The past few years have seen digital disruption move at an incredible pace, transforming almost every element of our lives; from our ease of access to services to how we purchase goods, and how we lead our everyday lives both at home and in the …
Millennials and the Work Ethic
Millennials were born between 1976 and 2001. They are very different from their doting baby boomer parents. Millennials are tech savvy, skilled at multitasking, great at working in teams, and eager to please. They are also accustomed to being pampered both at home and at …
Breakfast seminar: transforming your contact centre
We recently held the first in a series of breakfast seminars outlining the current challenges being faced by customer contact teams. The event, held in the beautiful setting of Tower Bridge aimed to provide insights on how organisations can transform their contact centres to remain …
Workforce planning in a Gig Economy
While contact center agents might be ready to jump head first into the gig economy, contact center management is a bit more reluctant, and for good reason. Having on-demand customer service agents isn’t as simple as engaging drivers for Uber. Before making the transition to …
Is your customer engagement digital ready?
In today’s highly commoditized age where there is often little differentiation when it comes to competitive products and offerings, the biggest factor that prompts customers to patronise one brand over the other, is often customer engagement. There are several studies that show the impact of …
What the Gig Economy Really Is
The term “Gig Economy” is used to describe many changing attitudes, standards and preferences in the way people work. Forbes definition of the Gig Economy, as it relates to attitudes about work, is the “Increased tendency for businesses to hire independent contractors and short-term workers, …
Manual Dialing Gone Mad: An Outbound Dialing Story
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Unless you are a Hawaiian-based Veterinarian, you may have missed the story of the rogue Gecko dialer who dialed a Kailua-Kona, Hawaii marine mammal animal center. Apparently unfamiliar with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) which …
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Many a manager and business leader has to deal with the challenge of overtime at some point in their careers. From an employee’s perspective it can be a positive, with those few extra pennies making a difference when staff decide to …
Why You Should Keep Your Head in the Clouds
It’s become obvious that cloud solutions are no longer just an element of the future. Many organizations are realizing that with its maturity the potential drawbacks have disappeared. Security is robust, integration with third-party solutions is seamless and reliability is a given. Gartner recently forecasted …
10 Must Haves for Cloud-Based Customer Engagement Platforms
I’ve had a few interactions recently with customer service departments. None of them have been noteworthy. They weren’t terrible but I certainly couldn’t say that any of them were quick, convenient or exceptional interactions either. We hear a lot about bad customer service experiences because …