Danah Ghosheh

Turning customer problems into organizational change

Danah Ghosheh

I work with enterprise and government teams to get to the root of customer problems, decide what needs to change, and turn that into processes, operating models and technology teams can actually use.

CCXP CKPIP Amman, Jordan
How I see it

Customer experience doesn't start with CSAT or NPS.

A bad customer journey often starts much earlier than observed; in a process, policy, system or handoff the customer never sees.

That's usually where I start: looking past the metric to understand what inside the organization is actually creating the experience customers are having.

Selected work

Problems I've helped organizations solve

Case 01
Strategy & Operating Model

From Inactive Council to Executable Strategy

The strategy and organizational structure were approved by the board and executive committee. Following activation, five partnerships were established and a regional data center was launched.

Strategy and operating model work
The Challenge

An international commodity council representing 17 countries existed on paper, but most of its membership was not active. Around 12 member countries were largely inactive, one principal country was carrying much of the funding, and the organization had limited partnerships, research activity, international presence and clear value propositions for governments and industry participants. A diagnostic had been completed using 35+ inputs including document reviews, interviews and international peer benchmarking. It showed the council scoring 4.3/10 on average versus 8.8/10 for comparable bodies, with the widest gaps in R&D, international influence, partnerships and institutional structure. The problem wasn't a lack of evidence. It was deciding what the council needed to become, and building the model to get there.

Starting Point
12
member countries largely inactive

4.3/10
organizational benchmark score

8.8/10
peer organization average
What I Did
01
Define the value proposition
The council could not grow through passive positioning alone. I shifted the strategy toward creating tangible value for both governments and industry participants: something concrete enough to give more countries a reason to participate and invest.
02
Turn strategy into execution
I translated the diagnostic into a 2026-2030 strategy covering 10 strategic initiatives and approximately 30 executable projects, each with defined KPIs, a five-year target, an accountable owner and a quarter-by-quarter implementation timeline.
03
Build the organization around it
I designed a five-pillar operating model covering 60+ internal and external services, external committee structures, governance, role definitions and the capability requirements to run the strategy through 2030.
What Changed
Approved
Board & executive committee
Strategy and new organizational structure formally endorsed. Owners appointed and execution underway.
5
partnerships and MoUs established
Signed after strategy approval and organizational activation
1
regional data center activated
GCC country, following organizational activation
Scale
17 countries represented 35+ diagnostic inputs 10 strategic initiatives ~30 executable projects 5-pillar operating model 60+ services defined 2026–2030 strategy horizon
Case 02
CX & Digital Accessibility

Making Digital Government More Accessible

The accessibility framework was formally adopted nationally. Requirements became part of how digital-government maturity is assessed under DXMI and Qiyas.

Digital accessibility programme work
The Challenge

Saudi Arabia's government services were rapidly moving online, but digitization alone doesn't guarantee inclusion. When a service moves from a physical counter to a screen, it doesn't automatically become easier to use for everyone. People with visual or hearing impairments and elderly citizens encounter barriers that are often invisible to the teams designing those services: icons that make sense to a designer, interface patterns that assume familiarity with digital conventions, and layouts that assistive technologies struggle to interpret. The national digital-government authority needed accessibility standards grounded in actual user experience, not just adapted from international checklists, and a credible path to embed those standards across every government entity in the country.

What I Did
01 · Listen
Start with users, not checklists
I ran focus groups with people with hearing impairments, visual impairments and elderly users. A key finding: a visually attractive digital experience is not necessarily an accessible one. Interfaces that look intuitive to a designer can create real barriers for users relying on assistive technologies or unfamiliar with digital conventions.
3
focus groups, approx. 25 participants
02 · Define
Build the national framework
I led guideline development and QA, drawing on WCAG and relevant international references. The value wasn't in inventing new requirements from scratch. It was in selecting, adapting, structuring and validating the right criteria for the national government context.
86
accessibility criteria in the final framework
03 · Embed
Make it stick across government
I helped establish the accessibility lab capability, designed and delivered training across multiple government entities, and supported formal adoption. Requirements were connected to the DXMI and Qiyas national digital-government assessment mechanisms.
170+
government employees trained
What Changed

Accessibility moved from being an optional specialist concern to a formal requirement in how Saudi Arabia assesses digital-government maturity. The guideline was officially issued, and every government organization is now expected to meet these standards as part of national digital assessment.

Scale
18 months programme duration 86 accessibility criteria 170+ government employees trained 2 major training programmes DXMI & Qiyas assessment integration
Case 03
Voice of Customer & AI

Turning Fragmented Customer Signals into an Enterprise VoC Capability

A recurring reporting cycle that took 1 to 2 weeks was reduced to approximately one day. Solution usage increased 70% and more than 25 users came to rely on the capability.

Voice of Customer capability work
What Changed
1–2 weeks
Before
1 day
After
+70%
solution usage growth
25+
users relying on the capability
Reporting turnaround
The Challenge

A national utility serving millions of customers was collecting feedback across surveys, CRM cases, contact-center interactions, social channels, public review platforms and 120+ physical branches, with approximately 18,000 CRM records flowing through each month. The problem wasn't a lack of data. It was that the data sat across disconnected systems and teams. Reporting required people to open separate systems, apply filters manually, extract records and consolidate findings. A recurring cycle could take one to two weeks. Nobody could easily answer: Is this complaint isolated or recurring? Which customer groups are affected? Which channels are driving it? Are any internal responses distorting the survey results?

What I Did
01
Map what existed and what was needed
I mapped the customer-feedback landscape across six major source groups, then worked with business stakeholders to identify the actual questions the organization needed to answer. That defined the use cases, taxonomy logic, reporting requirements and filtering rules.
02
Translate business needs into product requirements
I defined what should be visible, how issues should be categorized, which workflows could be automated and how sources should connect. I translated these into integration and SLA requirements for technical teams, including historical data requirements for the CRM integration.
03
Define where AI helps and where humans decide
AI was used for sentiment analysis, theme identification and classifying unstructured feedback at scale. I defined the boundary clearly: AI surfaces patterns, humans interpret results, validate ambiguous cases and make operational decisions.
Other Outcomes

The programme also surfaced internal and employee-generated survey responses that were distorting customer-feedback results, something previously difficult to identify systematically. It created a more structured mechanism for consolidating high-risk customer interactions that had previously been dispersed across emails and comments.

Scale
6+ customer-signal source groups ~18,000 CRM records/month processed 120+ physical locations
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Services

Four ways to bring me in

01
Strategy & Operating Models
When the problem isn't just a CX problem.

Sometimes the organization knows something needs to change, but the direction, ownership or way to execute it isn't clear. I help turn that ambiguity into a strategy, operating model and roadmap people can actually work from.

StrategyDiagnosticsOperating modelsGovernanceOrg designKPIs
02
CX, Service & Process Transformation
When fixing the touchpoint won't fix the problem.

I look beyond the journey itself to the processes, policies, systems and handoffs creating it, and redesign what needs to change behind the experience.

CX diagnosticsJourney & service designProcess redesignAccessibilityCX operating models
03
Product, Research & Digital Experience
When you need evidence for what the product should do next.

I use customer research, usability testing and competitive analysis to understand where an experience is breaking down, why, and what the product should do differently.

User researchUsability testingProduct auditsBenchmarkingRequirementsAccessibility
04
Voice of Customer, Measurement & AI Enablement
When you have more customer data than customer insight.

I help bring surveys, complaints, service interactions and other customer signals together so teams can see what is actually happening and where analytics, automation or AI would genuinely help.

VoC strategyMeasurementTaxonomyReportingCX technologyAI use casesAdoption
Find the real problem. Design the response. Make it work in practice.

How I Work

01 · Diagnose
I look beyond the metric to the journey, process, policy, system and ownership behind it.
02 · Design
We work out what actually needs to change, whether that's the strategy, service, process, product or operating model.
03 · Build
I turn that into clear ownership, processes, requirements, KPIs and a roadmap teams can use.

The goal isn't another deck. It's something the organization can run after the engagement ends — with clear ownership, capable teams, working processes, governance, and technology that supports the model.

What clients say

"Danah brought real focus to the project — no wasted effort, no repetitive back-and-forth, just efficient, thoughtful work. Deliverables came in on time, every time, and the positive energy made the whole engagement easier. A consultant I'd bring back without hesitation."

— CEO, Corevia Consulting

"In the year we worked together, Danah was always available and consistently went above and beyond. A lot of the ideas that shaped our project simply wouldn't have happened without the energy and enthusiasm she brought to the team."

— CX Director, Saudi national utility

"Danah is such an inspiring leader. She was an important asset in enabling an AI CX solution in our company and it wouldn't have been achievable without her innovative adoption ideas."

— CX Manager, Retail sector
30+
Enterprise, SME & government engagements
120+
Processes assessed and redesigned
170+
Government employees trained on digital accessibility
About me
Credentials & community

The record behind the work

CCXP
Certified Customer Experience Professional, Customer Experience Professionals Association.
CKPIP
Certified KPI Professional, KPI Institute.
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Honours)
University of Jordan.
Founder, CXJO
Founded Jordan's largest customer-experience community: 200+ professionals, events, webinars, and mentoring since 2024.
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Let's talk.

I'm currently taking on selected strategy, product, and CX engagements. Tell me what you're working on, and I'll tell you whether I'm the right fit.

Based in
Amman, Jordan