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Exinity’s AI-chatbot project boosts call deflection rate

Two years ago, the team at Exinity, an online brokerage firm, was looking at its customer pain points. The business, which has over two million clients, in 150 countries, was handling a huge volume of live chats across its team...

CX ‘godfather’ Bruce Temkin receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Industry legend Bruce Temkin flew into London to pick up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Customer Experience Awards (ICXAs). The black-tie ceremony took place at the Park Plaza London Riverbank, and was attended by over 250 leading CX...

4 myths about contact centre consumption-based billing that need to be debunked in 2024

You’ve just added a cloud service for your 500 headcount contact center, entering into a per-seat agreement with the vendor. While the seat-based model may appear to offer a flat recurring expense, it’s costing your organisation more than you realise....

Bruce Temkin wants to change how you think

Bruce Temkin has done as much as anyone to define customer experience thinking. Having left Qualtrics at the start of the year, the industry veteran is embarking on a whole new adventure. And it might be his biggest challenge yet....

People powered business success

COVID was a hard reset on life and business. First it stopped everything, and then it changed everything. Nearly five years later, the scale of change brought by the pandemic has started to recede as many businesses attempt to corral staff...

Top 5 trends from judging CX Team of the Year – SME

I had the opportunity to be a judge at this year’s UK Customer Experience Awards 2024 organised by Awards International. The awards, now in its 15th year, is a distinctive platform that recognises the innovative efforts of the UK’s CX...

Future customer success: breaking down silos and redefining metrics

Customer success has moved far beyond simply providing support. It’s now a pivotal function that can make or break a business. However, with this rise in importance comes a surge in complexity, and many CX professionals are grappling with outdated...

Bruce Temkin: The agent of change

Bruce Temkin left his position as the global head of Qualtrics XM Institute in February of this year. While he puts the finishing touches to his fresh initiative, Humanity@Scale, CXM caught up with one of the founding fathers of the...

Vulnerability drives business change

Vulnerable customers have become unlikely harbingers of change in the financial services world. Consumer Duty regulations first introduced in 2022 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have evolved in the last two years, and from July ‘24 now apply to...

CX at a crossroads: (or has it run out of road)

When The Wall Street Journal declared ‘Customer experience gets worse. Again’, in June of this year, it sparked soul-searching and head scratching in equal measure. With all the money spent, and all the work done, how and why are so...