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Steven Van Belleghem is a popular speaker both at home and abroad. In his keynote presentations, Steven immerses audiences in the world of the modern customer relationship, in a clear, enthusiastic, and inspiring way.<\/p>\n

Steven is the author of several bestsellers. He rose to fame with his first book, ‘The Conversation Manager’. This book won the award for most innovative marketing book in 2010. He also wrote ‘The Conversation Company’, ‘When Digital Becomes Human’, and ‘Customers the Day After Tomorrow’.<\/p>\n

Steven is also an entrepreneur. He is a partner at the consultancy firm Nexxworks, a co-founder of Zembro (a wearable startup), and the co-founder of the content creation agency Snackbytes. During the first 12 years of his career, he was a consultant and managing partner at the innovative research firm InSites Consulting. During that period, the company grew from 8 to 130 employees, with offices in 5 countries.<\/p>\n

Finally, Steven Van Belleghem is a part-time marketing professor at Vlerick Business School.<\/p>\n

‘Customers the day after tomorrow’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We are gradually entering the third phase of digitalization: the phase of far-reaching automation and artificial intelligence. This shift will radically change the relationship between companies and customers. If businesses want to remain customer-focused, they need to look for adapted customer strategies.<\/p>\n

In Steven Van Belleghem’s talk, he guides you through the newest phase of digitalization and provides you with the mindset to keep optimizing your business in the ‘Day After Tomorrow’. Only in this way will you succeed in combining the most brilliant digital developments with the most unique human skills.<\/p>\n

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