Go behind the scenes with customer experience speaker, and founder of CXO House Blake Morgan to explore the secrets of the world's most customer-centric companies. Blake is one of the world's top keynote speakers, a leading authority on customer experience, and the bestselling author of three books on customer experience, including The 8 Laws of Customer-Focused Leadership. The Modern Customer reaches thousands of people each week, conveying the message that how we make people feel — in business…
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Alaska Airlines is proving that the best CX transformations make complexity disappear for customers. As Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines moved onto one technology foundation, the goal was to replace separate bookings, tickets, apps, and support channels with a more connected journey while preserving what makes each brand distinct. This week on The Modern Customer Podcast, Charu Jain , SVP of…
FedEx moves 18 million packages every day, but customers shouldn't have to feel the complexity behind any of them. Using AI and two petabytes of daily data, FedEx can anticipate potential problems, improve delivery visibility, and give customers more control and peace of mind. This week on The Modern Customer Podcast, Neil Gibson, Senior Vice President of Global Customer Experience at FedEx,…
Virgin Atlantic is the first airline in the world to launch an app within ChatGPT. What could this mean for the future of travel? In this episode of The Modern Customer Podcast, Blake Morgan speaks with Juha Jaervinen , Chief Customer Officer at Virgin Atlantic, about how the airline is using AI to improve travel discovery while human service continues to set the brand apart. The conversation goes…
AI readiness goes beyond testing the model. Even strong AI can fall short when it relies on outdated information, broken workflows, or poor handoffs between AI and human agents. This week on The Modern Customer Podcast, Seth Johnson, Chief Technology Officer at Cyara , shares what companies need to validate before scaling customer-facing AI. 🎧 Listen to the full episode to learn how end-to-end…
Personalization could transform the future of retirement planning. This week on The Modern Custome Podcast, Jessica Austin Barker , Chief Digital Officer and Client Experience Officer at TIAA, joins Blake Morgan to explore how AI could help people receive guidance that reflects their individual goals, circumstances, and changing paths to retirement. Jessica shares why personalization remains only…
What if getting rid of customers quickly is actually bad for business? That's the case Pasquale DeMaio , VP of Amazon Connect Customer, makes on this week's episode of The Modern Customer Podcast . His point: if your AI strategy is built around deflection, you're not saving money—you're handing customers straight to your competitors. We also dig into how deterministic and agentic AI work together,…
Watching AI automate work that once required thousands of designers, marketers, and copywriters forced Sharon Gai to rethink one fundamental question: What creates value when AI can do more of the work? That's one of the biggest ideas from my latest conversation with Sharon Gai, former Alibaba executive and author of How to Do More With Less . This week on The Modern Customer Podcast , Sharon…
Why do some companies create products customers can't wait to buy while others struggle to gain traction—even with better technology and bigger budgets? According to entrepreneur, author, and Harvard Fellow Rob Snyder, the answer isn't a better product. It's customer demand. In this episode of The Modern Customer Podcast, Blake Morgan sits down with Rob to discuss the ideas behind his new book,…
This episode is sponsored by Salesforce . One of the most interesting conversations I had at Salesforce Connections was about digital workers. This week on The Modern Customer Podcast, Lauren Esposito, CMO of Asymbl, shares how organizations are beginning to approach AI agents as digital workers—with defined roles, KPIs, managers, and accountability to drive meaningful business outcomes. We…
This video is sponsored by Salesforce. This week on The Modern Customer Podcast: Amber Armstrong, CMO of Agentforce Applications at Salesforce, joins me for a conversation recorded live at Salesforce Connections. Everyone is talking about AI agents. But according to Amber, the biggest question customers are asking is surprisingly simple: "Where do I start?" We discuss what's separating companies…
