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A rethink A few months back, I got offered an opportunity to create a new suite of training courses for an organization I like a lot. I would have owned the entire process, from planning to evaluation, and I would have had content producers to help me realise my ideas. These courses would have been my baby, and I would have had complete creative control…
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Posted: July 16, 2020
Super happy to have made this list with a lot of very inspiring people and some fantastic friends too. Thanks SurveySensum! https://www.surveysensum.com/blog/top-150-global-customer-experience-thought-leaders-and-influencers-of-2020/#KayeChapman
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I have been on a long hiatus from social media and business-related blogging. 2020 has been like no other year, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what all this change in the world means for me personally and professionally. Now, I’m digging in again, and I wanted to share where I’m at. I’ve been trying to articulate my stance on all of this and…
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Posted: November 28, 2019
Any article that myself and the brilliant Bob Furniss are both in is very good in my book! Click through to read this great writeup of our respective ICMI Connections sessions. Here’s my section… Bots Make It Better In a session directly following, the conversation turned to another potential solution for alleviating agent workloads. In “Fantastic Bots and How to Build Them,” Kaye Chapman, learning…
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Posted: November 28, 2019
I’m really happy to be featured as CX Accelerator‘s Community Member Spotlight for November! Click here to go through to the Community Spotlight page or just read my interview below 😊 Greetings Kaye! Tell us where you are in your CX career right now?I started off, like many of us do, in my teens on the phones myself. The contact center I started out in wasn’t…
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Posted: November 28, 2019
In late October I had the privilege to present at ICMI Connections 2019 in Chicago. My session was called Fantastic Bots and How to Build Them – an hour-long trip through chatbot goals, planning and implementation. Thanks to everyone who came along! It was great to be able to share my knowledge on this topic. I had such a great conference, spending time talking CX…
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Posted: October 28, 2019
Holiday shopping season isn’t easy. Even for the most well-organized customer service functions, seeing query volumes and queues rise into the red can be a hair-raising and difficult experience to handle. When it comes to holidays some things don’t change, like presents under the tree, turkey at Thanksgiving, and even customers’ expectations of service. A difficult shopping experience during the holidays can deter them from…
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Posted: September 26, 2019
We’ve all been there. It’s your first day on a new job and you’re trying to figure out how things work. There’s lots to be done – relationships to be built, goals to be set and plans to be drafted. You’re learning how to work in a new environment, and trying to battle the exhaustion that comes with that while remembering everyone’s names and figuring…
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Posted: September 10, 2019
My phone rings. It’s a mobile number, and I’m expecting a call. I pick up the phone. An automated voice responds: “We are calling to inform you that the IRS has filed a lawsuit against you…” I hang up, frustrated, and block the number. I’ve heard this same message all month long. The death of the phone During the course of a normal day, I…
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Posted: August 12, 2019
Picture this. You’re managing a contact center where your agent team has received all of the information they need to serve customers perfectly. New starter training helps your agents start taking queries at precisely the point they feel confident to, armed with the skills and knowledge needed to serve customers efficiently. Training on new products or services is completely effective, and afterward, agents immediately start…
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