Over the past five years, the enterprise voice market, traditionally monopolized by industry giants such as Avaya and Cisco, has changed. Now we’re seeing migrations to platforms dominated by communications and collaboration tools. As a direct result, many of my own customers have recently undertaken major initiatives to either replace or upgrade their telephony infrastructure […]
Read MoreI wish I could buy a cup of coffee in the morning, a drink at happy hour or lunch at Panera Bread with every customer service leader on the front lines to talk about customer engagement. Could that be you? If so, I’d like to think that by the end of that meeting you would feel compelled to buy […]
Read MoreOnce again the Veterans Administration has come under fire for its mistreatment of veterans that have sacrificed so much for our country and our citizens. In the latest VA debacle, an army veteran set up a camera and a speakerphone and recorded his futile attempts to make a doctor’s appointment at his VA clinic in Bedford, Massachusetts. His video illustrates how poorly […]
Read MoreWhat would you say if I were to ask you, “What is the goal of your contact center?” Hopefully it’s something along the lines of helping people solve their problems in a way that is as efficient and painless as possible. (If not, well… that’s a whole different issue.) It’s a very “warm and fuzzy” human pursuit, but if […]
Read MoreI recently worked with a client who ran into a rather large problem. A tool they used in their call center was flagged as being non-HIPAA compliant. Call center tools that aren’t HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) compliant are not only putting sensitive personal data at risk, they also put organizations in danger of losing more than […]
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