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Is NPS Overrated — and Will Predictive AI Replace It? contrarian insights

Let’s be honest: Net Promoter Score was never the Holy Grail. At best, it was a clever proxy. A single survey question that distilled sentiment into something leaders could track and boards could unde...

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Do You Really Need More Data—or Just Better Questions? contrarian insights

Executives love to complain they don’t have enough data. It’s become a ritual in boardrooms: if only we had more data, we’d finally get the answers. But the uncomfortable truth is the opposite. Most f...

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Is Customer Success About Smiles—or About Revenue? contrarian insights

Customer Success has a branding problem. Too often it’s framed as the “empathy function,” a team of relationship-builders keeping customers happy with smiles and friendly check-ins. It sounds nice. It...

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Why Are Most Churn Models Wrong? contrarian insights

Every SaaS board deck has a churn model. And most of them are wrong.

Why? Because they rely on the same tired set of signals: product usage, contract terms, maybe support tickets. That’s like predict...

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What’s the Real Problem With Your Surveys—Response Rate or Relevance? contrarian insights

The real problem with your surveys isn’t response rate, it’s relevance.

Executives love to argue about survey response rates. Is 20% enough? Should we chase 40%? Maybe add another email nudge? The ob...

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Are You Wasting Money on Basics Your Customers Don’t Care About? contrarian insights

There’s a peculiar obsession inside many companies: perfecting the basics. Entire projects are launched to shave a half-second off invoice processing time, or to improve delivery accuracy from 98.7% t...

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Is CLV a Fantasy Metric—and Why Should You Use NRR Instead? contrarian insights

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) has always looked impressive. Greek symbols, discount rates, projections stretching into the horizon. It feels scientific, almost precise. But in practice, CLV is built o...

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Are Customer Health Scores Just Bad Science? contrarian insights

Every SaaS company seems to have a “customer health score.” It usually lives in a slide deck, presented with great seriousness to the board. A tidy number, often in red, yellow, or green, meant to sum...

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Customer Centricity Doesn’t Mean Treating Everyone Nicely contrarian insights customer centricity

There’s a popular misconception that being “customer-centric” means treating every customer the same. That’s not centricity. That’s democracy. And while democracy may be noble, it’s not particularly p...

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