CTX Podcast: Recent Episodes
Katie Lukas
Connecticut is home to some iconic brands doing powerful work in user and customer experience. On CTX Podcast, Katie Lukas showcases some of the local leaders in UX and CX who are forging strong customer-focused experiences in a variety of industries. We discuss these companies’ investments in becoming customer-centric, current initiatives, and what it’s like doing this work in Connecticut.
Upcoming episodes include practitioners from the CT UXPA, LEGO, Travelers, Cigna, UConn Health, Nassau Re, and Infosys, among others.
Listen to Chris Hummel of United Rentals talk about how customer experience grows from employee experience and what he means by "digital in the dirt."
Ken Krasnow from Henkel visits to talk about some of the remarkable changes he and his team have been able to effect, including deep organizational change in service of becoming more customer-centric.
Chris Hyers talks about why it's an honor to be able to serve patients - and why he feels privileged to do so at UConn Health. What teaching brings to his career, how organizations need to listen and research more — and what's on the horizon for UConn.
President & CEO Cindi Bigelow is the powerhouse behind Bigelow Tea — listen as we discuss why relentless focus on making everyday moments exceptional, constant vigilance and attention to trends and conversations, and a sincere willingness to listen to the customer have created an amazing brand that customers truly love. [January 2019]
Meet the CMO of Nassau Re - housed in the iconic Boat Building in downtown Hartford - as he talks about what it takes to run a small, customer-centric, startup-shaped team inside a big insurance company.
The Infosys Global Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation - Insurance and Financial Services wins our prize for most massive title, and this 40-minute episode looks at design thinking, UX, and CX at equally massive scale.
Katie sits down with Eileen Redmond, the President of the CT UXPA, and they talk about her career switch from Pastry Chef to user experience, how the CT UXPA is becoming deeply involved with the CT Department of Economics, why Connecticut is an interesting place to do this kind of work, and what the future of UX might look like.
Both Katie and Eileen had a bit of a cold, so please forgive stuffy voices.
1-minute teaser describing what the CTX Podcast is all about. Launching September 26, 2018!
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