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When the Lenders Get the Keys: What Medallia’s Restructuring Tells Us About PE, Software, and the Future of CX

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Medallia was once one of the most respected names in customer experience management. A pioneer of enterprise voice-of-the-customer programs, it helped define a category that became a cornerstone of...

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Iceberg Dead Ahead? Customer Portfolio Management Is Not a Game

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 4 of 6


Fund managers don't guess which holdings to watch. They have models β€” quantitative, continuously updated, covering every position β€” that assess ...

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The Tyranny of the Org Chart

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 3 of 6


If you ask a CFO about a customer, they'll tell you about revenue, contract value, and payment history. Ask the head of sales and you'll hear ab...

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The Cost of Looking Backwards

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 2 of 6


In Through the Looking-Glass, the White Queen tells Alice that she can remember things that happened the week after next. Alice is baffled. "I c...

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The Sound of Silence

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 1 of 6


Most companies believe they understand their customers. They run surveys, track NPS scores, review dashboards, hold quarterly business reviews. ...

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Bad Survey Data or Pure Guesswork? A Better Solution to Both

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 6 of 6


For the better part of three decades, the customer experience industry has operated on a straightforward premise: ask customers what they think,...

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Prevention Economics

Customer Intelligence in the Age of AI β€” Part 5 of 6


An ancient Chinese medical text, the Huangdi Neijing, classified physicians into three grades: the superior doctor prevents sickness, the medioc...

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From Reporting to Reasoning: Why Customer AI Changes How CX Decisions Get Made cx iconoclast expert interview

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For years, CX teams have focused on collecting, visualizing, and reporting customer data. Dashboards became the standard interface for understanding performance. But as data volumes grew, a critica...

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Why Do Dashboards Stall Decisions β€” and What Replaces Them? cx iconoclast expert interview

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For years, dashboards have been the default way CX teams share data. They summarize performance, visualize trends, and standardize reporting. But as customer data volumes have exploded, dashboards ...

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The Best Reason to Become Certified in January 2026 career transformation

January 2026 is the moment when Customer AI stops being interesting and starts being expected.

That’s the core reason to act now.

Let me explain this the way we would in class.

1. 2026 Is When Boar...

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