GUEST BLOG: Whose data is it anyway? GDPR and the problem of data ownership
By Tony Pepper, CEO, Egress Software “GDPR is the new Y2K” was a phrase I heard multiple times during the first 12 months since its implementation. As the ICO continued to work through historical breaches under the Data Protection Act, there was certainly a sense that GDPR was all bark and no bite. Then its first anniversary was […]
GUEST BLOG: Four questions organisations need to ask after a cyber attack
Cyber attacks are inevitable, but it’s how an organisation deals with them that can make or break their business. Have they got all the answers, and do they fully understand the implications? Can they be sure the attack won’t happen again? Swift and comprehensive incident response is a critical step to ensuring the future security […]
AI: It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new way of customer support and engagement
With headlines stating that AI will be ‘the death of the contact centre’, it’s understandable that Contact Centre Managers might feel like the world is against them. AI-driven technology is not new, in fact people been talking about it since the summer conference at Dartmouth College in 1956, where the attendees became leaders of AI […]
Is on-screen clutter getting in the way of good customer service?
Contact centres are still wasting precious time on administration instead of servicing customers. Colin Hay, VP Sales at Puzzel UK, believes the answer is, quite literally, staring you in the face. Here are 5 tips for improving the customer experience using the latest agent desktop applications… Automating business processes and providing a clearer view of what really matters certainly makes […]
GUEST BLOG: What is Customer Experience?
Peter Tetlow, Client Solutions Director, Ventrica The contact centre industry is continually evolving. A few years ago we were in the Customer Management industry. Now we have evolved to be in the Customer Experience industry. On the face of it, this rebranding of the industry shows that we look at things from the customer’s point of view […]
Centralized or de-centralized WFM: 5 ways to strike the perfect balance
New business models and organizational change have put the debate over centralized versus decentralized workforce planning back on the table. Kanogo Njuru at Teleopti advocates a balanced approach using Workforce Management (WFM) technology to blend all types of service organizations… In the past, workforce planning was often managed by local teams out in the field. However, […]
GUEST BLOG: Taking call centre analytics to the next level
It’s not just your customers that are making more demands of you; so are your competitors. You need to be able to get business-wide insight in real-time just to keep up. Is your analytics suite up to the task? Geoff Land, Managing Director of Infinity CCS, investigates… In a complex environment such as a modern contact […]
GUEST BLOG: Preparing for peak rate calls
By Fauzia Mulla, Head of Customer Experience at ArrowXL When logistics companies and home delivery partners are preparing for the busy Christmas period, the headlines tend to focus on major investments made across hubs and depots, increasing the size of their fleets of vehicles and supplementing their workforces with extra manpower. However, this activity can […]
GUEST BLOG: Autonomy by Automation
By Jonathan Sharp, Director, Britannic Technologies Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic processing automation (RPA) are disrupting the market. Businesses need to take ownership of the change in culture and invest in prioritising their employees’ learning and development, providing them with autonomy to do their jobs more effectively. For some the change is […]
GUEST BLOG: Live Chat… All talk?
By Adexchange Some love it, some hate it, and it has our agents juggling multiple customers at once. Live chat divides conversation in more ways than one. But is a communication platform which also encourages customers to multi-task a good thing? Or is it just another channel we must incorporate, manage and coach our teams to […]
