The Best-Managed Contact Centers: #3 – They Know that Their People Are the Key to Success
Cultures vary dramatically from one organization to the next. You’d likely notice some hairstyles that you don’t see every day at Virgin Mobile’s Customer Care center. Nintendo has a break room (yes, with video games) that puts most others to shame....
Celebrating 30 Years of Contact Centers
It’s a new year and a great time to reflect on how contact centers have changed over time. Here’s a short (four-minute) video I developed with the ICMI team to show how service has evolved over the past three decades.
The Best-Managed Contact Centers: #2 – They Have a Supporting Culture
Characteristic #2: They Have a Supporting Culture Culture — the inveterate principles or values of the organization — tends to guide behavior, and can either support and further or, as some have learned the hard way, ruin the best-laid plans for organizational...
Smartphone Statistics
Retailers reported that sales via smartphones grew an average of 87% in 2014. (Source: Forrester, 2015 report) 71% of in–store shoppers who use smartphones for research say their device has become more important to their in-store experience. (Source: Google) 59% of...