Sam Stern

Customer Experience Patterns Podcast

Business EN ↓ 141 episodes

Every 2 weeks, customer experience expert Sam Stern will explain a customer experience pattern that underpins some of the World's best customer experiences. Patterns are models or designs dervied from real-world examples that have been proven to work. The episodes will include detailed descriptions of the Pattern, data and evidence to supports its importance, and instructions to follow the pattern yourself to create great customer experiences. 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/privac...

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Sam Stern

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Latest episode

Jun 25, 2026

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Episodes

Integrate AI Into CX The Right Way 01.05.2025

Find David on LinkedIn Head to samsterncx.com/academy to enroll in Zanna Van Der Aa's Accelerate In Experience Academy. Use my link to get an exclusive offer from Zanna - a 1:1 coaching call with her! 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 Exp...

Harness Your Paranoia About CX Commitment 24.04.2025

Head to samsterncx.com/academy to enroll in Zanna Van Der Aa's Accelerate In Experience Academy. Use my link to get an exclusive offer from Zanna - a 1:1 coaching call with her! 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 pu...

Great Customer Experience Requires Great Employee Experience 17.04.2025

Check out my new website samsterncx.com where you fill find the link to enroll in Zanna Van Der Aa's Accelerate In Experience Academy. Use my link to get an exclusive offer from Zanna - a 1:1 coaching call with her! Connect with our guest, Nora Osman , on LinkedIn Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with question...

100 Days Into 2025 - Are You On Track With Your CX Goals? 10.04.2025

My new website is live! samsterncx.com - the place to find all CX Patterns episodes, as well as all of my LinkedIn Learning courses. The new learning course is live: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty . Check it out! Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions or ideas for top...

Trust Comes First - Then CX Transformation - With Mark Slatin 03.04.2025

Mark Slatin on LinkedIn The Trusted Advisor - book & framework. I recommend this book. My new website is live! samsterncx.com - the place to find all CX Patterns episodes, as well as all of my LinkedIn Learning courses. The new learning course is live: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty . Check it out! Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience con...

Emotional Labor Is Exhausting Your Employees And Compromising Your CX 27.03.2025

Emotional Labor My new website is live! samsterncx.com - the place to find all CX Patterns episodes, as well as all of my LinkedIn Learning courses. The new learning course is live: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty . Check it out! Connect with Sam on LinkedIn - I share customer experience content multiple times a week, and love hearing from listeners with questions...

You Do Not Control Your Customers' Experience 20.03.2025

Paul Pember on LinkedIn - trust me, he's a great follow. And here's the link to his newsletter - honestly, it's a must-read for me every week. My new website is live! samsterncx.com - the place to find all CX Patterns episodes, as well as all of my LinkedIn Learning courses. The new learning course is live: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty . Check it out! Connect wi...

Teaching Forces You To BS Test Your Own Knowledge 13.03.2025

The new learning course is live: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty . Check it out! 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...

CX As Teenager: Back To Childhood Curiosity? Or Forward To Adulthood Maturity? 06.03.2025

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 Patt...

CX Shortcomings Explained By Chesterton's Fence & Black Swans 27.02.2025

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 &amp...

Creating The CX Standards With Erin Wallace From Bain 20.02.2025

CX Standards Landing Page - you can learn more about the standards, and download them. Erin Wallace on LinkedIn Dancing Guy Video - showing the importance of the first follower to catalyze a movement 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 Exper...

With Deceptive Patterns The Entropy Is Coming From Inside The Building 13.02.2025

Harry Brignull - The Deceptive Patterns guru Deceptive 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 Pa...

Which Parts Of Your CX Need AI? 06.02.2025

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 n...

It's (almost) never to late to intervene with customers who have negative emotions 30.01.2025

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 newslette...

Integrating GAI & AI Into Your Customr & Employee Experiences 23.01.2025

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...

3 Ways To Push Back Against Entropy In Your Customer Experience 16.01.2025

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 roget 2) Keep close tabs on your Signature Moments 3) Look for...

Coaching Can Help You Be The CX & Design Leader You Dream Of Being 09.01.2025

Stephanie shared so much wisdom on the value of coaching for creative leaders. Well worth a listen. Stephanie On LinkedIn Stephanie's coaching business, Thrive Department 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...

4 Ideas For Getting 2025 Off To A Flying Start 02.01.2025

4 ideas for getting off 2025 to a flying start with your customer experience initiatives. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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.

Give The Gift Of Authentic Listening During The Holiday Season 19.12.2024

Let's check-in with each other, and with our customers during the holiday period, and at the turn of the year. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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.

Inspecting Your Experience From The Front Lines 12.12.2024

If you agree that observing the real customer experience is valuable, then how do you do it? Beth and Scott are back with recommendations for how to do that Beth Karawan on LinkedIn - be sure to subscribe to her newsletter - Donut Friday Scott Gilbey on LinkedIn Scott's article in Entreprenuer magazine on his experience Connect with Sam on LinkedIn Thanks to my talented colleague Emily Tolmer for...

Unclosed Loops Are Circles In Hell 21.11.2024

Unclosed loops are very, very bad customer experiences. I explain why, and how to avoid leaving unclosed loops with your customers. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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.

How 2 CX Leaders Found Their Way To Customer-Facing Roles 14.11.2024

The greatest irony is that CX teams who are responsible for customer experience don't actually deliver customer experiences themselves. Except Beth and Scott do. And in this episode, we hear their stories from the front lines! Beth Karawan on LinkedIn - be sure to subscribe to her newsletter - Donut Friday Scott Gilbey on LinkedIn Scott's article in Entreprenuer magazine on his experience Connect...

Service Recovery Done Right - Fast, Proactive, Decisive & Human 07.11.2024

Service Recovery is even more magical than you think, but only if you do it right. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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.

Customer Value - Different Forms, Different Facets 31.10.2024

Onion expertise. The Ikea Effect & The mythology of the Betty Crocker cake mix research. This episode has it all. Jeff Louden on LinkedIn Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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.

Emotions Matter More Than You Think - Even When You Think They Matter A Lot 24.10.2024

The Law Of Emotion: Emotion matters more than you think, even if you remember the law of emotion. Yes, inspired by Hofstatder's Law Connect with Sam on LinkedIn 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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