Okay, if I can’t be her, then I want her to keynote ACE 2019 – and guess what, SHE IS! I’ll admit that I have been a long-time fan of Jeanne and her podcast series The Human Duct Tape Show, but throughout our keynote evaluation process, …
ACE 2019: It’s Go Time!
You may be familiar with ACE, our annual user conference. But what you think you know is about to be turned on its head.
This is a new Aspect, and it’s a new ACE. We’re doing things differently. Instead of sticking with the status quo, we’re …
Future success reliant on cloud-based workforce management software
Cloud technology for implementing and administering workforce management (WFM) technology is becoming increasingly important to businesses that are under pressure to maximise workplace productivity, reduce expenditure and improve their bottom line.
In our current economic climate of uncertainty and instability, all processes need to be managed …
Traditional comms channels: a last resort for consumers?
The humble telephone has been a fixture of the customer engagement experience for many decades. It’s still a hugely important piece of the puzzle, but the evolution in mindset of the younger generation means that it’s now becoming a last resort rather than a first …
Consumers increasingly comfortable with human-mimicking robots in customer service
As advanced technologies with machine learning capabilities become more and more commonplace and the general public become more accustomed to interacting with these types of technologies and virtual assistants – such as Amazon Alexa and Google home – more organisations are looking at how they …
Cloud: enabling contact centre AI
Over the last few years, artificial intelligence has been one of the biggest buzzwords in the contact centre and the tech world in general, with more and more organisations understanding the benefits that it can bring. Whether it’s improved efficiencies, cost reductions or improvements to …
Agents Managing Difficult Situations: Maybe it’s In Their DNA
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2017, a top DNA testing kit company sold approximately 1.5 million kits, and more than 10 million people have used to kits to have their DNA tested according to news reports. With many companies offering discounts during Cyber …
The customer service advancements worth paying more for
Disruption to traditional business models in recent years has meant that today’s consumers are more demanding than ever – they expect to able to access services instantly through intuitive apps and experience great service at the same time – and, why shouldn’t they? Technological advancements …
Make Life Easier for Your Entire Workforce
Since the dawn of man, people have been engaged in a compelling quest to make life easier for themselves. We have instinctively sought ways to accomplish our daily tasks better and more efficiently than we did the day before. When hunting for deer, we discovered …
Customer Service and Chill: Netflix Announces Plans to Raise Prices
Netflix announced today that they are going to raise prices by 13 – 18%. This is the company’s largest increase since launching its streaming service 12 years ago. The price increase takes effect immediately for new …