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8x8 Launches Speech Analytics and Integration Framework

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Herb Kelleher, the iconic leader of Southwest Airlines made an insightful statement about strategic plans: “We have a strategic plan. Quality management. Performance management tool built around collaboration and coaching. Workforce management. It’s called doing things.”. We couldn’t agree more with this sentiment.

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Top 51 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

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An author, keynote speaker and international authority on business management trends, he has been a thought leader in customer-centricity since 1998. Thompson is also co-author of The Blueprint to CRM Success and author of the groundbreaking report “Customer Experience Management: A Winning Business Strategy for a Flat World.”.