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Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance

DMG Consulting

The service world is also undergoing major innovation in the form of intelligent self-service solutions that customers find compelling and engaging and that are increasingly preferred over live agents to handle all but their most complex requests. Technology Takes a Leading Role.

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Contact Centers’ Road Map to Success in the New Normal

DMG Consulting

It’s bizarre that it took a highly contagious virus to drive so much innovation in the world of service, but this is one of the positive outcomes of this challenging situation. The pandemic has also accelerated the attitudinal shift of consumers toward self-service and digital channels as their preferred modes for service.

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Contact Center Leaders and Technology Experts Talk Challenges and Solutions for Better CX

Serenova

Yes, automation is helping by taking care of the most basic customer service needs, such as password reset—rudimentary tasks agents find monotonous. Not all issues can be resolved well through self-service. It’s easy to alienate customers by forcing them to self-serve when they want to talk to a person.