This podcast is brought to you by Ashton Media, producers of Australia’s leading independent conferences. for the CX, Customer Insights, Contact Centre, Marketing, Learning & Development and HR industries.
In this series we’ve lined up an incredible list of industry leaders who have been brave enough to put their myriad successes to one side and explore a time that it all went wrong and how those lessons have impacted their leadership today.
"HOSTED BY NOTABLE CX THOUGHT LEADER,
TOMAS HAFFENDEN
Tomas started his career with arguably the toughest CX challenge of all - teaching mathematics to teenagers. Now an accomplished MC and keynote speaker on all things CX, his long list of directional shifts includes conversational consultant, comedian, futurist and currently Head of Service Design. Needless to say, Tomas is no stranger to how missteps can impact the journey and inform the leader you become as a result.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This podcast is brought to you by Ashton Media, producers of Australia’s leading independent conferences. for the CX, Customer Insights, Contact Centre, Marketing, Learning & Development and HR industries.
In this series we’ve lined up an incredible list of industry leaders who have been brave enough to put their myriad successes to one side and explore a time that it all went wrong and how those lessons have impacted their leadership today.
"HOSTED BY NOTABLE CX THOUGHT LEADER,
TOMAS HAFFENDEN
Tomas started his career with arguably the toughest CX challenge of all - teaching mathematics to teenagers. Now an accomplished MC and keynote speaker on all things CX, his long list of directional shifts includes conversational consultant, comedian, futurist and currently Head of Service Design. Needless to say, Tomas is no stranger to how missteps can impact the journey and inform the leader you become as a result.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Work, Worth & the Grown-Up Gap Year with Samantha Ezra, Principal of CX Strategy at Telstra
In this honest and deeply reflective episode, I’m joined by Samantha Ezra, Principal of CX Strategy at Telstra, to talk about the trap so many of us fall into tying our worth to how hard we work.
Samantha shares the story of pouring everything into her career, believing hard work would earn her equal treatment and recognition. But when she finally stepped into the room she’d worked so hard to reach, she was met not with respect, but a patronising, “Sweetheart, how old are you?”
We dive into:
This episode is a must-listen for anyone who’s ever lost themselves in their work. It’s a reminder that life is bigger than your job title, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is step away to come back stronger.
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