Punk CX: Customer Experience Insights with Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Anshuman Singh, CEO of HGS Europe, a user-centric technology services partner delivering Intelligent Experiences with AI, automation, and human expertise across global enterprises. Anshuman joins me today to talk about how AI’s failure mode is architectural, not a technology gap; why the statement “AI handles the routine work, humans handle the judgment calls” is true but incomplete; why AI isn’t inherently cheaper than a human; and why we are at risk of no longer teaching anyone to build and what the implications of that are. This interview follows on from my recent interview – What a people first AI playbook looks like – Interview with Mike Sullivan and Vinay Gidwaney of OneDigital – and is number 608 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Mike Sullivan and Vinay Gidwaney, co- founder and Chief Product Officer of OneDigital, a provider of insurance, employee benefits, HR and financial services for businesses and individuals to help them manage risk, control costs, and plan for long-term success. Mike and Vinay join me to talk about why AI transformation is increasingly becoming a leadership, workforce, and organisational culture challenge, how they are using AI in their business, how they are managing the transition/transformation, the ‘hiring’ process for their AI agents, who Ben, Dex, Nina, Jackie, Avery, Quinn, Amy, Odysseus, Charity and Ace are and a bit about their new book (Workforce Intelligence: The People-First Playbook for Leading Your Company Through AI Transformation) that just came out and is already a USA Today bestseller. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Measuring what matters in enterprise AI – Interview with Ashley Gross of The Alliance – and is number 607 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Ashley Gross, the Founder and CEO of The Alliance, an enterprise AI strategy and advisory firm. Ashley joins me today to talk about how most service AI business cases are measuring the wrong side of the ledger, what an honest AI service business case doesn’t include, who should own AI in the customer journey, and the new book she has just written (The AI Workweek). This interview follows on from my recent interview –The real bottleneck in customer experience AI – Interview with Brad Birnbaum of Kustomer – and is number 606 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Brad Birnbaum, Co-Founder & CEO of Kustomer, a top-rated AI Customer Service & CRM software platform provider. Brad and I talk about why the pace of AI adoption is not a technology problem, but rather the bottleneck sits elsewhere; how the idea that using AI in CX will cost less than people doesn’t stand up to scrutiny; and how most CX leaders are asking whether AI will replace their service teams, but their thinking should be elsewhere, amongst other things. By the way, I’ll be speaking at Kustomer’s ROI of CX Virtual Summit, which is taking place on Tuesday, October the 20th. Check it out! This interview follows on from my recent interview – Why marketers have an orchestration problem rather than a content problem – Interview with Eric Stine of Sitecore – and is number 605 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Eric Stine, the Chief Executive Officer of Sitecore, a global leader in AI-powered digital experience software. We talk about a range of things, including why the website still matters, but it’s not where discovery starts; why marketers don’t have a content problem, but rather they have an orchestration problem; how marketers can reach their customers in this AI-infused world; and also whether AI is going to kill SaaS or software. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Eliminating the Coordination Tax – Interview with Dan O’Connell of Front – and is number 604 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.