Shaun Smith
Customer experience expert, author and smith+co founder.
Profile
Shaun Smith has been a leader in expanding management attention from the narrow focus on customer service to the wider, more strategic drive towards customer experience. He has developed some of the latest thinking around this subject, helping organisations world-wide to create compelling customer experiences that achieve brand differentiation and customer loyalty.
Current work
Founder of the highly regarded customer experience consultancy Smith+co – firmly rooted in the ‘keep it simple’ ethos – Shaun has worked with clients in industries including retail, hospitality, financial services and technology to name a few.
Previous experience
Author: The co-author of four acclaimed business books, his latest – Bold: How to be brave in business and win – examines those brands that are transforming their markets through the use of innovative business practices and the use of digital marketing. Bold was awarded CMI’s Management 2012 E-Book of the Year.
Presentations: Shaun Smith has spoken to audiences across the world and in many sectors. He is a Fellow of the Professional Speakers Association, a Member of the Global Speakers Federation, and was recently presented with the Professional Speaking Award of Excellence. Rated as one of the top business speakers in the world, Shaun doesn’t talk about complex methodologies or magic bullets; instead his approach is refreshingly straightforward, always pragmatic and at times, controversial.
Media
Feedback
We arranged for Shaun to present to the top 500 of one of our major clients in Poland on customer excellence. He was absolutely fantastic. He was able to engage the audience and explain the principles of customer excellence in a way that they could understand and act upon. The energy was high, there was lots of laughing and the points were made and driven home. We liked his presentation so much that we asked him to speak at the Management conference for PwC in Poland. He delivered a completely different presentation, tailored to our circumstances and managed to wow the audience again. What can I say - I am impressed!
Your well chosen case-studies and thought-provoking insights gave the team the perfect stimulus for some really beneficial discussion and debate. I've had very positive feedback from the team on your presentation and workshop; your contributions have certainly helped to drive a new way of thinking about how we interact with our clients at London Stock Exchange Group. You clearly spent a lot of time getting to know our business and markets, in preparation for your presentation, and your time is very much appreciated.
Shaun joined us for our annual conference where we were re-launching our values for all our customer facing staff. Shaun skilfully wove his presentation around the theme of the day, enhancing many of the messages we were giving with his own experience of working with other successful key brands. Shaun’s session on the day helped to pull together our values and sales strategy and gave all of our team a great kick start to get out there and make a difference.
Huge thanks for your fascinating and entertaining presentation at our annual conference. It was pitched perfectly, and quite awe-inspiring. You really energised the conference, and we're very grateful for the work and time you took to contribute so valuably. That Monday morning was quite stunning. The delegates really loved your presentation.
We were looking for a high-calibre speaker who could engage with our senior European team around branding and differentiating the customer experience. Shaun did a great job in understanding the brief, preparing for the event, connecting with the group and delivering a powerful message. 102 of the 103 participants strongly agreed that the session had met their objectives in full.
