{"id":4272,"date":"2019-08-29T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whataboutthecustomer.com\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:03:46","slug":"innovation-and-customer-centricity-two-vital-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whataboutthecustomer.com\/de\/2019\/innovation-and-customer-centricity-two-vital-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation and Customer Centricity  &#8211;  two vital facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the one\nhand, innovation and new digital tools can help an organisation to advance its customer\ncentricity. On the other hand, customer-centric thinking and behaviour are prerequisites\nfor steering innovation in the right direction and deploying digital tools\ncorrectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent publication by INSEAD Business School outlines how digital transformation of a company really means digital transformation of the company\u2019s customer experience. Customer insights are at the heart of this process and should drive the choice of the technological toolbox. They help management to decide what type of innovation is novel, credible and actionable enough to make the organisation more successful rather than distracting it from creating mutual value both for customers and for the company itself. Read the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read more here \u2026 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.insead.edu\/blog\/insead-blog\/leveraging-digital-to-optimise-the-customer-experience-7431\" target=\"_blank\">mentioned article here<\/a> or refer to one of our earlier blog posts on a similar topic by following <a href=\"http:\/\/whataboutthecustomer.com\/de\/2015\/12\/10\/technology-should-service-customer-experience\/\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation &#038; Customer Centricity:<br \/>\nWhile digital tools can advance customer centricity, customer-centric thinking must steer the use of digital tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,89],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Innovation and Customer Centricity - two vital facts | WATC Consulting AG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Innovation &amp; 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