For twenty-five years I have watched the same scene on every contact center floor I have worked. A rep takes the hard call. She absorbs the frustration, steadies her voice, finds the policy, and earns back a customer the company nearly lost. Then the line clears, and her reward begins. The notes.
...Last October, my daughter was laid off, and the company named AI as the reason. I wrote about her last week, about the months of applications that went nowhere and the federal case that finally said her suspicions deserved to be heard.
So believe me when I tell you I have thought hard about what
...The industry calls them AI agents. I call them an AI workforce. That is not a small distinction, and I want to start here, because the word you choose shapes how your team feels walking into this change.
When you say "AI agents," your frontline hears "the thing that replaces me." When you say "AI
...And most leaders won’t realize it until escalations start increasing.
Most leaders believe artificial intelligence will reduce pressure on their customer service teams.
In reality, it’s about to do the opposite.
Here’s why.
AI is already removing the easy conversations.
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