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Agent AI Is Exploding in Contact Centers—Yet the Human Experience Remains Irreplaceable

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Organizations leverage these technologies aiming for efficiency, cost reductions, and enhanced customer experiences. However, despite notable advancements, AI remains significantly constrained by several technological, ethical, and customer preference factors.

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Stuck in an Outdated CX Framework? Here’s Why You’re Missing Out on Real Results

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This process is particularly powerful in sectors with high trust requirements, such as technology and cybersecurity. Take the example of Cisco , which created a centralized CX team that coordinates efforts between engineering, sales, and customer support to manage complex B2B relationships.

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Better engineering through management – the surprising benefits of becoming a manager

Intercom, Inc.

In the Engineering org, we’ve thought deeply about how to foster long-term growth opportunities for people. Like some companies, our progression track for engineers splits in two after senior engineer – either continuing as an IC at staff or principal levels, or taking a turn into people management. Engineering career path.

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Stripe’s Will Larson on engineering and infrastructure management

Intercom, Inc.

As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. They’re the ones making sure your app is secure, that uptime looks good, and that the rest of your engineering org has the right tools to build features your users need and want. The tenets of foundation engineering at Stripe.

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Rapid response: How we fixed our on call process to avoid engineer burnout

Intercom, Inc.

On call work like this can be a powerful customer orientated activity that connects engineers to the value customers get from your product. There were inconsistent expectations for engineers depending on which team they ended up working on. Our on call went from being spread across more than 30 engineers to just 6 or 7.

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Core responsibility: How we scaled our core technologies team

Intercom, Inc.

It’s a familiar problem for all companies that scale fast – how do you keep your core technologies manageable for the increasing number of teams that depend on them? This surfaced as an increasingly large percentage of our product teams’ time being spent on operations or deep diving into understanding our small set of core technologies.

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Intercom presents Engineer Chats

Intercom, Inc.

For the very first time, we’re releasing Engineer Chats , an internal podcast here at Intercom about all things engineering. Previously hosted by Jamie Osler , a Senior Product Engineer at Intercom for over seven years, it’s now up to Principal Systems Engineer Brian Scanlan to pick up the baton and keep the chats going.