Top 5 Posts in August
Robert kicks off our top 5, showing us how contact center intelligence (CCI) can make our centers smarter.
Over to April, who begins her...
Average Handle Time vs. Human Time – Part 3
In today’s call and contact centers, agents are caught in the middle of a quiet - but constant - tug-of-war.
Leadership wants faster calls, tighter...
Average Handle Time vs. Human Time – Part 2
In today’s call and contact centers, agents are caught in the middle of a quiet - but constant - tug-of-war.
Leadership wants faster calls, tighter...
Average Handle Time vs. Human Time – Part 1
In today’s call and contact centers, agents are caught in the middle of a quiet - but constant - tug-of-war.
Leadership wants faster calls, tighter...
The Human Touch Paradox
The contact center industry is experiencing a fascinating contradiction in 2026. While enterprises race to deploy AI agents and automation at unprecedented scale, a...
How to Make Contact Centers Smarter
No matter the industry, just about every brand is trying to navigate a real-world dilemma. That is, to meet (and exceed) rising customer expectations...
Top 5 Posts in July
This month's top 5 has a strong focus on our people and how we can best support them.
Jens guides us through updating our...
Top 5 Posts in June
John starts this month's list by detailing four strategic actions contact center leaders can take to optimize their operations, beginning with reducing unnecessary contacts....
Accommodating the Accents
Accents are deeply personal, shaped by geography, language, socioeconomic class, gender, and by one’s own identity. Just as voice prints can identify individuals, accents...
The Hidden Accessibility Crisis
Digital accessibility is no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a business-critical issue that impacts customer experience (CX), operational efficiency, and brand trust.
Yet many contact...
Taking Off With the Contact Center
Airlines are in the business of taking customer journeys. And they comprise two key steps that are taken together.
There is the physical piece of...
An Interview with JM&A Group
In our September 2025 issue, we featured an article, “The Road Ahead for Auto Finance CX,” which examined automotive finance lending and included an...
Top 5 Posts in May
It seems that everywhere you look these days, the conversation is focused on AI, and our most-read blog posts this month are no exception....
The Power of Post-Purchase Personalization
Businesses have no shortage of tools for acquisition and support. This pre-purchase phase is the playing field of many marketers where they can guide...
Is The Agentic AI Journey Worth the Drive?
Contact centers are moving faster down the road to increased automation, where machines are becoming the norm and people the exception in customer interactions....
Top 5 Posts in April
We start off this month's most-read blog posts with an inside view of the contact center operations of BC Ferries, which provides ferry services...
Relieving Active and Latent Customer Pain
Every contact center leader knows the obvious pain points customers complain about: long wait times, being passed between multiple agents, and unresolved issues.
Less...
Is AI Contact Center-Ready?
AI has been dominating the contact center conversation (as seen by the articles in our publication): and for good reason. The technology’s integration of...
Why Trust is a Must in CX
Trust is the invisible currency behind every strong customer relationship, and once it is broken and lost, it is hard to earn back.
With...
The GPS for the CX
When you look at a map it shows you the geography and the routes to enable you to get to places. But does it...




















