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Customer Service Predictions for 2018

CSM Magazine

Gamification. Gamification will grow as a trend because most of the customer service workforce will be millennials or Gen Z. Both of those groups learn, absorb information and get motived differently, so incorporating gamification into recruitment, training and coaching will continue to become more and more important.

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What Elephants and Customer Experiences Have in Common

CSM Magazine

The result of such workarounds regularly translates to a degradation of the customer experience. We saw this in the last big recession spanning 2007-2009. The customer was often abandoned, left feeling disappointed. Inspire and motivate team members through gamification. Unleash the chatbot!