Tony Lorentzen
Every day, organizations find new ways to use AI to deliver better business outcomes. Intelligent technologies now power every aspect of the enterprise—including the contact center. In many cases, customer engagement AI tools are deployed as point solutions, but their true value is only revealed when they cover every moment of the customer journey, in […]
To maintain a competitive edge, brands have to differentiate on customer experience. And increasingly, that means providing intelligent digital self-service experiences that are always available to offer personalized service and rapid resolution. It’s been widely noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift toward digital self-service that was already beginning to pick up pace. […]
Today, the governments of every nation share at least one common challenge. Even as they continue to support the daily lives of their citizens—whether helping them to pay their taxes or claim a pension—they must also meet those citizens’ growing service expectations. As the world’s leading consumer brands fight for control of an increasingly global […]
We’ve seen a lot of things change in customer engagement this year. Customers are using a broader range of channels—up to 10 channels even in a single inquiry—and still expect seamless, personalized experiences. Brands have had to accelerate their digital transformation efforts to keep up with customer demand and support remote agent workforces. Meanwhile, fraudsters […]
This blog post was created by Nuance guest blogger, Sean McCarthy, User Interface Designer at Nuance. A year-and-a-half ago I described three simple steps to address COVID-19 demands in your contact center to help customers who were urgently and drastically transforming their contact centers to operate remotely in a matter of days. The third of […]
If you spent any time on the What’s Next blog last year, you might have seen us talking about Forrester’s COVID-19 response plan. It offered timely, expert advice on how brands can tool up their contact centers to manage remote agents and adapt their customer service strategies to new consumer behavior. Now we’re a year […]
Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed the accelerating transformation of the contact center with brands using digital and voice-powered technology to bring their customer engagement visions to life. That includes the shift of contact centers to the cloud. Doing so enables enterprises to quickly increase agility, reduce costs, and focus on serving customers instead […]
In recent years, chatbots and conversational AI-powered virtual assistants have become a staple of service in almost every industry and sector. But some are much more beloved—by the brands that have created them, and the customers that use them—than others. Whether you’re designing a new chatbot and you want to hit the ground running, or […]
In all its various forms, the PayTV industry is certainly booming; there are countless paid streaming services, premium channels, and paid content options available for viewers to choose from. And after a year in which many of us spent more time in our homes and front of our screens than we expected to, viewership has […]
We have had the privilege – for several years now – of working alongside our customers in the financial services sector, innovating and implementing AI-powered solutions that can transform the way we work, connect, and interact with each other. Through these partnerships, we honor our customers by listening to what they have to say, what […]
“Now more than ever” is a phrase you’ll hear often when organizations and experts discuss the importance of things like customer experience, connected service, and seamless digital interactions. But the past year has made it very clear that digital experiences are now much more important for serving customers effectively. Our recent Future Forward: CX and […]
Grocery retailers faced a seismic shift in 2020 and consumers quickly adapted to the new ways to shop and engage with their grocery store. Forrester Research describes how the pivot to grocery digital self-service options is the key to business growth, customer retention and acquisition in 2021 and beyond. Nuance is aligned with this guidance […]
