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Shaun Smith
Shaun Smith
Member Since: 11th Sep 2006
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Shaun has been a leader in expanding management attention from the narrow focus on customer
service to the wider, more strategic drive towards customer experience. He is the founder of Smith+co
the leading UK based customer experience consultancy. He is co-author of five acclaimed business
books, his most recent being, ‘On Purpose, delivering a branded customer experience people love’.
Shaun has spoken to audiences across the world and in many sectors. He is a Fellow of the
Professional Speakers Association and a Member of the Global Speakers Federation. Shaun is a
recipient of the PSAE (Professional Speaking Award of Excellence).

Shaun Smith
Director Smith+Co
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7th Feb 2022

Yum! Brands CMO calls brand purpose "a bunch of crap" - is he right?

“Brand purpose truly is a bunch of crap, because it’s disingenuous. You’re saying, ‘My purpose is to make the world a better place’. No,...
Loyalty
22nd Jan 2018

WTF has gone wrong with customer experience management?

According to Forrester’s 2017 CX Index , customer experience quality has plateaued or declined for most industries and companies. The...
Engagement
9th Oct 2015

What is a Purposeful Brand - and why should you aspire to be one?

“Every business must serve a social purpose”. These are not the words of a social campaigner or a politician; they are the words of a...
Engagement
20th Sep 2015

Why clarity of purpose is a powerful thing for your brand

"When organisational purpose and personal purpose intersect, you get a very powerful force for change for good"* Within hours, over 100,000...
Sales performance
14th Mar 2014

Six ways to ensure experience drives IT - not the other way around

What's the next big thing in customer experience? Well, we've been sifting through the array of predictions that every blogger and his...
Engagement
1st Mar 2013

Customer experience lessons from the inspiring sugru story

Customer experience expert Shaun Smith explains what we can learn from the success of Jane ni Dhulchaointigh and her product sugru - and...
Engagement
13th Dec 2012

Why the 'fifth P' of marketing has been the customer experience trend of 2012

Shaun Smith examines the CEM trend of the year - and the profoundly challenging business behaviours it has heralded. Customer experience,...
Engagement
16th May 2012

10 lessons to dispel the customer experience disillusionment

You don't need the Next Big Thing, says Shaun Smith, you just need to get your customer experience management right. I was speaking at a...
Engagement
18th Jan 2012

A tale of two airlines: Customer experience lessons from Air Asia & Kingfisher Airlines

Customer experience expert Shaun Smith examines two similar airlines that are experiencing two very different sets of financial results...
Engagement
7th Oct 2011

Shaun Smith: Crafting customer experiences for a socially connected world

Customer experience expert Shaun Smith explains social CEM and why it has become important. Social CEM can be defined as the ‘Business...
Engagement
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