Customer Experience Patterns Podcast

Sam Stern
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Mar 6, 2025 • 12min

CX As Teenager: Back To Childhood Curiosity? Or Forward To Adulthood Maturity?

CX is in its teenage years. Should we push to move forward to the maturity of adulthood? Or turn back to the curiosity and wonder of childhood? Andrew Carothers and I answer that question. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers. My new learning course on Customer Experience foundations will be live in March, 2025Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 27, 2025 • 8min

CX Shortcomings Explained By Chesterton's Fence & Black Swans

An explainer on Chesterton's Fence.Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers. My new learning course on Customer Experience foundations will be live in March, 2025Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 20, 2025 • 35min

Creating The CX Standards With Erin Wallace From Bain

CX Standards Landing Page - you can learn more about the standards, and download them.Erin Wallace on LinkedInDancing Guy Video - showing the importance of the first follower to catalyze a movementConnect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers. My new learning course on Customer Experience foundations will be live in March, 2025Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 13, 2025 • 8min

With Deceptive Patterns The Entropy Is Coming From Inside The Building

Harry Brignull - The Deceptive Patterns guruDeceptive Patterns the book - buy this book. Read it & use it as a jumping off point to start auditing your experience for Deceptive Patterns.Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 20min

Which Parts Of Your CX Need AI?

How to leverage design and CX skillsets and methodologies to spot the best opportunities for integrating AI and GenAI into your experiences.Andrew McInnes on LinkedIn.Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 30, 2025 • 8min

It's (almost) never to late to intervene with customers who have negative emotions

This episode is inspired by research and writing I've done on memories and negative emotions. For more on this topic, check out my LinkedIn learning course linked below about how to create great customer experiences.Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 23, 2025 • 25min

Integrating GAI & AI Into Your Customr & Employee Experiences

Why you shouldn't have an AI Strategy. Why you should be implementing GAI & AI everywhere you can.Why you should join up your EX and CX AI efforts.Andrew McInnes on LinkedIn.Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 6min

3 Ways To Push Back Against Entropy In Your Customer Experience

Entropy describes the process of things falling into disorder if left without care and attention, like weeds growing in a garden. A lot of companies are about to experience Entropy in their customer experience efforts. But you don't have to be one of them.1) Pay attention to the parts of your experience that you want your customers to roget2) Keep close tabs on your Signature Moments3) Look for signs of neglect in your competitors that you can exploitConnect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 9, 2025 • 28min

Coaching Can Help You Be The CX & Design Leader You Dream Of Being

Stephanie shared so much wisdom on the value of coaching for creative leaders. Well worth a listen.Stephanie On LinkedInStephanie's coaching business, Thrive DepartmentConnect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer expeirence content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for topics.Subscribe to my newsletter, Customer Experience Patterns - I publish a new edition with each full-length episode of the podcast.My LinkedIn Learning courses: How To Create Great Customer Experiences & Build A Customer-Centric Culture. In-depth video series that teach you how to create great experiences, and build customer-centric cultuers.Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 2, 2025 • 7min

4 Ideas For Getting 2025 Off To A Flying Start

4 ideas for getting off 2025 to a flying start with your customer experience initiatives.Connect with Sam on LinkedInThanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for the cover art. Thanks to my friends at Moon Island for the music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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