We shouldn’t be asking customers what they want because they will tell us.

I was recently interviewed by BPMTips.com Zbigniew Misiak. It was a fun experience as he put me on the spot about a whole range of things including Ducks! Here is an extract and you can access the full interview below (with a useful bonus handout of the SCO Canvas!) Zbigniew Misiak, Editor BPMTips.com We shouldn’t be asking customers what they want because they will tell us. Provocative? Maybe. Making you think? Surely. One of the common problems with processes is focusing on the wrong things. We model processes that do not need to be modeled or in a way that does not create value. We improve things in processes that customers do not care about. But how are we supposed to know what should we focus on? Of course, experience helps, but what if you did not spend last 35 years doing BPM and Customer Experience projects? No worries - you can listen to the BPM Tips interview with Steve Towers and benefit from the decades of his experience. Steve tells about the difference between what customer wants and needs, and shares lots of actionable tips for anyone interested in processes, so grab a pen and notebook and listen to the interview: http://bpmtips.com/interview-with-steve-towers-customer-experience-management-and-bpm/ Best, Zbigniew PS. Steve was so kind to provide a PDF template for defining Successful Customer Outcomes as a bonus for the listeners. You can download it directly from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2r34eo1tb6pj9a/Steve_Towers_interview_SCO_Canvas.pdf?dl=0

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Voice of Customer (doh)

Business Process Management - what is it?
http://youtu.be/NO54KXxTp9I

Moments of Truth - what are they?
http://youtu.be/OT_2cqMtrUw

Breakpoints and Business Rules?
http://youtu.be/_8KSN_McWIg

Successful Customer Outcomes (SCO's) http://youtu.be/u4keI_kmdxM 

Voice of Customer? http://youtu.be/bTbHrxi1Vq4  

Latest CPP program – Levels 1-8
http://www.bpgroup.org/certification-by-city.html

Linked In (Over 10,000 members now)  BP Group overall 85,000
Certified Process Professionals 25,000+

BPGroup Update Number 3 - 2013 Milestone | Conferences | Top Articles | Video Downloads | Annual Webinar Update

BIG milestone this week - passed 10,000 members on LinkedIn.
That plus the other 75,000 non linked in moves us onward towards 100K :) Well done everyone and power to your elbows!

CPP Masters & Champions in London this week with James Dodkins
http://londonmasters2013.eventbrite.com/

PLUS 18 Certified Process Professional sessions in Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Dubai, Moscow, Delhi, Hyderabad, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Brisbane, Lagos, Sydney, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Atlanta in the next 8 weeks http://www.bpmrus.com

with been there and done it Lead Coaches Dr. Samir Asaf, Laxman M, Jennifer van Wyk, James Dodkins, Steve Towers, Alex Nevski and Maxx Kochar

Excellent South Africa IT Web CPP workshop with Jennifer van Wyk last week - contact Jen for the download http://www.bpgroup.org/jennifer.html

Annual CPP Refresher webinar with Steve Towers
http://cpprefresh2013.eventbrite.com/

Video overviews (download and circulate freely) of:
Business Process Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO54KXxTp9I

Moments of Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_2cqMtrUw

Successful Customer Outcomes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4keI_kmdxM

Voice of Customerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTbHrxi1Vq4
BPM Certifcation on Apple and Android

And the top articles on Linked In
From:  Jackie Messersmith, Ryan Lopez, Veronica Araujo, Dr. Mohan K. Bavirisetty, MS, MBA, Ph.D., Reint Jan Holterman, Brad Power and more.....
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/BP-Group-1062077

Have a fantastic month!!
Steve