Colin Shaw | Founder and CEO | Beyond Philosophy

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Colin Shaw has been recognized, by others, as a world thought leader on Customer Experience. LinkedIn pronounced Colin as one of the top 150 business influencers worldwide where he has 275,400 followers of his work.
Brand Quarterly readers voted him one of the ‘top 50 Marketing Thought Leaders over 50’ for the last 2 years in a row.
Colin has lead Beyond Philosophy to be selected by the Financial Times (FT) as one of the best management consultancy companies in the UK.

Colin has helped shape the whole Customer Experience industry with his six bestselling books.

Prior to launching Beyond Philosophy, Colin held a number of senior executive positions in Xerox, Mars and British Telecom (BT). He was ultimately appointed Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, where he led a team of 3,500 employees worldwide.

Colin founded Beyond Philosophy a global customer experience consultancy, training and research company in 2002, before most people had heard of Customer Experience.

Under Colin’s leadership, Beyond Philosophy has undertaken many Customer Experience initiatives with some of the world’s biggest companies, including American Express, FedEx, Maersk Line, Aflac, Aviva, T-Mobile and IBM. Beyond Philosophy helped Maersk Line, increase their Net Promoter score by 40 points in 30 months.
Colin now lives in Sarasota, Florida, USA and remains their CEO.

A sought-after keynote speaker Colin’s interactive presentation style uses thought-provoking questions, humor and real-life anecdotes to engage, entertain and inform his audience. Audaciously Colin calls organizations live from the stage to make a point.

Colin is a member of the National Speakers Association, and has presented at countless keynote speeches. He has been featured as an expert on CNN, BBC TV, Sky News, BBC Radio.

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Colin and his team at Beyond Philosophy are true thought leaders and innovators in the Customer Experience space. True to their name, his organization pushes thinking beyond the academic into practical. His experience allows him to foresee barriers and propose realistic solutions to drive organization transformation. He is equally comfortable and effective in understanding and influencing the C-suite and as he is with front-line employees. If you want to understand how to improve the experience your organization is delivering to your customers, you’ll want to talk with Colin.

John Lanphear John Lanphear, Experienced Customer Strategy Leader, Merck
Colin is an excellent speaker and a great author, always providing real life examples. Working with his colleagues at Beyond Philosophy, they have been able to establish a framework with good analytical foundations into providing superb insight to the emotions of Customers. As Customer Experience becomes more important to the future of business profitability through greater Customer loyalty, if you ignore to use the knowledge that he wishes to pass on to you then you are in the wrong job!

Paul Hopkins Paul Hopkins, Group Director of Customer Experience, Thomas Cook
Colin is a true expert in the field of Customer Experience Management. His client-side experience combined with his thought leadership in the area of measurement of emotions lend him and his firm very unique capabilities. He is also one of the best public speakers I know!

Stephan Sigaud Stephan Sigaud, President, Harris Interactive Loyalty, Harris Interactive
Colin and the team at Beyond Philosophy are truly thought leaders in the field of Customer Experience. Their approach to solving on of the most significant challenges in business is transformational and relevant across multiple industry sectors. The team is knowledgeable, professional and insightful before during and after our engagement. I attribute a lot of my views on the next generation of customer experience analysis and excellence to Beyond Philosophy.

Loren Barton Loren Barton, Global Innovation, Barclaycard
Inspirational, challenging, out of the box thinking, Colin’s company provides new insights into understanding and working effectively with customers.

Chris Jephson Chris Jephson, Director, A P Moller Maersk

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