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11 pillars & ucd: CX is the table (not a seat)
CX is not a seat at the table. CX is the table, and every department sits at it.
CX is not a function that owns experience. It is the shared dependency system of the business: every department needs customers, influences their outcomes, and creates or destroys value. Central CX teams coordinate; they do not own.
The usual framing — CX needs a seat at the table — undersells it. CX is the table. Every department needs customers, influences customer outcomes, and creates or destroys value, whether or not it has 'experience' in its name.
This changes what a CX team is for. Ownership and accountability are not the same thing: a central CX team coordinates the system, but accountability for the experience sits with every department that touches it. A CX team that claims to own experience gives everyone else permission to ignore it.
CX is the table — and every department sits at it.
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