Couldn't have picked a better guest for our first episode of the Daily Standup, launching tomorrow. In this episode, Ornella Jacobs joins us as we hit on a core reason we're launching this thing: to increase accessibility of customer success to a broader audience.
This might come as no surprise, but we in customer success might be developing a tendency to get... well, lost in our own sauce. I'm seeing that manifest in two non-ideal ways:
1 - An increasing divide between CS folks and everyday people outside CS. (How many times have you tried to explain customer success and tripped up? Especially when you could have just described it as something simple and relatable like client relations? And how hard was it getting into this field when you didn't have the exact background on the job description?)
2 - An increasing divide between CS thought leadership and the everyday practitioner. (How often do you log into LinkedIn and find bespoke or prescriptive advice that, while it's super valuable, is tailored to niche audiences and use cases?)
On the Daily Standup, we want to bridge these gaps by amplifying the voices of everyday CS practitioners and anyone else with a connection to CS. We aim to bring a diversity of thoughts and opinions from all corners both in and out of CS. We're posting daily, bite-sized chunks of CS wisdom from the masses in this fun little micro-pod.
Our prompt is simple: "What's on your mind in customer success?"
Episodes are just 10-15 mins, so you can listen on a break or binge a few at a time.
Got an opinion to share? Join us for an episode and speak your mind!
Just be prepared for us to not take ourselves too seriously 😊
Looking forward to this!
cc Dillon Young Jean-Pierre Frost
Ornella Jacobs, you're speaking to my heart.
And to one of the primary motivators that compelled Rob Zambito, Jean-Pierre Frost, and I to start The Daily Standup.
That is, we're alienating entire cohorts of people -- customers, colleagues, and those trying to break into the #customersuccess & #postsales worlds!
I am beyond excited for Ornella to be the first guest on this brand new project from Lifetime Value Media.👇
Executive Sales Leader, Entertainment Specialist, Producer and Mentor. Ex- BuzzFeed, Ex-Tastemade
1moSaw the news on Friday! Congrats!