Hybrid working, The Great Resignation and digital transformation are buzz terms that swarmed the contact center industry in 2021. Yet, perhaps the word “buzz” does them a disservice. Each represents a significant trend that goes beyond the day-to-day operations of many organizations. One thing is true - such a profound period of change has proven [...]

When combined with the latest Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) solutions, chatbots have the power to improve workforce flexibility, employee satisfaction and the customer experience all in one go. Reports indicate their influence is set to continue especially among the younger generation. Most recently, Calabrio surveyed over 250 contact center agents and discovered that more agents [...]

The COVID-19 health crisis has accelerated digital transformation like never before. Contact centres too have reached an important turning point as organisations rely on them to nurture customer relationships and support an evolving work-from-home environment. Agility is the name of the game and has prompted a widespread move to the cloud. When Calabrio surveyed 273 [...]

Leadership has certainly had its challenges this past year—as face-to-face meetings have been replaced with virtual interactions and team camaraderie turned into sending emojis over chat. Albeit the hurdles, we’re proud to announce one of these leaders has been recognised by ICMI as a stand-out manager. David Flores from GreenPath Financial Wellness is named a [...]

There’s something to be said for planning ahead. But no one was planning for a pandemic. Or were we?   On the surface, Calabrio and our customers were planning for a continued shift to a hybrid workforce, more agent autonomy and flexibility in scheduling. We were planning for a cloud-first infrastructure that would enable fast scalability, [...]

Meeting rapidly changing customer expectations in the new world of remote work demands far higher levels of agility from organisations everywhere—and places an even greater focus on improving customer service.  As businesses prepare to take advantage of a revitalised global economy, the phrase ‘we are all in it together’ applies to everyone—not just the contact [...]

When Calabrio surveyed over 300 contact centre professionals, the most effective way to improve employee engagement moving forward was quoted to be giving people the ‘right tools and tech’. This comes as no surprise as agents regularly contend with 20+ different desktop applications to serve customers. In today’s connected world “my system is running slow […]

CX is the most important aim of contact centres today and many professionals in the industry believe the customer service experience will impact brand loyalty even more than before the pandemic.  As businesses prepare to transition from survive to thrive mode, now is the perfect time to look back on lessons learned and come up [...]