by Dr. Natalie | Sep 12, 2018 | Agent-assisted service, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Contact Center metrics, Contact Centers, CSAT, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Customer Service Agents, CX, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Disruption, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Leadership
Let’s face it. The job of a customer service agent is not an easy job. In a typical contact center, agents are on the phone or communicating through other channels; email, text, web chat, Facebook Messenger, WeChat… When customers reach out to an agent, they need help...
by Dr. Natalie | Sep 12, 2018 | Agent-assisted service, Agile Solutions, AHT, AI, Application Developers, Artificial Intelligence, Contact Center metrics, CSAT, Customer Experience, Customer Lifetime Value, Customer Service, Customer Service Agents, CX, Data, Data Scientists, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Disruption, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Faster time to value, FCR, Innovation, KPIs, Leadership, NPS, ROI of Contact Centers, ROI of Customer Care, ROI Of Customer Experience, ROI of Customer Service, Self-Service, Technology, UX/UI Designers
AI and customer service; it’s a hot topic! But when I talk to customers, they say, “I get there’s something to AI and customer service, but how do I deliver business results and value with AI?” If you are wondering how AI can move the needle on the metrics you get...
by Dr. Natalie | Jan 23, 2018 | Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Go Store, Amazon Prime, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, commerce, Customer Experience, CX, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Disruption, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Experimentation, Innovation, Internet of Things, IOT, Machine Learning, Mobile Apps, Mobile Commerce, Saturday Nite Live, Start-Ups, Technology, The Future of Work
What if a store had no cashiers or cash registers? What if at the entrance, there were turnstiles and you had to scan your smartphone upon entering the store? What if you didn’t need cash, credit cards or checks? That’s what the new Amazon Go stores are...
by Dr. Natalie | May 30, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Digital Disruption, Disruption, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Experimentation, Innovation, Internet, Internet of Things, IOT, Leadership, Machine Learning, Technology
Wondering whether you should invest in AI and Machine Learning? That’s a question that the most innovative companies are considering. Why consider it? One good reason is because your competitors have already started. If that doesn’t give you some reason to...
by Dr. Natalie | Feb 6, 2017 | Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Facebook, Innovation, Machine Learning
The term artificial intelligence was coined 60 year ago. But now its starting to deliver. Lumos’s computer vision platform was initially used to improve the experience for visually impaired members of the Facebook community. Lumos is now powering image content...
by Dr. Natalie | Feb 6, 2017 | Alexa, Amazon Prime, Apple HomeKit, Artificial Intelligence, Crossing the Chasm, Customer Experience, CX, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dot, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Echo, Google Home, Tap
Here are three main smart home contenders: Apple’s HomeKit Amazon’s Echo, Tap and Dot and Google’s Home. The main issues? Consumer confusion, which adoption follows. There is, unfortunately, technological fragmentation within the connected home ecosystem....