CX Files

David Neale is the Chief Growth Officer at Nutun CX. Mike Butler is the Executive Director of Sales and Marketing at Nutun CX. David and Mike are both based in the UK, but Nutun operations are in South Africa. Every BPO says that they do Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Every annual report features an update on Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance (ESG) these days... but are BPOs...

Diane Edwards is Director of the consulting and professional services unit at the Mona School of Business & Management in Kingston, Jamaica.  Diane has a long history in BPO management and promotion and she led JAMPRO, the Jamaican trade and investment agency for over 9 years, until 2022. In this CX Files episode, Peter Ryan talks with Diane about the compliance implications of the Jamaican Data P...

Michele Rowan is the founder and president of the Work From Home Alliance. She is based in Virginia in the US. The CX Files talked to Michele over two years ago in 2021. At that time we were leaving the worst period of the pandemic - the lockdowns were over and a vaccine was just starting to roll out. Michele then predicted that WFH and hybrid working would remain a permanent feature of BPO and CX...

Terry Rybolt is the Chief Revenue Officer at LiveXchange Technologies. He is based in Boston. LiveXchange is a platform that allows companies to augment their existing customer service processes with a team of gig workers - a bench of GigCX. This talent can be called on daily or occasionally, as and when it is required. It works for companies that manage their CX internally and also if a BPO is ma...

Beza Tekola is a doctor. She is a gastroenterologist based in Fairfax, Virginia. Beza founded Suture BPO to help manage the back office processes within healthcare organizations. In this conversation with Peter Ryan, Beza talks about why healthcare needs BPO expertise and what is especially important about the healthcare industry. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bezawittekola/ https://www.getsutured.c...

Jon Yarlett is the founder and COO of Intelligent Sourcing magazine. He recently founded a new trade association focused on impact sourcing titled the Impact Sourcing Alliance. The role of the new alliance  is to support the education and information   sharing of Impact Sourcing globally across the broad BPO and CX community.   Jon is an old friend of CX Files and has often published articles by P...

Cheryl Paarwater is the founder and Managing Director of Call Lab BPO - based in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town faced a recent wave of violence during a series of taxi strikes. Peter called Cheryl to find out what's really happening and why we should still have confidence in CX services from South Africa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-paarwater/ https://call-lab.com/ https://www.bbc.com/n...

This is just a short alert to let you know that CX Files will be back from our summer break tomorrow - remember to tell your friends and contact Peter Ryan or Mark Hillary if you have ideas or questions for the show... https://cxfiles.libsyn.com/cxfiles  

For 280 episodes Mark and Peter have always ensured there is a new CX Files episode every single week. However, as it is a very quiet time of year we decided this year that it's not fair on our guests to ask them to appear when few are listening. We will be back in the first week of September - see you then!  If you are taking a summer break then have a great time (it's winter here in Brazil!) Mar...

Alistair Niederer is well known on the CX Files - he was a guest just a few months ago, but was invited back as he has now changed role and he published an important new white paper on ESG. Most leaders are now concerned about their Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance (ESG) measures - but are they really focusing on change or just how to score well in the audits? Alistair has been focu...

It's the first CX Files Q&A session with Mark Hillary and Peter Ryan. Listen in to hear Mark and Peter answer audience questions and talk about the latest industry trends and news. In this discussion Mark and Peter talk about: Why are IVRs so bad? Will AI drastically reduce agent numbers? What are the latest trends in WFH? Was Queen at Wembley 1986 the best concert movie ever? Tribute to our frien...

Keith Gait is the CEO of the CX Foundation. He is based in the UK. The CX Foundation publishes research, blogs, a podcast, and hosts many different events focused on CX. Member organisations are drawn from across the industry. In this discussion Keith talks about the work of the CX Foundation, his new book "Definitely CX", and looks to the future of CX - managing the cost of living crisis and pred...

Caskey Ndaba is the Executive Head: Channel And Distribution at Momentum Metropolitan Insurance Africa. Both Caskey and Momentum Metropolitan are based in Johannesburg, South Africa. For this interview Caskey was on the road so Peter Ryan called him in Windhoek, Namibia. Caskey talked about the challenges of building customer relationships in insurance when many customer interactions are difficult...

Audrey William is the Principal Adviser at Ecosystm - she is based in Sydney Australia. In this conversation with Mark Hillary, Audrey talks about how companies can listen to their customers more effectively. This especially applies to collecting and using data more effectively to create insight into what their customers need. https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-william-3a4a04/ https://team.ecosyst...

Amy Bennet Roach is the VP Sales and Marketing at Blue Ocean Contact Centers. She is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Amy talked to Peter Ryan about her views on the future for CX at present and in particular how smaller and medium-sized players can offer more agilty and flexibility when working with clients. Is smaller and more focused better? Amy also talks about her own experience as a po...

Peter Klayman is the VP of Strategy at Bottle Rocket Studios. He is based in Denver, Colorado. Bottle Rocket is focused on the design of digital CX with a focus on helping to accelerate growth. In this conversation with Mark Hillary, Peter talks about how to justify investment in CX and how to start thinking of the complete customer journey - extending beyond just customer service and contact cent...

Jeremiah Okello is the founder and owner of Collins Consulting International, a consulting firm focused on CX and BPO outsourcing and based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this interview, Jeremiah talks about the CX market in Kenya and the wider emerging opportunities for CX in Africa with Peter Ryan. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiah-okello-8875689/  

Last week, both Peter and Mark were at the CxO Glasgow conference in Scotland. Peter was one of the event organisers. Mark featured on a panel exploring the future of CX with Stephen Loynd, the founder and principal analyst at TrendzOwl. Once Mark was back home in São Paulo, he called Stephen at his base in Virginia, just outside Washington DC, to talk about the various discussions that took place...

Barry Winkless is the Chief Strategy Officer at Cpl Group and Head of the Future of Work Institute Cpl. He is based in Dublin, Ireland. CPL is a major HR and recruitment company that works across multiple industries - including CX. Barry is always considering the future of work for both employers and employees so in this discussion with both Peter Ryan and Mark Hillary he explores some of his idea...

Shane Jackson is the founder of Knowledge Rhino. He is based in Sarasota, Florida. Shane is focused on data, analytics, and workforce optimization. In this interview he talks to Peter Ryan about the value of workforce management (WFM) and how critical it is for an efficient CX process. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaneajacksondata/ https://knowledgerhino.com/    

Sadiq Mohammed is the managing director of USMAART. He is based in Manchester in the UK. USMAART provides outsourcing consultancy support to retail, travel, energy and telecoms sector clients such as N Brown, Studio Retail, Music Magpie, Sky, Coast, Comparison Technology Ltd and many others. Peter Ryan talked to Sadiq about how clients can find the right outsourcing partner for customer experience...

Peter Ryan has been talking to Marianne Withers for some time about the special needs of vulnerable customers. Marianne is the founder and CEO of The Verity Centre, a boutique contact centre and BPO in Portsmouth, UK. Marianne is joined in the discussion by Cath Wohlers, LIAISE Manager at England Illegal Money Lending Team, to talk about how comanies can engage with their most vulnerable customers...

Peter's recent article: https://ryanadvisory.com/5-impacts-of-cx-bpo-mega-consolidation/   Peter Ryan leads a discussion on the recent wave of M&A activity in the BPO industry. What does it mean for CX innovation and diversity in the industry? This emergency CX Files features these speakers joining Peter from his base in Montreal, QC, Canada:   Anne Bibb Founder and CEO, Remote Evolution Dallas, T...

Ian Barkin is a well-known expert inside the BPO industry. He is an entreprenuer and investor, has founded 4 companies, has written popular LinkedIn courses on automation, is an external adviser to Bain & Company ... the list could go on. Most recently in the BPO world he was the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at SYKES until May 2021. Ian is based in Tampa, Florida. Mark saw Ian recently con...

Who managed the limousine logistics at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California earlier this year? You might not expect it, but one of the leading customer care and dispatch services for luxury autos is based in Serbia. Marko Torovic is the founder of NSourcing, a specialist BPO focused on limo logistics and trucking. Peter caught up with him during his recent tour of Europe to talk about limos...