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Punk CX: Customer Experience Insights with Adrian Swinscoe

The State of Customer Engagement - Interview with Chris Koehler of Twilio

  • E557
  • 40:57
  • October 9th 2025

Today’s episode of the Punk CX podcast features Chris Koehler, the Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio. We discuss Twilio’s recently published State of Customer Engagement Report, how many brands are using AI to personalise experiences and the impact they are seeing as a result, customer concerns about the use of their data, the rise of first-party data strategies, how increasingly customers want control over their personalisation settings, whether we are witnessing a convergence of marketing, sales, and customer service teams, data sharing and collaboration, and finally, why executives need to step out of their “ivory towers.”

This interview follows on from my recent interview – Closing the CX chasm – Interview with Jamie Anderson of UserTesting – and is number 557 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Punk CX: Customer Experience Insights with Adrian Swinscoe

Adrian Swinscoe discusses customer experience and strategy with industry leaders in this engaging series about how to deliver a standout customer experience and service.

Topics covered in the interviews include customer service, customer experience, customer engagement, employee experience, employee engagement, technology, adaptable and responsive organizations, digital transformation, high-performing teams, how to best leverage artificial intelligence to drive better outcomes, other new technologies and related issues.

Essentially, Adrian is looking for practical clues and insights that will help you build a business that both customers and employees love.