After cutting his teeth at Marriott, his idea for a hotel training manual eventually turned into a decades-long career traveling the world and training hotel and lodging professionals.  Doug Kennedy shares some of his experiences, beginning with his first job manning the register of his mother’s local craft supply store in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Connect with him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-kennedy-7619b51b/

Kennedy Training Network - https://kennedytrainingnetwork.com/

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When he’s not singing for The Lone Rangers, Brett Jones is leading Product at ItsaCheckmate. His path began in an outsourced contact center. But after being rendered homeless after the 2nd total loss from flooding inside a year, he decided to take a leap with a startup.

We discuss the stresses of working in a tech startup, the pros and cons of working with family, and how product management is like writing a song.

Connect with him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-jones-645a55126/

The Lone Rangers - https://www.thelonerangersstl.com/

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Contact Center Security is ever more important, but Matt Smallman says that the processes used by most contact centers are merely “Security Theatre.”

During his time in the British Army, he was focused on Counter IED Search Operations. But when he left the military, he ended up in Financial Services and that’s when he began to see problems with security processes that technology could fix.

He’s made it his mission to “get rid of ridiculous, pointless, frustrating, time-consuming, insecure security processes,” and his book explains exactly how to do that for your organization.

Connect with him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsmallman/

Unlock Your Call Centre - https://www.symnexconsulting.com/unlock-your-call-centre/

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Bogdan Surdea-Blaga dispels the notion that there are vampires in Transylvania, shares his secret to career progression, and discusses how RebelDot acts as the “guardian” of new applications they support.

Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdansb/

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From the “microphone” at Club Med to building the first ISP in Paraguay to media relations for the Ferrari Panamerican 20.000 Expedition, Marcos Tatijewski has led an amazing life filled with generosity, risk, luck, and preparation. He shares his CX insights along with some incredible stories in this episode.

Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcostati/

Ferrari Panamerican 20.000 Expedition  https://youtu.be/xVYS3GTmI5w?list=FLKyceaxMmdG-n6sDvGjsrPA

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Gemma Colby grew up in South Africa and began her career in customer service in the freight industry. She then moved a continent away to the UK, changed industries, but always kept the Customer Experience at heart. She is a founding member of Women in CX, the 2021 CX Leader of the Year winner (UK Customer Experience Awards), and the Head of Customer Experience at Yell.

Connect with her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-colby-%F0%9F%8C%88-21175132/

Vintage Yellow Pages Christmas Ad - https://youtu.be/ywjfSVrCqnk

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Randy Johns began his career on the phone as an agent during college, eventually leading teams of over 10,000 employees.  We discussed:

· The power of employee engagement to drive company success

· How online customer support communities can drive Net Dollar Retention and NPS

· Lessons he learned pioneering work at home in the 2010s

Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyjohns/

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Daniel Akre was an Olympic-caliber swimmer who transitioned his competitive nature to the business world. He is now the VP of Global Business Development with LiveXchange Technologies. We discussed the evolution of the BPO industry, job hopping, and the gig CX economy. Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielakre/ 

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Adrian Swinscoe is a customer experience advisor, podcaster, author, speaker, workshop leader, and aspirant punk.  We discussed his unlikely journey to CX and lessons from Punk CX. Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianswinscoe/

Listen to the Punk CX podcast and read Adrian’s blog: https://www.adrianswinscoe.com/

Find his books, How to Wow, Punk CX, and Punk XL:

https://www.amazon.com/Adrian-Swinscoe/e/B0080439D8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1655479388&sr=8-2

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Differences between living in Belgium, Florida, and Kansas, what he learned by watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and the similarities between parenthood and leading at work are  just a few of the topics I tackled with Bunyamin Cankirli, Site Director at Concentrix. Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunyamincankirli/

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