Elizabeth Herrell
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accent agents area background build companies company cultural customer english investment merely people performance product requires service structure work
If companies work with outsourcers to build a structure that requires accent neutralization, cultural affinity, and a company product background -- if it makes the investment in their people -- then the performance could be good. But if they are merely going to a lowest-cost location, to an area that has already been mined for agents with English proficiency, then their customer service will falter.
agent caught commands constant customers layers shoot source
Having customers get caught up in a tangle of commands and layers and never getting to an agent has been a constant source of frustration for years. But don't shoot the technology.
business centers considered contact integrated intelligence marketing unit wants
It's the business or marketing unit that wants intelligence on the customers. There are still a lot of contact centers that are not integrated with the business unit. It's still considered an expense.
build cannot companies customer existing experience help processes solve start support systems technology
Companies need to start with the existing customer experience on their systems and build back the tools, technologies, and processes that will help them communicate better with their customers. Technology can only support a process that works. If the process is broken, technology cannot solve the problem.
force stop
SIP is going to force these vendors to stop being so proprietary.
airlines flight gate information needing
Airlines have done this well for a long time. If I only want to know gate information, I can go in and say, 'Flight at 10:45' and get the info without even needing to know the flight number.
architecture change microsoft shift since unified
Unified messaging is really an old architecture. It has been around since the mid-'90s. There is a shift happening, because Microsoft is getting into the business. Still, you can't really say that things will change overnight.