He’s back! And does he have some great new research, insights and perspectives to share on this episode of the All Things Considered CX podcast. 
John Goodman joins me to talk about AI, Offshoring, Delighting customers, the latest info related to focused research on CPG customer delight and so much more!   John has joined me several times in the past and always has an informative, thought-provoking topic to discuss and this conversation is no different. John is Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting (CCMC). The universal adages, “It costs five times as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one.” and “Twice as many people hear about a bad experience as a good one.” are both based on his research. CX metrics are always hot topics but John’s straightforward, no-nonsense approach to them is refreshing!

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Ian Baer, Founder and Chief Soothsayer, has been solving marketing’s greatest challenges for

over three decades. 
He has spent his career helping major brands achieve extraordinary success

and challenger brands box above their weight class in leadership roles with Publicis Groupe,

TBWA, Rapp, Deutsch and others, and was named to Campaign US’ Digital 40 Over 40. A prominent thought leader all aspects of marketing, Ian has spoken at numerous conferences and podcasts discussing trends in consumer behavior. In addition to

founding sooth in 2023, Ian is the brand storytelling practice lead for Kestrel Consultants and

sits on the Ithaca College Customer Experience Board.

A Pioneer. A Legend. A Passionate Leader.
I am so pleased to welcome Jeanne Bliss to the 100th episode of the All Things Considered CX Podcast with Bob Azman. 

Jeanne, CEO and Founder of Customer Bliss, guides companies to the achievement of business growth through leadership bravery and elevated business practices. She is known globally for transforming business to earn customer-driven growth. A 5-time Chief Customer Officer and coach to over 20,000 leaders, her practices are field-tested and proven. Bliss' 5-Competencies for customer-driven growth have been adopted around the world, and her 4 best-selling books on customer experience and leadership are the guidebooks of the CX Profession. Jeanne Bliss has delivered over 1,500 transformative keynotes globally, has coached over 20,000 leaders on leading to elevate their company in the marketplace, with sustainable growth. Jeanne Bliss is the cofounder of the Customer Experience Professionals Association and is fondly known as the “godmother” of customer experience. What a great way to celebrate this milestone event!

Stefan has been a leader in Fortune 500 companies and an advisor to multinational organizations for more than 20 years. His passion and expertise have helped improve the experiences of millions of citizens, half a billion customers and hundreds of thousands of employees around the globe. As a thought leader and advisor, Stefan helps government entities and global organizations in B2B and B2C become more customer centric and more employee centric. As the president of the Customer Institute, Stefan and his global board of directors set the gold standard in customer experience and provide the recognition for excellence in the world of customer centricity.

Rick King was reappointed to the Metropolitan Airports Commission by Governor Tim Walz in July 2019, at the same time being named Chair of the MAC board. He was first appointed to the Board in 2011 by Gov. Mark Dayton, who reappointed him in 2015. King is also past chair of both the MAC's Management and Operations Committee and the Planning, Development and Environment Committee.

Lou Carbone is the founder, president, and chief experience officer (CEO) of Experience Engineering®, Inc., a Minneapolis based consulting firm dedicated to customer, employee stakeholder experience optimization. He is the Author of Clued In: How to Keep Customers Coming Back Again and Again (Prentice Hall). Established in the late 1980s, Experience Engineering® has evolved the science of experience management to help some of the world’s largest organizations discover what really makes customers tick and offers solutions to help them increase customer advocacy, satisfaction, loyalty, and price elasticity.

Mr. Goodman is Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting (CCMC). The universal adages, “It costs five times as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one.” and “Twice as many people hear about a bad experience as a good one.” are both based on his research. Harper Collins published the second edition of his book, “Strategic Customer Service”, in March, 2019. He has also published, “Customer Experience 3.0”, with the American Management Association in July, 2014.

Mr. Goodman is Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting (CCMC). The universal adages, “It costs five times
as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one.” and “Twice as many people hear about a bad experience as a good one.” are both based on his research. Harper Collins published the second edition of his book, “Strategic Customer Service”, in March, 2019. He has also published, “Customer Experience 3.0”, with the American Management Association in July, 2014.

As a certified customer experience professional (CCXP), Andrea Krohnberg thrives on transforming insights into actions, teams into ambassadors, and customers into advocates. Currently, she’s building a customer experience (CX) practice within a global staffing organization. And in previous roles she established and grew a CX discipline at a leading nonprofit, was a CX consultant to Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries and a senior manager at a global hospitality company.

Chris is a founding member and Chief Experience Officer of Blue Rock Search. With over 15 years’ hospitality experience as an executive chef plus 10+ years recruiting executive-level talent under his belt, Chris’ customer-centric approach to recruiting led him to create a cohesive seamless ecosystem that provides tremendous value that goes well beyond Executive Search for his Clients, Candidates and Employees. Not only does Chris oversee the retained CX executive search practice, but he is also passionately dedicated to providing the optimum Concierge Experience to the entire Blue Rock Search community which spans across multiple industry verticals.

Carol Kaemmerer is an internationally recognized executive branding expert, speaker and author of the award-winning book LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive, Carol Kaemmerer creates powerful brand messaging for senior executives and their companies to increase their visibility, influence, and ability to steer their future. Carol shares her tips for CX professionals to expand their LinkedIn network and creating a personal brand to advance your career.  

A member of National Speakers Association and certified as a Virtual Presenter, Carol is also an Advisor to the C-Suite Network. The second edition of Carol’s book is available through online booksellers.

Greg Tucker is CEO of Tucker & Company, a CX Transformation firm. He's an expert in the area of proving the business value of customer experience to executive leaders in a variety of industries. His direct, no-nonsense approach to customer experience can help CX professionals everywhere become experts at proving the value of CX. 

Greg Melia, CEO of the Customer Experience Professionals Association joins Bob Azman for a discussion on the work being done to define CX. We also discuss the great work underway in revising the CXPA vision and mission as it works towards being a more global and inclusive association. 

Do you know what your “Say – Do” ratio is?

Fascinating conversation about service management with practitioner, Kevin Bollom. Kevin is vice president of Quality and Customer Experience for Trane Technologies’ Commercial HVAC Americas business – which goes to market as Trane®. Kevin is responsible for transforming customer experience to achieve a new level of customer satisfaction. His team is responsible for Trane’s customer satisfaction program, quality improvement efforts across all business processes and the technical support teams.  A more than 20-year veteran of the company, Kevin most recently led Trane’s Services business, delivering growth and new technology across North America.  
Before joining Trane, Kevin worked for Medtronic, Inc. within the medical device field and with Kimberly-Clark within the consumer products field.

Bryan Clayton isn't just another CEO; he's a visionary and a groundbreaker. As the mastermind behind GreenPal, an innovative online marketplace dubbed the "Uber for lawn care" by Entrepreneur magazine, he's revolutionizing the way homeowners connect with local lawn care pros. Boasting over 200,000 active users, GreenPal pulses with thousands of transactions daily, a testament to Bryan's knack for understanding market needs.

But here's the twist:
GreenPal isn’t Bryan’s first rodeo. Before this digital marvel, he birthed Peachtree Inc., transforming it into one of Tennessee's landscaping giants. Under his leadership, it soared to an impressive $10 million in annual revenue, ultimately catching the eye of Lusa Holdings which acquired it in 2013. Diving deeper into Bryan's passion, you'll find a fervor for entrepreneurialism, marketing, and the art of bootstrapping businesses from humble beginnings to soaring success. His journey from zero to profitability, and then to a grand exit, offers invaluable insights for budding entrepreneurs and seasoned business veterans alike.

Coachability.
“The goal is to regain that early-career habit to learn more, to be more coachable and to expand your leadership effectiveness and career potential”, according to our guest on the All Things Considered CX Podcast with Bob Azman.

Kevin D. Wilde currently serves as an Executive Leadership Fellow at the @Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He teaches applied leadership in several graduate courses. His current research topics include leadership coachability, executive derailment, and contemporary talent development. In 2015, he concluded a thirty-four-year corporate career in leadership and talent development at General Electric and General Mills.

In this episode
We talk at length about a variety of ways to improve your coachability and leadership development as well as discuss his new book, Coachability, The Leadership Superpower. A must-listen for CX professionals seeking to advance their careers!

Joe Wheeler is an internationally recognized best-selling author, speaker, and consultant. He is the CEO of CX/Digital a subsidiary of The Service Profit Chain Institute (SPCI), a Boston-based consulting firm he co-founded with Professors Len Schlesinger, James Heskett, and W. Earl Sasser of the Harvard Business School.

In 2002, he and Shaun Smith co-authored the best-seller: Managing the Customer Experience. He followed it up in 2008 with The Ownership Quotient, co-authored with James Hesket and Earl Sasser, Jr. His latest book, The Digital-First Customer Experience was released in July of 2023 and describes the design strategies of leading brands including Nike, Amazon, CEMEX, Starbucks, and others. Prior to co-founding The Service Profit Chain Institute, he held executive roles at Bank of America, and The Forum Corporation and earned an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.

Matt is an internationally renowned business author and speaker. He won the CMI's Management Book of the Year for his first book, The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences, considered by many to be the definitive book on the subject. His second book - The Grid: The Decision-making Tool for Every Business (Including Yours) was published by Random House to critical acclaim. His third book — Mastering Uncertainty — co-authored with the investor and entrepreneur Csaba Konkoly —was released in April 2023. As a speaker has addressed industry leaders at every kind of organization imaginable, from Microsoft to the FBI. He is the co-founder of Methodical, a customer experience and strategy consultancy; a Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School (Formerly Cass), City University London; and a venture partner at Tiller Partners, a Los Angeles based VC fund. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

Best of Summer Replay Series! 
Mr. Goodman is Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting (CCMC). The universal adages, “It costs five times as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one.” and “Twice as many people hear about a bad experience as a good one.” are both based on his research. He assisted in the analysis of the latest National Customer Rage Study, on American consumers’ complaining behavior, service expectations and word of mouth. Harper Collins published the second edition of his book, “Strategic Customer Service”, in March, 2019. He has also published, “Customer Experience 3.0”, with the American Management Association in July, 2014. Over the past 40 years, Mr. Goodman has managed more than 1,000 separate customer experience studies for 45 of the Fortune 100 as well as dozens of non-profit and government entities.

Building better customer relationships, one customer at a time.
Joining me on the All Things Considered CX podcast for this episode is Don Peppers. Don is one of the world’s most prolific experts when it comes to how businesses should deal with their customers and, with over 325,000 LinkedIn followers, he is recognized as one of the world’s most authoritative experts on the topic of “customer experience.” With business partner and co-author Dr. Martha Rogers, Peppers has authored or co-authored eleven business books, including their international best-seller The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time (Doubleday, 1993) and Customer Experience: What, How and Why Now (BookBaby, 2016).

Best of Summer Replay Series! Named one of the 6 top personal branding experts in 2022 by The American Reporter, Carol Kaemmerer is also a professional speaker and author of the award-winning book: LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive: Promote Your Brand with Authenticity, Tact and Power. Published in it’s 2nd Edition in 2021, Carol’s book has won multiple awards including BookAuthority’s Best LinkedIn Books of All Time award, two awards from International Book Awards, and has been selected by The C-Suite Network as one of the top 100+ Best Business Books. Carol specializes in strategies for using LinkedIn as a personal branding and business development tool. In addition to her one-on-one executive branding work with senior leaders, Carol is a popular speaker and member of the National Speakers Association.

Uku Tomikas is the CEO of Messente Communications. He is an advocate for honest entrepreneurship and an expert in telecommunications with extensive knowledge of fraud, global markets and business messaging. Besides being the leader of Messente, he is also a father, a high-school teacher and a yoga instructor with a military background. He enjoys an active lifestyle filled with sports, literature and creative challenges.

Best of summer replay!! 
If you missed it the first time, now’s your chance to hear the top leadership thinker in the world! 
Marshall Goldsmith is the only two-time winner of the Thinkers 50 Award for #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the World and a Top Ten Business Thinker for the past eight years. Dr. Goldsmith is the author or editor of 36 books, including three New York Times bestsellers, that have sold over 2.5 million copies and been listed bestseller in 12 countries. His books, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers have been recognized by Amazon.com as two of the Top 100 Leadership & Success Books Ever Written.

Stacy Sherman joins me on my latest podcast episode. She’s the host of her own podcast DoingCXRight. Known for her Heart & ScienceTM framework that produces profitable clients and brand loyalty--fueled by an empowered and valued workforce. Stacy Sherman’s been walking the talk for 25 years as a strategist and practitioner at companies of all sizes and industries. Her Why: To Influence and cultivate deeper connections and authentic relationships so that people have more fulfilling experiences in business and life.

Mr. Goodman is Vice Chairman of Customer Care Measurement and Consulting (CCMC). The universal adages, “It costs five times as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one.” and “Twice as many people hear about a bad experience as a good one.” are both based on his research. He assisted in the analysis of the latest National Customer Rage Study, on American consumers’ complaining behavior, service expectations and word of mouth. Harper Collins published the second edition of his book, “Strategic Customer Service”, in March, 2019. He has also published, “Customer Experience 3.0”, with the American Management Association in July, 2014. Over the past 40 years, Mr. Goodman has managed more than 1,000 separate customer experience studies for 45 of the Fortune 100 as well as dozens of non-profit and government entities.

As Chief Customer Officer for Playvox, Emily Gray is focused on creating extraordinary experiences for customers at every touchpoint and interaction. Emily leads the CX teams including Technical Support, Solutions Consulting, Services and Delivery, Onboarding, and Customer Success Management. Before Playvox, she served in several senior customer success and digital experience roles with for a variety of organizations, including Interactions LLC, LifeLock, and New World Restaurant Group. Emily has spoken on the topic of CX and is a frequent speaker on digital transformation, customer experience, training and workforce management optimization, and customer engagement topics. Emily earned a M.B.A. from the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, and a B.A. in Spanish from Arizona State University. She resides in Orlando, Florida with her husband and three children.

Valentin Radu is the CEO & Founder of Omniconvert. He leverages his industry expertise at Omniconvert — his SaaS company that provides growth solutions to mid-size eCommerce websites looking to become customer-centric. Omniconvert helps eCommerce companies find hidden gems in their data, improve Customer Lifetime Value and Customer Retention & deliver personalized customer experiences across all channels. Before anything else — Valentin Radu is a persevering experimenter. He has gone through various jobs, companies, and entrepreneurial ventures before identifying customers' real needs and defining the perfect go-to-market strategy. Nowadays, he is a Customer Value Optimization evangelist and international speaker, defining a new category and helping retailers grow.

Building better customer relationships, one customer at a time. Joining me on the All Things Considered CX podcast for this episode is Don Peppers. Don is one of the world’s most prolific experts when it comes to how businesses should deal with their customers and, with over 325,000 LinkedIn followers, he is recognized as one of the world’s most authoritative experts on the topic of “customer experience.” With business partner and co-author Dr. Martha Rogers, Peppers has authored or co-authored eleven business books, including their international best-seller The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time (Doubleday, 1993) and Customer Experience: What, How and Why Now (BookBaby, 2016).

Since joining Givex in 2003, Brittain Brown has held various managerial roles in the National Accounts and Operations divisions and has been responsible for some of the company’s largest client successes. As President, Brown has driven Givex’s international expansion efforts and overseen the successful acquisition of new additions to the Givex family of companies. Givex is integrated with 1000+ technology partners, creating a fully end-to-end solution that delivers powerful customer insights. His leadership and passion for people have been instrumental in the company’s explosive growth. Brown graduated from Queen’s University with a B.A. in Economics.

Daniel Bakh is the CEO and co-founder of Fullview. He has a background in product-led growth, enterprise sales, and VC. He is also an angel investor with over 40 startups in his portfolio. He started Fullview in May 2021 after experiencing first-hand the frustrations and inefficiencies of giving and receiving customer support. Dorin Tarau is the CPO and co-founder of Fullview. He is an entrepreneur and previously founded the IT services and consulting company, Apidemia. Dorin has extensive experience providing technical customer support and struggled with how difficult it was to get full context on customer issues. He started Fullview in May 2021 to solve those challenges.

Greg Melia, Bryan Sander and Amy Shioji from the CXPA board join the podcast to discuss what's new for 2023, their visions for how our profession and association can continue to evolve as well as the key strategies being pursued by the board this year. As CX professionals, they also share insights on the state of CX today and in the future as well as share their words of wisdom to CX professionals across the globe. It's a great way to learn about the premier association for customer experience professionals and how you can take advantage of the many resources available as a member! 

Kip M. Knippel, Esq., President & CEO, Kip Search. Kip has learned that clients like to have a quarterback or “go-to” person they can talk to about their strategic talent needs. He likes being in that quarterback role for the clients we serve. The large network of relationships Kip has developed within the national business and legal communities, along with his broad technical recruiting expertise, enable him to bring the right resources to help our clients solve their most difficult executive recruiting, talent acquisition and business challenges. He joins the podcast to share his thoughts on the best way to pursue your next career opportunity. Multiple years while in private law practice, Kip was named a Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star. Kip earned his B.A., cum laude, in English and Communication from St. John’s University and his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.

Dr. Sarah Bridges, Ph.D., is the founder and leader of Bridges, with 25 years experience as a psychologist, executive coach, speaker, writer and leadership advisor. Dr. Bridges is known for offering challenging, yet practical, solutions to help people break through their own assumptions, discover their potential and build cohesive teams. Dr. Bridges is also committed to the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota rich nonprofit community, working for several nonprofit organizations. Dr. Bridges received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wesleyan University, her Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from Benedictine University.

Can CX really double your revenues?
Is your C-suite looking for the value of investing in CX?
Great questions! And my guest on this episode of the All Things Considered CX podcast has the answers!

Greg Tucker, CCXP is CEO of Tucker & Company, a Customer Experience advisory firm working with global leaders to develop on-brand customer experiences that drive breakthrough business results. His clients include Oracle, Microsoft, DocuSign, Wells Fargo, GE, AT&T and PepsiCo. He has been a leader in the CX community, receiving the CXPA Innovation Award, named a Who’s Who of CX and a CX Expert as well as CIO Review’s Most Promising Customer Experience Management Service Provider in 2023.

Mr. Tucker has an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and led the CX role as part of the C-Suite at AAA and Copart. His research on generating CX revenue and demonstrating the value of investing in CX will inspire you!

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Named one of the 6 top personal branding experts in 2022 by The American Reporter, Carol Kaemmerer is also a professional speaker and author of the award-winning book: LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive: Promote Your Brand with Authenticity, Tact and Power. Published in it’s 2nd Edition in 2021, Carol’s book has won multiple awards including BookAuthority’s Best LinkedIn Books of All Time award, two awards from International Book Awards, and has been selected by The C-Suite Network as one of the top 100+ Best Business Books. Carol specializes in strategies for using LinkedIn as a personal branding and business development tool. In addition to her one-on-one executive branding work with senior leaders, Carol is a popular speaker and member of the National Speakers Association.

Tabitha Dunn currently serves as Head of Global Customer Experience for Hitachi. In this role she is driving a best-in-class class, customer-centric transformation that will improve the customer and employee experience while creating efficiencies, increasing revenue and business scalability. Previously, she served as Chief Customer Officer of Ericsson and has previously built five global, B2B customer experience programs focused on delivering value and positive impact for customers, employees, and the business. With 20+ years of experience as a leader in the CX field, Tabitha also serves on the Board of Directors for the Customer Experience Professionals Association as Vice-Chair in 2022 and is the incoming Board Chair for 2023. She is also a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP).

A software veteran of 25 years, Jonathan has held leadership positions in major US software companies, such as Aspect Software, Verint and NICE Systems. Jonathan co-founded OCX Cognition Inc., an AI platform focused on improving retention outcomes for large B2B companies. After selling part of his shareholding and maintaining a board position, Jonathan then founded Anthrolytics in 2021. Anthrolytics combines behavioural and data science to predict the next likely behaviour of employees or customers. Anthrolytics proprietary Predictive Behavioural Analytics SaaS platform allows major B2C and contact centre companies to predict customer churn and likely upsell. For employees, the platform predicts likely resignations, unplanned absence, and the drivers of the predicted behaviour. In addition to these activities, Jonathan is on the advisory boards of two other SaaS start-ups and occasionally lectures on go to market strategies for University of Buckingham.

Ken has over two decades of experience in the customer experience research with industry experience in retail, technology, hospitality, financial services, automotive and transportation with a recent focus on financially linked business insights, SaaS deployments, and CX consultation. With a background in Mathematical Operations Research, he’s eager to find ways that companies can be more profitable through truly actionable insights into data. Ken has also had the privilege of helping clients to improve their customer engagement in travel, sports and media to better understand how to make use of the vast quantities of data that is now available but often underutilized and misinterpreted. Delivering relevant insights, fact-based execution, and bottom-line results which has led to multiple publications and 2 US CXA Awards in 2022.

Kazuki “Kaz” Ohta is the CEO at Treasure Data, a leading customer data platform.

Roy Atkinson is one of the most recognized thought leaders in IT, service management, and customer experience, and serves as CEO, Clifton Butterfield, LLC, a business advisory practice. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Digital Transformation and a 2021 member of HDI’s Strategic Advisory Board. He is a prolific writer, speaker, webinar presenter, and podcaster as well as an industry analyst. He holds a masters certificate in advanced management strategy from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business. 

A seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in leadership and talent development, Bob has worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies. Prior to starting his own business in 1999, he managed a 150-employee placement agency for a Fortune 1000 company. While at Thomson Reuters, as a Director of Coaching and Executive Development, he accumulated 900+ hours of coaching internal mid-level leaders. After eight years at Thomson, he took on the challenge to build a $2.5M Executive Coaching business for a professional services firm, where he designed and implemented best-practice leader
development solutions. Bob completed a master’s degree in Business Communications from the University of St. Thomas in 2011. Bob is certified in a variety of assessments including Zenger Folkman 360, Marshall Goldsmith Process, MBTI, Behavioral Styles, DiSC, and Korn Ferry Suite of tools.

Tom DeWitt, Ph.D. is the Director of CXM@MSU, an entity dedicated to the advancement of customer experience management (CXM), and a fixed-term faculty member in the Department of Marketing of the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. As the Director of CXM@MSU, Dr. DeWitt has created North America’s first academic program in customer experience management (Masters of Science in Customer Experience Management - MS-CXM) and hosts industry conferences twice each year for organizations to share best practices in CXM. Tom’s research interests lie in the areas of consumer behavior and services marketing. For more than a decade Dr. DeWitt has also provided customer experience management (CXM) solutions to organizations and audiences around the world through consulting, workshops and presentations. Prior to joining academia, Tom enjoyed a career in the hospitality industry, where he served in senior management roles in the USA and Asia.

Worth another listen!! Listen to 3 authors from the latest best-selling 4th edition of the Customer Experience series. Gabriela Ciupitu, Faran Niaz and Peter Verheijde join the podcast to discuss their careers, the chapters they wrote, the importance of managing experiences and words of wisdom from across the globe. This roundtable provides the listener insight into the topics covered in this new edition from 3 respected authors with broad experience in working for and helping organizations achieve better customer experiences.

Worth another listen! Listen to 3 authors from the latest best-selling 4th edition of the Customer Experience series. Greg Uglioni, Carolene Meli and Kristin Haynes join the podcast to discuss their careers, the chapters they wrote, the importance of storytelling and words of wisdom from across the globe. This roundtable provides the listener insight into the topics covered in this new edition from 3 respected authors with broad experience in working for and helping organizations achieve better customer experiences. 

Diane Magers and Michael Hinshaw, authors of the new book, Experience Rules, join me on this episode of the podcast. 

Michael is the founder and president of customer experience consultancy McorpCX and recognized on over a dozen "Top Global CX Influencers" lists. He's also co-author of the best-selling books Smart Customers, Stupid Companies: Why Only Intelligent Companies Will Thrive, and How to Be One of Them, and Experience Rules! The Experience Operating System (XOS) and 8 Keys to Enable It, with Diane Magers. 

Diane is a seasoned executive and change catalyst in Experience Management. Founder and CEO of Experience Catalysts. Chair Emeritus and former CEO of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. With a master’s in clinical psychology and an MBA, coupled with certifications in various aspects of experience management, Diane’s goal is to drive meaningful change and foster lasting relationships in our community, for brands and their customers, employees, and partners for aligned purpose and outcomes.

Howard is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance which was recently listed by Forbes as “One of the ten most important business books of 2021.” Howard was named by IDG as “One of The Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today,” and by Enterprise Management 360° as “One of the Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers That Will Change Your World.” Prior to founding his own companies, Howard spent 18 years with Ernst & Young Consulting which then became part of Capgemini, one of the world’s leading global consulting firms, where he helped launch their digital practice. Howard speaks regularly at major industry conferences and is proud to have been on the faculty of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, his alma mater. He is a frequent contributor to CIO Magazine.

James Dodkins used to be an actual, real-life, legitimate, award-winning rockstar. He played guitar in a heavy metal band, released albums, and tore up stages all over the world, James is now the CX Evangelist at Pegasystems where he researches the mindsets, principals and philosophies of companies that deliver ‘Rockstar Customer Experiences’. He shares those strategies through transformative training, engaging video content and inspiring keynote talks. James is also a two time #1 Best Selling Author and the Ex-host of Amazon Prime’s weekly topical CX show, ‘This Week In CX’.

Mark Slatin is the CEO and Founder of Empowered CX, an independent consulting practicededicated to helping leaders accelerate their path to scalable growth by empowering them to delight their customers, consistently. He celebrated his 8th year as a Certified Customer Experience Professional and serves on the Customer Experience Professionals Association Board of Directors where he chairs the Higher Education subcommittee. Mark brings a value to his clients that’s quite rare, he spent 9 years as a practitioner, leading the CX efforts from launch to maturity.

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D., C.S.P., is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant who transfers his knowledge of exceptional business practices in ways that develop joyful and productive workplaces with a focus on customer experience. His insights encourage leaders and frontline workers to grow and invest passionately in all aspects of their lives. Joseph holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA). He is a member of the Authors Guild, an editorial board member for the Beryl Institute's Patient Experience Journal (PXJ) and is on the founders' council of CustomerExperienceOne. Other achievements include winning the Asian Brand Excellence Award and being named as one of the Top 10 thought leaders in Customer Service by Global Gurus. He received his master's and doctorate from the University of Southern California.

The Customer Experience Profession recently lost a colleague and friend, Chris Rios, Blue Rock Executive Search. Chris was an advocate and supporter of all things CX especially as it related to helping CX professionals advance their careers. A two-time guest on the podcast, Chris brought a new and refreshing perspecitve to career development. On this special edition of the podcast, Diane Magers joins me to reflect on Chris's life and the learnings he shared with all of us to become better professionals in both our work and personal lives.