Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 3

Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 3

Contact centers must deliver more than they ever have before. Interactions are more complex, customers are less patient, products are more configurable, and channels...
Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 2

Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 2

Contact centers must deliver more than they ever have before. Interactions are more complex, customers are less patient, products are more configurable, and channels...

Why Behavioral Analytics Matter

In today’s volatile economy, contact centers face heightened pressure. Valuable customers — whose spending power is increasingly concentrated at the top — demand flawless...
Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 1

Why Screening Harder Won’t Win – Part 1

Contact centers must deliver more than they ever have before. Interactions are more complex, customers are less patient, products are more configurable, and channels...
The Neurodiversity Disconnect

The Neurodiversity Disconnect

I’m starting from a few assumptions. That diversity and inclusion matter. That neurodiversity is real. And that listening is one of the most important...
The Hidden Accessibility Crisis

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...
How AI Can Help Solve Hiring Challenges

How AI Can Help Solve Hiring Challenges

The hiring process in contact centers has always been challenging, and recent shifts in the labor market have introduced new obstacles. In fact, the...
The Contact Center Talent Crisis – Part 1

The Contact Center Talent Crisis – Part 1

Sarah, an operations director at a Phoenix-Ariz.-area healthcare contact center, used to focus on KPIs and coaching her team. Now, she stares at empty...
Hire and Train to Retain - Part 2

Hire and Train to Retain – Part 2

For contact centers to succeed in delivering incredible customer experiences (CXs), it is critical that they map out the employee journey, from recruitment to...
Hire and Train to Retain - Part 1

Hire and Train to Retain – Part 1

For contact centers to succeed in delivering incredible customer experiences (CXs), it is critical that they map out the employee journey, from recruitment to...
New Year, Evolved Challenges, Compelling Priorities

New Year, Evolved Challenges, Compelling Priorities

For seven years, we worked with Contact Center Pipeline to conduct an annual Challenges and Priorities survey. We loved exploring the results, and our...
Make Unlearning and Adapting a 2024 Resolution

Make Unlearning and Adapting a 2024 Resolution

New year, new goals, new learning: and lots of unlearning! The challenge to find top-tiered, engaged talent has never been tougher than this point in...
Looking Beyond the Wrinkles

Looking Beyond the Wrinkles

Ageism is arguably the oldest (in more ways than one), most pervasive, and cruelest form of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. It signifies that the...
Is Your Diversity Being Held Hostage?

Is Your Diversity Being Held Hostage?

There’s never been a bigger push to eliminate discriminatory hiring practices in the workplace than there is today. With good reason too. Discriminatory hiring...
The Benefits of Prioritizing Employee Needs

The Benefits of Prioritizing Employee Needs

The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is, according to the United Nations, at and over 50% in industrialized countries alone, meaning organizations are...
Reinventing Hiring for Speed

Reinventing Hiring for Speed

Operating a high performing contact center before the COVID-19 pandemic was hard, but now, it’s gotten even harder. Coming out of the height of...