Strategy is Based on Relationships 6 The Experience Strategy Maturity Model 10 Four Steps to Create Your Experience Strategy 16 Case Study: Piedmont Health 19 Case Study: Manulife Bank 21 Case Study: Eli Lilly 23 Endnotes 24 Methodology 24 About Us 25 How to Work With Us 25 PREVIEW COPY
  • 3. www.altimetergroup.com | Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy | info@altimetergroup.com 3 DESPITE MAKING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE A PRIORITY, COMPANIES DON’T KNOW HOW TO INVEST IN IT Customer experience is the latest buzzword hitting organizations — almost every company will profess to being “customer-focused,” “customer-obsessed,” or “customer-centric.” Prior research found that 89% of companies1 expect to compete mostly on the basis of customer experience and that by the year 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product2 as the key brand differentiator. To that end, the biggest question facing business leaders is this: Where should we invest to create the best possible customer experience? A CEO can’t answer this question if they view experience through the lens of touchpoints or even journeys, especially if the goal is to deliver an experience that is relevant to each person. Touchpoints live in many different parts of the organization — the call center, the website, physical store, product design, advertising, etc. Each siloed department interacts with customers in a different part of the customer lifecycle and has tools, data, and touchpoints optimized for that particular journey. Customer experience is more than just touchpoints that rollup into journeys — it’s the series of experiences over time that define the overall relationship with an organization and brand. Moreover, viewing experience only through the lens of customers ignores other key relationships — those between organizations and employees, investors, suppliers, partners, regulators, competitors, and volunteers (for non-profits and religious organizations), etc. All of these relationships deserve having an experience designed for them, hence the need for a comprehensive experience strategy that drives holistic business results. When it Comes to Experience, Customers Want Relevance, Not Delight But what about “delighting customers?” In our research, we looked for examples of strategies that create experiences that bring joy, happiness, and delight to customers. One interviewee described an experience when trying to rent a car and the person at the rental counter insisted providing a “delightful” experience that involved 1) asking about their day, 2) explaining the contract options in detail, and 3) giving a personalized tour of the car’s features. They were trying to bring “joy and delight” to the experience, but that’s NOT what the customer wanted, which was to just get to their car quickly, which was parked just outside the door. PREVIEW COPY
  • 4. www.altimetergroup.com | Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy | info@altimetergroup.com 4 Altimeter conducted a consumer study of 1,412 people across five countries to understand how they think about their ideal customer experience (see Figure 1). Globally, the answers “Fast responses to questions or complaints” and “Can find the information I need quickly” were clearly the top responses. These two top responses represent what we consider “table stakes” priorities. In the US, however, the answer “Complete transactions quickly” ranked the highest but was a distant third in other geographies. And respondents from Japan were almost twice as likely as other geographies to include “Personalized experience based on my data” in their top three choices. We also found that women were much more likely than men to want to find information quickly, as were 18-24 year olds. Adults age 65+ were more much more likely to want to complete transactions quickly. More details around geographic, gender, and age breakouts are available online. We also asked consumers what they think prevents companies from providing the ideal customer experience (see Figure 2). “Lack of employee training” received the top votes across the board, followed closely by “They value profit over customers.” Underlying these responses is a deep-seated belief that companies do not value the experience of a customer as much as their money. Interestingly, across the board, people didn’t think this was a technology problem, but rather one related to priorities and people. FIGURE 1 FAST RESPONSES AND TRANSACTION FORM THE TABLE STAKES OF EXPERIENCES Thinking of your ideal customer experience, which of the following are most important to you? Please select up to three. 52%Fast responses to questions or complaints 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Can find the information I need quickly Complete transactions quickly The experience is always consistent Personalized experience based on my data Remembers me between and during visits 49% 36% 30% 19% 17% Table Stakes Base: 1,412 respondents Source: Altimeter Q2 2017 Experience Study. Additional geographic, gender, and age breakouts available online. PREVIEW COPY
  • 5. www.altimetergroup.com | Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy | info@altimetergroup.com 5 FIGURE 2 POORLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES AND MISPLACED PRIORITIES PREVENT COMPANIES FROM PROVIDING IDEAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES 45%Lack of good employee training What do you think prevents companies from providing the ideal customer experience? Please select up to three. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% They value profit over customers Departments don’t work well with each other They don’t care about customer satisfaction They don’t understand what I need They don’t invest enough in technology 44% 35% 32% 23% 15% People in Japan focused on completely different reasons for this breakdown, with the top response being that departments don’t work well with each other. And Japanese were twice as likely to believe that companies don’t understand what consumers need than respondents from other countries. Women and adults 65+ were slightly more likely to believe that poor employee training results in poor customer experiences, while young adults age 18-34 were more likely to believe that companies didn’t invest enough in technology. More details around geographic, gender, and age breakouts are available online. In the end, you can only satisfy people if you deliver what it is that they want, at the time they want it, understanding what is relevant to them at that particular time and place. The information, response, or transaction delivered to them “quickly” needs to be tuned to what they define as relevant. People experience joy, happiness, and delight from things that matter to them — there is a sense that the organization had mindreading skills and could anticipate the next action that would help them quickly accomplish their goal. Base: 1,412 respondents Source: Altimeter Q2 2017 Experience Study. Additional geographic, gender, and age breakouts available online. PREVIEW COPY
  • 6. www.altimetergroup.com | Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy | info@altimetergroup.com 6 THE NEXT-GENERATION EXPERIENCE STRATEGY IS BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS Experience is thus not about unicorns, rainbows, or soft fuzzy ideas. Instead it is about a shared value proposition with customers that aligns to your business. The strategy that creates these experiences needs to be intentional about the value it wants to deliver. Our research found that the only way to link experience strategy to brand strategy, and ultimately to business strategy, is to look at it through the lens of a relationship. Thus, our definition of experience strategy follows: Experience strategy is a set of prioritized and coordinated moves that use experiences to build relationships that result in brand and business outcomes. Experience is the mechanism through which your business strategy and brand value proposition are activated with customers. When customer experience strategy focuses on and is measured by the strength and nature of the customer relationship, it can then be tied to business strategy and brand strategy (see Figure 3). FIGURE 3 RELATIONSHIPS CONNECT EXPERIENCE, BRAND, AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES Experience Metrics • Speed to completion • Drop off at key touchpoints • Effort scores Relationship Metrics • Customer satisfaction • Lifetime value • Net Promoter Score Brand Metrics • Relevance • Awareness Relationships Brand Strategy Business Strategy Experience Strategy Business Metrics • Revenues/Profits • Market share • Share of wallet PREVIEW COPY
  • 7. This preview version of “Experience Strategy: Connecting Customer Experience to Business Strategy” contains only the first seven pages of the report. To download the entire report, free of charge, please visit the link below: http://bit.ly/altimeter-exp-strategy