Tune in as we share real-talk conversations between women working in CX and those influencing the CX agenda from the periphery too.
Clare Muscutt talk with Debbie Akwara about her journey to becoming a CX Queen, in West Africa.
“And I’m like, ‘Okay.’ I was so upset. I was like, ‘What are these guys doing? What am I doing in HR?’ And my former boss who moved me – who’s also like a mentor because she actually gave me the platform. She’s the most significant female character in my life. She approved the proposal. She gave me the platform. She just let me shine. When I have ideas, all she tells me is, ‘Debbie, what do you need from me?’ – she calls ‘Onome’; that’s my Nigerian name – ‘Onome, what do you need from me?’ And that’s all. I only hear from her when I’ve done a great job and she commends me, or I do something really bad and she’s giving me her own end of the stick. And then, she moved banks. So, I called her and said, ‘Help! HR, what I am doing there? I don’t know…’ and she’s like, ‘What is wrong with you? Why are you letting people see you complain? You’re letting them win. Go into HR, nail it completely, learn, and move.’
Clare Muscutt talks with Olga Potaptseva about Agile Customer Experience and violence against women.
“if something doesn’t feel right – despite however many times the other person tells you it’s your fault or it’s okay for them to treat you like that – if you have that feeling that it’s not right, the first thing to do is to somehow, somehow reach out and tell somebody, and get the help that you need to be able to move on”
Clare Muscutt talks with Jeannie Walters about CX , inclusivity, resilience and adaptability.
“How are we making sure that our products are providing them accessible experiences? And so, there’s so much around this topic that I think we need to just do a better job talking about it. We need to do a better job asking for that representation when we are in a position to do so. Look around the room and ask, ‘Is this representative of our customers?’ And if not, ‘What are we going to do about that?’
Clare Muscutt talks with Diane Magers about applying psychology to CX & life's swimming pool moments.
“I don’t know why we don’t take that time, Clare. I think that’s one thing for women, everybody I talk to who – if we take time out of our crazy lives, we always say, ‘Oh, my gosh. We should do this more often.’ Although that is, I call it a God thump, saying to you, ‘You need to spend more time thinking about who you are and the role that you play.’
Don’t think about the job; think about the role you want to play in other people’s lives and in the organisations that you’re in. That takes it out of, ‘It’s a job,’ or ‘It’s a career,’ or ‘It’s a position.’ It’s a role, and it’s got responsibilities that are yours and yours alone, and knowing yourself can really help you in achieving and addressing what your role is”
Clare Muscutt talks with Stacy Sherman about our mother's influence and advice on female leadership.
“So, having worked in corporate settings for over 20 years, I had to learn how to get a seat at the table, have a voice, and that’s what I learned from her. So, that’s one thing professionally. Secondly is personally, always being able to take care of myself. So, even though I have a husband – and earlier in my life I didn’t, of course – but being able to be self-sufficient. And my most favourite saying that we’ve spoken about is, my mom taught me that, ‘You’re the cupcake. You are the cupcake. Everybody else in your life are the sprinkles. You can’t make someone else the cupcake.’ And so, when you’re looking for a partner, or even a best friend, you can’t make them the cupcake. They add, they enhance your life”