By Cippy Seidler, Director, Consumer Care Center, Banner Health | Jul 26, 2018 | CCE, CCS, CCW
In recent history, consumers viewed self-service as a negative. Today, it’s a must to provide a variety of options for customers to communicate or process transactions with your company. This can include allowing customers to handle their own interactions via...
By Stephen Loynd, Global Program Director, Digital Transformation Practice, Frost and Sullivan | Jul 26, 2018 | CCE, CCS, CCW
Introduction The 12th Annual Customer Contact Europe: A Frost and Sullivan Executive MindXchange (at Clontarf Castle in Dublin) brought together a number of familiar and new faces to discuss the continued shift toward a more digital world. Over the course of the three...
By Alpa Shah, Global Vice President – CX Practice, Frost & Sullivan | May 10, 2018 | CCE, CCS, CCW
It was a true pleasure wrapping up three days of learning and fun with three insightful and engaging panelists – Terry Blankenship, Associate Vice President, Contact Center Solutions of The General; Lisa Lavin, Director, Customer Experience of The Orvis Company; and...
By Greg Derwart, Managing Director, Administration and Customer Experience, Maryland Department of Commerce | May 10, 2018 | CCE, CCS, CCW
When Maryland Governor Larry Hogan implemented his statewide “Customer Service Initiative,” the messaging was all about the customer. He had campaigned on making Maryland “open for business” and wanted to make the state more business friendly. Like many government...
By Stefan Osthaus, Founder and Managing Director, experience5 GmbH | May 10, 2018 | CCE, CCS, CCW
Over the past years, I have worked with many clients around the globe implementing powerful voice of the customer (VoC) programs. One of the most common themes I see is management’s impatience in asking for results and the customer experience teams’ frustration about...
