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Introducing Gen Z – “Millennials on Steroids”

The worldwide director of J Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group, Lucie Greene, famously referred to Gen Z or Gen Zers as “millennials on steroids”[i]. Born in the late 1990s to the 2010s, this Snapchat, Smartphone generation are the first true digital natives (having never known a world without the Internet) and they are about to enter the workforce. Continue reading Introducing Gen Z – “Millennials on Steroids” →

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Five Top Tips for Optimising the Use of Active Listening in the Contact Centre

Active listening in the contact centre is about agents fully concentrating on what is really being said in any interaction with a customer or a prospect, rather than just passively ‘hearing’ the message of the caller. It’s about remaining silent when the customer is speaking and not interrupting but then positively acknowledging what the customer has said. It avoids the pitfalls of advisors jumping to conclusions. Continue reading Five Top Tips for Optimising the Use of Active Listening in the Contact Centre →

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Cross-Functional Cooperation is the Key to AI Success

When you ask customers what they want from their experiences with your organisation, simplicity and ease top their list. Furthermore, they want to know that they can trust whomever is providing them with service. For those reasons, customers may respond negatively when they realise that a machine, not a human, is providing them with service. Continue reading Cross-Functional Cooperation is the Key to AI Success →