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Understanding Personalization
Introduction “Personalization is all about knowing your clients, understanding their needs, and providing the right solutions and services at the right time, based on behavior,” stated Millie Gillon, Global Head of Client Experience at Standard Chartered Bank. Millie...
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CX Ecosystem Panel – Executive Brainstorm Closing
Organizational Silos across the CX Ecosystem
Customer experience no longer lives in a vacuum. More than ever, organizations need to weave the customer experience into every department, breaking...
Understanding Personalization
Introduction “Personalization is all about knowing your clients, understanding their needs, and providing the right solutions and services at the...
Effective Change Management Across The Ecosystem
Leading Exhausted Customer Contact Workers
We are living in the most difficult era of work in our history. We’re working longer hours than before the pandemic (an average of three extra hours...
The Contact Centerʼs Journey to the Cloud:
A Strategic Initiative with Hard Choices in 2021
A Frost & Sullivan Virtual Think Tank Article Market Challenges Signal Hard Choices The contact center (CC) represents a broad and mature market...
Five Timely Take-Aways from Customer Experience Ecosystem: A Frost & Sullivan VIRTUAL Executive MindXchange
Patricia Jacoby from Frost & Sullivan shares a few of the many timely insights from this content-rich virtual event.
Creating A Contactless Customer Journey
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Looking for the Why? Stay Engaged by Finding Value
and Purpose
The workforce of today is dramatically changing from our workforce of yesteryear. Organizations are looking for ways to navigate the new challenges...
3 Keys to Successfully Leading in a Hybrid Environment
Leading in a remote environment is one of the most challenging tasks we can ask of the organization. It is doctoral level leadership. The only...
Headliners and Highlights – Key Insights from Customer Contact VIRTUAL: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange
Frost & Sullivan’s latest customer contact event featured real-world examples and insights from speakers on the leading edge of customer service...
Innovative Ideas for Agent Social Engagement, Incentives and Rewards
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We have all weathered unprecedented changes in the last year, and those changes will continue to reshape the very nature of customer contact and...
A Frost & Sullivan Webinar
Conquering the Budget Struggle for Contact Center Transformation
Tracking Employee Engagement in a Remote Work World
In this new world of remote work, an increasingly large number of companies appreciate that greater employee engagement is a key component of...
Future Forward – Augmented is the New Reality in CX and CS
Tips and Best Practices for Building and Implementing Your Chatbot
Considering infusing Artificial Intelligence into your customer service channels? There are a number of reasons why you should! At first, our team...
Digital Transformation and our Journey at Empire-Today
Digital transformation is the hot topic these days. From the marketing departments of software firms to the C-level suite in most companies, the...
Capstone – How Pinterest Approaches Customer Segmentation and Tiered Service
Six Strategies to Keep Your Customers Engaged in Uncertain Times
As we move past one year of the pandemic, has your customer experience focus changed to reflect evolving circumstances? As many businesses struggle...
Executive Insights: Prioritizing the Safety and Well-Being of Your Employees
A Frost & Sullivan Webinar
Conquering the Budget Struggle for Contact Center Transformation
A Frost & Sullivan Webinar
How To Make “Voice of Customer” Your Game Changer
Who are your favorite companies, and what makes you brand loyal? People typically answer this question based on how well a business understands and...
How to Bridge the Customer Experience (CX) Gap Across the Organization
Introduction Recently, a select group of CX thought leaders gathered to address the customer experience gap that is prevalent across so many...
Mission-Driven Customer Experiences (CX): A Guide
So much has changed in the world of customer experience. Over the past many years, the concept of convenience has been the undisputed focus of most...
Improving Video Visits and Other New Patient Experiences
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many new challenges in healthcare. Most importantly, providers want to ensure the highest quality of care and...
Silver Linings in a Pandemic – “Humanizing Agents”
Key Takeaways from Customer Contact VIRTUAL:
A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange
INTRODUCTION Agents are the front lines in handling customer emotions. Often when customers call, they have already exhausted poorly designed...
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4 Lessons from the Most Customer-Centric
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James Dodkins used to be an actual, real life, award-winning rockstar. He played guitar in a heavy metal band, released albums and tore up stages...
Let’s Make Our Frontline’s Work Easier So Customers Win
We know that requiring less of our customers results in happy and loyal customers (check out Matt Dixon’s The Effortless Experience). Customers do...
Searching for the Magic… CX in Tough Times
What is the magic answer to unlocking the Customer Experience? The answer is… there is no magic. The Customer Experience (CX) requires being open to...
The Importance of Operational Technology Cybersecurity for a Rich Customer Experience
Introduction – Growth of IT-OT convergence in industrial verticals As networks evolve and elements such as ultra-low latency and network dependency...