Technology

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…

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…

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…

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…

If you liked mine and Matt’s article for ICMI on building Chatbot trainers in the contact centre, you’ll like our webinar too. You’ll also like this webinar if you believe in Knowledge Management as a preface for great customer experience! Click through to access the recording, and here’s a rundown of what we cover… “As a contact center leader, you’ve worked hard to grow your…

You can’t build a house on a weak foundation. In the same way, the standard of customer experience that consumers expect isn’t achieved without technology to bring together disparate channels and make consistent, seamless experiences an easy thing to achieve. Thanks to the growth of omnichannel strategies in recent years, there’s no shortage of customer experience (CX) platforms out there. But in the same way that CX can…

Agent: “How can I help?” You: “Well, it’s a long story…” Have you ever uttered these words when you’ve got in touch, yet again, to ask an organisation to solve a persistent problem? If you have, you’ll know that one of two things can happen.  Either, the agent stops you right there, looks up your history, and troubleshooting carries on from where you left off.  Or you’ll need to repeat the whole sorry story to a new agent. Even then,…