Tag: Customer service

Wayward compass: How silos lead to customer confusion and lost revenue

Silos are like walled-off islands within an organization—separate, isolated, and often resistant to change. While they may serve as capable ecosystems for specific teams or departments, they also stifle financial growth, slow down decision-making, and create inefficiencies that ripple across...

Human-like AI comes to phone support with Gladly’s Sidekick

Gladly has launched Sidekick on Voice, a solution bringing personalised, AI-driven support to phone calls. While phone support remains a vital customer channel, current experiences often fall short. Long wait times and impersonal automated systems leave customers frustrated.Traditional ticket-based platforms...

This week in CX: is Gen Z’s phonophobia a myth?

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’re exploring topics such as BambooHR’s training program addressing Gen Z’s phonophobia, their surprising preference for phone calls in customer service, and the future of leadership.We’re...

Is your CX strategy obsolete? How AI is revolutionising customer insights

The customer experience (CX) landscape is evolving, changing how businesses connect with consumers and redefining expectations at every touchpoint. The rise of AI, the abundance of data across channels, and the increasing expectation that organisations offer personalised omnichannel experiences are...

Salesforce unveils Agentforce 2dx – AI agents that do more than assist

Salesforce has launched Agentforce 2dx, the latest version of its digital labour platform designed to integrate autonomous AI agents seamlessly into business operations.Agentforce 2dx reveals proactive AI agents that work behind the scenes, executing tasks and optimising workflows without constant...

Sanas AI changes call centre agent voices for CX clarity

The value of a human call centre agent can never be underestimated for consumer-facing businesses. But a thick accent can damage that experience. French call-centre provider Teleperformance SE has partnered with Sanas, a provider of speech understanding technology, to solve...

ServiceNow’s AI agents are changing telecom – here’s how

In collaboration with NVIDIA, ServiceNow has unveiled an AI solution tailored for the telecommunications industry. Leveraging NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and the powerful NVIDIA DGX Cloud platform, these AI agents are set to transform service providers’ operations by automating complex...

The great CX productivity debate: are we measuring success the wrong way?

Customer experience (CX) teams are obsessed with productivity metrics, but are we tracking the right things? Speed, efficiency and resolution rates dominate performance dashboards, shaping how success is defined. But here’s the real question: Does any of it improve the customer...

This week in CX: why are Americans delaying life goals?

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we are exploring the future of feel-good marketing, the impact of inflation on Americans delaying life goals, and why younger employees are experiencing heightened workplace stress.We’re...

GoTo enhances contact centres with AI-driven quality management

GoTo has introduced AI Quality Management for its GoTo Connect Contact Centre—the latest tool that leverages generative AI to automate reporting and analysis. This solution transforms how businesses train and coach their customer service teams by delivering instant, actionable insights.“With...