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Eric Mistry (Strategy & Shared Services Operations Manager at Contentsquare) has a very unique background and set of skills in education that afford him a fascinating perspective on the customer experience. Eric joins Alex to discuss the evolving use of AI in the workplace, the importance of connecting cross-functional dots, and the future of customer education and digital customer success.

Topics in this Episode:

• 03:00 - From swim coach to software
• 05:19 - Higher education and academic technologist
• 06:59 - Joining Heap and instructional design
• 10:26 - Connecting the dots in scaling functions
• 12:26 - Data management during mergers
• 15:15 - Adapting with a growth mindset
• 19:49 - Practical use of AI in the workplace
• 31:45 - Future of customer education and AI
• 39:54 - Enhancing automation with AI

Enjoy! I know I sure did...

Eric's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmistry/

Resources:

• Meco App for collating newsletters
• Tim Ferriss Show
• Range by David Epstein
• Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan
• Imaginable by Jane McGonigal
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Shoutouts:

• Joe Ryan (Customer Education Weekly)
• Shannon Howard

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This episode was edited and sponsored by Lifetime Value Media, a media production company founded by my good friend and fellow CS veteran Dillon Young. Lifetime Value aims to serve the audio/video content production and editing needs of CS and Post-Sales professionals. Lifetime Value is offering select services at a deeply discounted rate for a limited time. Navigate to lifetimevaluemedia.com to learn more.

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Aaron Thompson (Chief Revenue Officer of SuccessCOACHING and Founder of Red Slacks) has dedicated his professional life to helping companies and CS professionals. He and Alex delve into the importance of leveraging digital technologies and data to enhance customer experience, and explore the benefits of transitioning from high touch to tech touch interactions.

Topics:

• 02:40 - The origin of the Red Slacks
• 07:44 - Aaron’s journey into customer success
• 12:28 - Importance of hospitality experience in CS
• 17:14 - Digital customer experience definition
• 19:33 - Leveraging data in digital strategies
• 26:50 - Rethinking the traditional QBR
• 34:37 - B2B learns from direct-to-consumer strategies
• 36:34 - Effective tools in digital CS
• 40:20 - The missing piece in customer success platforms

Enjoy! I know I sure did...

Aaron's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athomps/
Red Slacks: https://redslacks.com/
SuccessCOACHING: https://successcoaching.co/

Resources:
- 4Rocks by Sean Albertson
- Revenue Operations by Stephen Diorio and Chris Hummel

Shoutouts:

• Simon Kriss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonkriss/
• Percy Rose: https://www.linkedin.com/in/percyrose/
• Mickey Powell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeypowell/

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Preetam Jinka and Arun Balakrishnan, co-founders of FunnelStory, join the podcast to discuss how we’re just scratching the surface with AI and machine learning. They chat with Alex about how FunnelStory is revolutionizing customer success strategies, enabling teams to predict churn, optimize user engagement, and drive revenue growth through data-driven insights.

Additionally, Arun & Preetam share their own insights on A.I. and how Product teams best work with Customer Success.

Chapters:
04:35 - Arun's background in cybersecurity and product managemen
05:25 - How Preetam got started in AI and data engineering
14:00 - The difference between AI and machine learning
18:10 - Some practical applications of AI in customer success
21:14 - An overview of the FunnelStory platform
24:26 - Predictive and prescriptive elements
27:46 - Product telemetry and customer insights
30:26 - Collaboration between product and customer success teams
33:11 - Innovative uses of predictive analytics in customer engagement
38:19 - Discovering hidden metrics through data analysis
39:16 - Leveraging AI and ML for pattern recognition in CS

Enjoy! I know I sure did...

Preetam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preetamjinka/
Arun's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/balakrishnanarun/
FunnelStory: https://funnelstory.ai/

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