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Ghosting Is Bad Business (Here’s Why)
The Edge of Service: Issue 67 Think ghosting is saving your organization time and resources? It may be quietly costing you far more than you realize. Ghosting, in a professional setting, is when an organization or individual simply stops communicating: no closure, no...
Workforce Optimization Blind Spots
Most workforce optimization programs focus on forecasting, scheduling, quality management, coaching, and performance management. Those capabilities remain essential. But they're no longer enough. Increasingly, the customer conversations that shape customer loyalty,...
Revisit and reassess customer expectations
An essential part of contact center leadership is understanding what customers need and want. How are their needs and expectations changing? For leaders, understanding customer expectations can seem like a daunting challenge. Fortunately, it's not the guesswork that...
The contact center knows your customer best. Are you using it that way?
In my experience, after decades of working with contact centers across virtually every industry, only a fraction of organizations truly leverage the strategic value of their contact centers. Those that do tend to pull ahead quickly. And they tend to see the contact...
The P-51’s Lesson for Customer Experience and AI Leaders
The Edge of Service: Issue 65 I recently had the opportunity to fly in a historic aircraft, the P-51 Mustang. For someone who loves aviation, it was one of those experiences I'll never forget (watch the video). It reminded me of a lesson that's incredibly important in...
Avoiding “Slop” in Customer Experience
AI is transforming customer experience by delivering faster service, better insights, and personalized interactions. But there’s a growing risk of “slop” (i.e., friction, loss of trust, and organizational debt) when speed and automation take priority over thoughtful...
The Customer Perspective Advantage
Are you truly seeing your business through your customers’ eyes? This video explores the seven essential ways leading organizations step into the customer’s perspective to drive real transformation in customer service, loyalty, and results. Drawing on powerful case...
How to Get Your Team On Board with AI (What Actually Works)
If you’re introducing or deepening AI’s involvement with your customer service employees, you’re probably running into some hesitation with AI adoption. And honestly, that hesitation makes sense. They are asking themselves: Is this going to make my job harder? Replace...
Why Customers Hate Waiting
Come with me to the iconic Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo to uncover why customers truly hate waiting—and it's not always about the length of the wait! I’ve spent years studying queues in contact centers, security events, and everyday places like restaurants and...
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