By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Grim headlines earlier this week, reporting that Britain’s economy experienced the worst dip in 300 years last year as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, will have made tough…
Watch Jo speaking at HQN's Multi-channel customer experience and the future of contact centres webinar in January 2021, discussing the changing needs of customers and the important of customer service. 
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, the focus for many businesses and their leaders has – quite rightly – remained on how to deal with the multitude of complex challenges it…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service It is hard to believe we are approaching a full year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK. The past 12 months have brought such far-reaching changes to our way of…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As we enter the new year, environmental and sustainability concerns have arguably never been higher on the agenda. The incoming Biden presidency, alongside the ambitious goals set out by governments across…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Despite the obvious challenges that we still all face, there are some positives that can be embraced and built upon. One of those is the rise of the green agenda as…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service To begin my first column of 2021, I’d like to wish you all a very happy New Year. I hope you were able to enjoy some much-needed downtime over the Christmas…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service While I am penning my last column of 2020, I appreciate that many of you will be working harder than ever over the remaining days of this year to uphold the…
New research reveals 1.3m people in the UK over 65 have experienced bad customer service, or been treated badly, purely because of their age Those people treated badly said the most common experiences were being patronised and not being taken…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service As we continue to navigate this pandemic's the focus is turning to how organisations develop a viable strategy for recovery, that balances societal needs and economic pressures. If hard-hit businesses are…