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During the CallMiner LISTEN UK 2021 Virtual Series, we had the honor of announcing the LISTEN UK 2021 Award winners. Read more about the successes of African Bank, British Gas and Hoist Finance UK.
I’ve been know to say, “You can’t transform something you don’t understand.” You don’t want to change things that are working well or that create value for your customers. So know the current state and what to fix and what to maintain before designing the future state. Know the current state so that you can make near-term fixes and improvements while you’re re-imagining and redesigning the future state, which can take some time.
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Atlanta, GA – July 1, 2021 – Jacada, a leading provider of AI and RPA powered virtual assistants , recently released key insights on why contact center employees are stressed and how their stress negatively affects the customer experience. We wanted to get an unfiltered, insider look into how contact center employees view their roles, what their pain points are, and what solutions they feel could help them consistently deliver great customer experiences.
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Many designers become managers for the wrong reasons. Often, they’re incentivized by their companies to become managers to gain greater impact, influence, and compensation. If you’re a senior designer it may seem like the obvious next step. Certainly that was my own experience a couple of years ago when I decided to dip my toes into management.
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Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
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Web design is a variable that changes as fast, if not faster than we can get our latest creation published! In just the past twelve months, digital adoption has expanded five to ten times faster than was expected, thanks to the pandemic and lockdowns. This, together with the increased economic uncertainty and loss of predictability, […].
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The Customer Obsessed Organization. How to Lead with the Customer First. Shep Hyken interviews Shirley Macbeth, Chief Marketing Officer at Forrester , responsible for elevating the company’s thought leadership profile and generating demand for its portfolio of research, consulting, and events. They discuss how customer-obsessed organizations must put their customers at the center of their leadership, strategy, and operations.
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