Epiphanies can come from the most unexpected sources. My wife Kirsten and I recently spent some time in the London area. It was to be a quick business trip, but seeing that it fell on my birthday, we decided we’d add some personal days—with the goal of trying a new...
As customers, we’ve all experienced technologies that aren’t helpful or that create even higher levels of frustration. They offer many options, just none that we need. They force us to enter account numbers or other information that’s not passed...
What’s happening with contact center workload? Is the work handled by agents declining as AI capabilities become more robust and prevalent? Are calls being supplanted by digital channels and self-service? These are important questions—the answers will impact your...
Last winter I reflected on what I learned at ICMI’s Contact Center Expo, and ended with a bold prediction: for contact centers and for those of us who are part of them, the best days are ahead. To read more about why I think this is the case, click here. The best...
Professor Jim Collins and his team of researchers for the book Good to Great identified what they call Level 5 Leadership. The greatest leaders are those who build an organization, team or department that continues to thrive after they’re gone. Collins’...