The Closed Loop Podcast

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Ep 1: Alicia Crowther: Small Changes, Big Impact

Darren Wake and Alicia Crowther unpack transformation when customer insight leads—turning feedback into direction, action, and results.

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Ep 2: Alicia Crowther: Making Space to Think

Darren Wake and Alicia Crowther discuss how space to think fuels creativity and innovation, and why it matters for business success.

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Ep 3: Alicia Crowther: Value when Budgets are Tight

Darren Wake is again joined by Alicia Crowther, founder of Three Digital Consulting, to explore how CX and VoC teams can prove their value.

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Ep 4: Ben Bax: Turning CX into a Business Advantage

Ben Bax shares how to turn CX from a cost centre into a growth driver, with tips on ROI, business alignment, and operational improvements.

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Ep 5: Ben Bax – CX Starts on the Frontline

Darren and Ben Bax discuss how stories, language, and culture make CX real for frontline teams, bridging strategy with daily customer interactions.

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Ep 6: Ben Bax – CX Challenges and Opportunities in Utilities

Ben Bax explains what’s holding CX back in the utility sector and what companies can do to move forward.

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Ep 7: Katie Stabler – Rethinking CX Culture, Metrics and Momentum

Katie Stabler joins Darren Wake to explore why CX culture, metrics and momentum matter now more than ever – and how leaders can make change stick.

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Ep. 08 – Clare White: When CX Fails Because Culture Does

Why culture and engagement are the missing links in customer experience.

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Ep. 09 – Clare White: Culture is the Real CX Strategy

How culture drives — or breaks — customer experience.

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Myth Busting with Ian Golding

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Myth Busting 1: Should NPS be a lead CX metric?

Darren Wake and Ian Golding debate if NPS should lead CX measurement, exploring its role in modern strategies and common misconceptions.

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Myth Busting 2: Are surveys the only way to understand customers?

Darren Wake and Ian Golding discuss if surveys alone reveal customer truth, highlighting the need for multiple feedback sources in CX.

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Myth Busting 3: Ian Golding: Should teams be bonused on VoC scores?

Darren Wake and Ian Golding debate whether tying targets and bonuses to VoC scores truly drives CX improvement… Or creates unintended risks.

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Myth Busting 4: Should CX managers ask colleagues how satisfied customers are?

Darren Wake, Head of Customer Success at CustomerSure, puts to Ian Golding the idea that CX managers should ask colleagues how satisfied they think customers are.

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Myth Busting 5: Does a journey map stay valid for a year?

Darren Wake, Head of Customer Success at CustomerSure, puts to Ian Golding the idea that a journey map created a year ago remains valid and doesn’t need to be revisited.

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Myth Busting 6: ‘Employee experience isn’t my concern. That's HR's job’

Darren Wake and Ian Golding explore why CX pros can’t ignore employee experience, discussing ownership, empowerment, and the rise of experience management.

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Myth Busting 7: Ian Golding: Once CX is improving, no need to reply to individual feedback

Darren Wake debates Ian Golding on why CX leaders must act on individual feedback, not just overall trends, to drive real impact

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Myth Busting 8: ‘Need senior buy in to make CX change’

Darren Wake challenges Ian Golding with a common belief — that without exec-level support, CX professionals can't make change happen. Ian explores why leadership buy in really matters and how to influence the top table with facts and impact.

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Myth Busting 9: Can AI Actually Help with VoC?

Ian Golding and Darren Wake explore how AI is already transforming VoC — and what most teams are still getting wrong.

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