• Uncertainty Is The Bad Experience That's Easiest To Fix
    Feb 12 2026

    Uncertainty is worse than a bad experience. It's true.


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    7 Min.
  • Build Your Community. Build Your Capability With Marc Fonteijn
    Feb 5 2026

    Marc Fonteijn on LinkedIn


    Service Design Show & Circle Community


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    28 Min.
  • A Customer Expereince Koan To Help You Find Your True Work
    Jan 29 2026

    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.


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    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    5 Min.
  • How CX Teams Must Evolve To Survive & Thrive In 2026
    Jan 22 2026

    Find Diane Magers on LinkedIn, and her book Experience Rules!


    Find James O'Connor on LinkedIn


    AmplifyXM - a consultancy that helps with CX, rather than a CX consultancy...


    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.


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    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    28 Min.
  • Empathy Has a Hidden Super Power For Customer Experience
    Jan 15 2026

    Empathy is a powerful force for helping us see the world through the eyes of others. Within that broad set of others, there is one "other" that we empathize with far more than anyone else. Knowing this will help you improve your customer experience


    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.


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    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    7 Min.
  • Agreements That Make Great CX Delivery Possible
    Jan 8 2026

    Why it's so important to make agreements with your colleagues about how you'll work together.


    Allison Shields on LinkedIn


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    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    39 Min.
  • We're All On The Same Page | We're All Doing Different Things
    Dec 18 2025

    Previous CX Patterns episode on creating the conditions where bright spots emerge

    Previous CX Patterns episode on bright spots analysis


    Previous episode on Bright Spots.


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    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    4 Min.
  • The Overlooked CX Superpower with Lauren Feehrer
    Dec 11 2025

    Why organizational expertise is so important to the success of CX teams.


    Lauren Feehrer on LinkedIn


    LoyaltyCraft CX Consultancy



    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 episode of the podcast.


    My LinkedIn Learning courses: Customer Experience: 6 Essential Foundations For Lasting Loyalty, 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.

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    28 Min.