Category: CXM News

How the ‘Hidden Middle’ is Leading Digital Transformation

When it comes to talking about digital transformation or the adoption of technology in business, the focus is most frequently on the challenges that large companies face to adapt, or the opportunities for small businesses to rapidly scale their operations. However,...

Seven Ways AI Transforms Your Contact Centre Team Into Superheroes

Far from replacing people, artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to enhance employee engagement and productivity and customer interactions in one go. New technology inevitably changes lives. However, rather than fear robots replacing front line customer service representatives, it’s time to...

Diversity & Inclusion: The Keys to Improved Customer Contact

In the world of customer contact, the nurturing of a diverse and inclusive culture not only creates a team that reflects the market it is serving, but it generates an environment where people can bring their whole selves to work...

Leadership and the Digital Transformation Journey

Digital transformation is a steady challenge in business today. It, like any other revolution, is all about causing a change. That ‘change’ is about acceptance of digital technology in every field, but what is it exactly, and how can leaders...

Emotions as the next frontier for AI

Explaining to a child how to cross the street in front of their school without being hit by a car only takes a few repetitions and their knowledge can then be generalised to most roads and vehicles. It would instead...

5G: The Data Ownership Debate

5G, the latest generation of cellular network, is dominating media headlines and capturing everyone’s imagination. Among all this noise, one of the growing topics of debate is the continued relevance of Wi-Fi in a 5G world, with many commentators starting...

First Contact Resolution: The key Measure in Contact Centres

There are many common customer service metrics in place in contact centres: CSAT, NPS, FRT, CES, AHT, FCR, the list goes on. Some are more valid than others and some are simply outdated and add confusion and conflict to both the...

Ombudsman Services Unveils new Partner Platform for Businesses

The UK’s largest independent multi-sector ombudsman, Ombudsman Services, has created a new partner platform to facilitate its communications with businesses operating in its four key sectors of energy, communications, heat, and private parking. Designed and built by digital agency Code Computerlove, the...

It’s the end of Phone Support as we Know it (and I Feel Fine)

I rarely use and never want to pick up my phone anymore. That is, the phone part of the phone. I happily use my mobile phone all of the time – to communicate, read, and for entertainment. But using the...

Why Contact Centres Should Think Before They Speak

We’re flush with new ways to engage with customers, but businesses should be more data-driven, rather than simply throwing more manpower on the frontlines. In the era of new contact centre touchpoints, the touchpoints themselves matter less and less because...