Welcome to The Gainsight Gamechanger Podcast, a space where we recognize and celebrate people who change the game of customer success and product experience for their companies, customers, teammates, and partners.

Losing customers to churn is painful, we can’t deny that, but it is key for businesses to make the most out of these situations and learn from their customers’ experiences in order to evolve and better serve others. In today’s episode, we’re joined by Natasha Narayan, CEO and Co-Founder of IcebergIQ, to chat about the hidden value inside businesses and customers’ worst nightmare: churns. When customers decide to leave, it’s for good, and CSM professionals must learn to properly handle these situations. Listen to this episode to learn how to extract the best feedback from your customers for your own improvement, and how to prevent a future churn with the adequate interview in the first place. In this industry, it all comes down to your communication and listening skills, if you want to work on them even further, this episode is definitely for you.

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In this episode, Allison Pickens (COO, Gainsight) sits down with Carine Roman (Global Head of Customer Success, Linkedin Talent Solutions) to discuss how to create a diverse customer success team, why the process is important in gathering a diverse recruiting pipeline, and more.

In this episode, Allison Pickens (COO, Gainsight) sits down with David Sakamoto (VP of Customer Success at GitLabs) to discuss a recent study he completed on cultural trends within CSM teams, what it means for the industry, and how to develop a leading CS culture.

In this episode, Allison Pickens (COO, Gainsight) sits down with John Gleeson (Head of Customer Success - Upmarket, KeepTruckin) to discuss how KeepTruckin has managed to effectively scale their customer success team while adding a thousand customers a week, and more.

In this episode, Allison Pickens (COO, Gainsight) sits down with Peter Armaly (Senior Director of Customer Success Business Advisory Services, Oracle) to discuss his experience in helping to build Oracle's customer success team, how CSMs can become more efficient, and how to drive effectiveness through process.