T J Keitt says, “Your customer experience (CX) is the product of the interactions between your employees, partners, and customers within your operating environment. Forrester has labeled this as a customer experience ecosystem. It’s important to understand CX ecosystems’ two components — the people and the operating environment — for two reasons:

  1. People participate in the ecosystem if they get value from it. Each actor in the CX ecosystem is asking, “What’s in it for me?” Employees want things like professional development, recognition, and advancement. Business partners want access to customers, sales support, and strong revenue growth. And the customers expect quality products and services that meet their needs.
  2. The operating environment affects people’s definition of value. Every ripple in the operating environment changes what employees, partners, and customers value and how they expect that value to be delivered”.

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