The CX Equation

In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale speak with Greg Kihlström, consultant, author, and host of The Agile Brand podcast, to explore why true agility is not about moving faster, but about moving together with purpose. Greg explains how organisations can avoid confusing constant change with real agility by building alignment, creating disciplined experimentat...

In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale speak with Sam Stern, Senior Manager of Service Design at LinkedIn, to challenge the idea that all friction is bad. Sam explains how intentional friction, when designed thoughtfully, can create emotional resonance, improve memory, and strengthen customer loyalty. From the IKEA Effect to the Enterprise Pause, he shares pr...

In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale sit down with Emmanuelle Savarit, a senior research and strategy leader, to explore how embedding user research into everyday decisions drives measurable business impact. Emmanuelle shares how to position research as a core business function, align insights with stakeholder priorities, and scale research across organisat...

In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale sit down with Nicole Storey, Co-Founder and Head of Experimentation at Hookflash, to reveal how experimentation can transform website performance and customer experience. Nicole breaks down why running tests without a clear hypothesis wastes time, how to align SEO insights with on-site experience, and why “losing” tests...

In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale are joined by Zeke Wu and Aswin Peter to discuss what it really takes to use AI for improving customer experience. Drawing on lessons from the automotive and energy domains, they share that a problem-first thinking approach beats AI hype every time. The conversation explores how trust and transparency shape AI adoption,...

Markets are crowded, products feel interchangeable, and customer loyalty is more fragile than ever. In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale are joined by Andy Sage to explore why experience is the true competitive advantage across industries, and how behavioural psychology can shape CX design. From adoption curves to organisational design, they unpack how to t...

Marketing teams are heading into 2026 under pressure to prove value, simplify their MarTech stacks, and deliver more with fewer resources, all while AI noise gets louder every week. In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale are joined by James Gent and Neil Hughes of Tap CXM to unpack what really changed in 2025, what composable actually means in practice, and w...

What if your global CX strategy could scale effortlessly, without ever overruling local teams? In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale welcome Rob Grierson, Head of Group CRM, Customer Analytics & Innovation at Specsavers, to explore how global teams can unify customer experience across 10+ markets without diluting local expertise. Rob shares practical framewo...

In today’s data-driven world, creativity is the true competitive differentiator and the cornerstone of next-level customer experiences. In this episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale sit down with Matt Broekhuizen, Head of Customer Engagement at VCCP, to explore how iconic brands like LEGO and Sainsbury’s blend tech, data, and creativity to create emotionally resonan...

Today, personalisation has become a buzzword that’s thrown around frequently in marketing circles. But what does meaningful personalisation really look like, and how can businesses deliver it at scale? In this inaugural episode of The CX Equation, hosts Chantelle Casey and Mark Clydesdale dive deep into the evolution of personalisation and provide actionable insights for businesses looking to move...

The CX Equation brings you unfiltered conversations on enterprise CX. From CRM to loyalty, hosts Chantelle and Mark uncover what’s really working — and what’s not — in customer experience transformation.