The Case for Preparedness
Over the years I have had the unique (and sometimes eyebrow-raising) experience of serving as an expert witness in multiple legal cases involving Contact...
Can You Say Con-tin-gen-cy?
I think that’s what Mister Rogers might have said had he been a speaker on one of this year’s many virtual contact center events.
Mister...
Managing Through COVID-19: A Roundup of Tips, Tools and Tech for Contact Centers
We are finally at the end of a turbulent 2020. It has been quite a journey—with many more months of market uncertainty and workplace...
Maintaining Customer Support in a Crisis
For contact center businesses, unexpected changes such as unplanned downtime, massive call volume increases, facility closures or other issues can wreak havoc on a...
After the Pandemic: How to Bring Back the Contact Center
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption across nearly every line of business, and contact centers are no exception. In times like these,...
COVID-19 and the Contact Center: Horror, Heartache, Humanity and Hope
Has anyone besides me noticed how many contact center industry work-from-home (WFH) experts there suddenly are? I thought there was only one, really. That...
Top 5 Posts in March
What a difference a month can make. In February, we were looking at topics like growth and development, aligning strategy and technology, and tools...
Automation Key to COVID-19 Contact Center Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the contact center industry in a manner of disarrayed motion the likes of which have never been seen before....
Call Center Preparation for the Coronavirus
Call centers are a hub of germs! Reps sit close together in pods, they sometimes share headsets with their supervisors, they are stuck inside...










