All Things Considered CX with Bob Azman

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 resp...

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...

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 leadershi...

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...

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...

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...

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 expe...

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 LinkedI...

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 a...

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 cult...

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...

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 vari...

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 acro...

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 expe...

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+ te...

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 entrepreneu...

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...

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 exper...

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,...

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...

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 cust...

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. Anthrolyti...

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 profitab...

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...