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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

We have shifted from a competitive landscape in which companies are more exclusively focused on external forces affecting their industries and sectors, to one that has become significantly more customer-centric. Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers.

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Understanding Customers Is Everyone's Job

Harvard Business Review

The biggest changes, not surprisingly, are in the marketing function, itself — the source of these new, more detailed customer insights. In a recent article , Sheridan described how he answered customers'' most common questions about fiberglass pools regarding prices, problems, and competitors. This transparency works both ways.