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Consumer Bots Are Calling Your Company—Now What?

Consumer Bots Are Calling Your Company—Now What?

Sep 30, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service: Issue 72 Picture the call. An AI agent has waited on hold for 20 minutes on a customer’s behalf. Your employee finally picks up. The agent has the customer’s name, address, account number, and the answers to every security question. It...
Avoiding “Slop” in Customer Experience

Avoiding “Slop” in Customer Experience

Jun 4, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Quality Management, The Edge of Service

AI is transforming customer experience by delivering faster service, better insights, and personalized interactions. But there’s a growing risk of “slop” (i.e., friction, loss of trust, and organizational debt) when speed and automation take priority over thoughtful...
How to Get Your Team On Board with AI (What Actually Works)

How to Get Your Team On Board with AI (What Actually Works)

May 13, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, The Edge of Service

If you’re introducing or deepening AI’s involvement with your customer service employees, you’re probably running into some hesitation with AI adoption. And honestly, that hesitation makes sense. They are asking themselves: Is this going to make my job harder? Replace...
3 Contact Center Trends Few Saw Coming

3 Contact Center Trends Few Saw Coming

Apr 29, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, The Edge of Service

The headlines are screaming lots of messages. But what’s actually happening in contact centers? And what do leaders need to be paying attention to now? Here are three important trends that few saw coming. 1. Workloads in most contact centers are growing. This is the...
9 Ways AI is Quietly Transforming Customer Service

9 Ways AI is Quietly Transforming Customer Service

Mar 11, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support

Discover the Nifty Nine—nine ways artificial intelligence is quietly revolutionizing customer service today! In this video, I reveal how leading organizations are leveraging AI not just for efficiency, but for customer loyalty and deeper employee engagement. Instead...
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