Experience Is Built in the Work.
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What We Believe
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Justin Robbins
Founder & Principal Analyst

Every organization makes promises to its employees and customers. Whether it keeps them depends less on values statements and more on the daily work: the priorities, metrics, handoffs, tools, and habits people live with every day.
Metric Sherpa studies that work and helps leaders redesign it.
Justin Robbins started his career in hospitality and contact centers, then spent years leading training, research, content, and community programs at ICMI and HDI.
Later roles in technology, brand, and executive communications showed him the same problem from different seats: organizations say one thing, while employees and customers experience another.
Metric Sherpa grew from that gap. We bring an operator’s view to every project, because the answer is rarely another initiative. It is usually in how the work is designed.
Design over motivation.
People respond to the way work is built. When the system rewards one behavior and the slogan promotes another, the system wins.
Evidence over trends.
Our work is grounded in original research and firsthand operating experience, not the latest buzzword.
Practice over theory.
Insight only matters when it changes what happens on a Tuesday afternoon. Everything we make is built to be used.
For leaders inside organizations
Workshops, executive sessions, and advisory engagements that help people, CX, and operations leaders close the gap between what they promise and what people experience.
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For technology companies and event partners
Independent research, content programs, executive interviews, and live experiences that reach the leaders who own experience decisions.
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For everyone working on better work
Articles, research, and tools you can use right now.
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Proudly based in Wilmington, NC.
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Kalley Niebuhr blends storytelling, social strategy, and creative leadership to help brands show up with clarity, purpose, and authenticity.
With a background in television writing, brand development, and digital content creation, Kalley has shaped impactful messaging and community-first strategies for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and educational brands.
A lifelong creative and community builder, Kalley thrives at the intersection of analytics and emotion—crafting content that connects while delivering results.
She lives in Wilmington, NC with her husband, young daughter, and two dogs. When she’s not creating, you’ll find her in the surf, running community art socials, or researching her next script.

With more than 20 years of experience, Justin Robbins has helped organizations worldwide strengthen their customer experience strategies, optimize operations, and achieve measurable results.
His expertise spans contact center operations, in-person service delivery, multimodal interaction design, quality assurance, workforce training, and global CX certification standards. Beyond operations, Justin has advised SaaS companies on content strategy, community engagement, customer marketing, and corporate communications.
As Founder and Principal Analyst at Metric Sherpa, Justin focuses on the intersection of human connection and technology in customer interactions. He is a trusted industry voice, frequently cited by the media, the author of numerous research studies, and recognized for his ability to make complex topics clear, actionable, and relevant.
When he’s not working, Justin is based in Wilmington, NC, where you’ll often find him cooking BBQ, out on the water, cheering at a game, or on adventures with his wife and four kids.
