September 2007 - Posts

But what does it actually *do*?
A few years ago, Nuance (then ScanSoft) was very clearly a technology-focused company. Mind you, that's a very loaded statement that comes with some implicit baggage. What sort of judgment does one make when reading that? Let me put it in this perspective Read More...

Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 9:30 AM POST BY: Jeff Foley | 0 Comments

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Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future
Oh, that Niels Bohr. What a kidder. Who knew that a Danish quantum physicist could be so funny. He's the source of today's title, which serves as a great introduction for our announcement of this year's keynote speaker. Read More...

Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 2:41 PM POST BY: Jeff Foley | 0 Comments

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(I Can't Get No) Customer Satisfaction
When we were kicking around ideas for this year's theme, the concept of "Satisfaction" came up time and time again. Customer Satisfaction, a.k.a. CSAT, is certainly more than a buzzword. Most contact centers pay at least lip service to CSAT. Many others actively track it with customer surveys and use it to judge the effectiveness of their service. Many self-service replacements or upgrades these days are not motivated by a desire to increase automation rates (or "containment" or "deflection"... you know, how can we stop the customer from talking to us?). Rather, they are motivated by a reprioritized emphasis on customer satisfaction (or "first call resolution"... you know, did we actually help people?) Read More...

Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 4:34 PM POST BY: Jeff Foley | 0 Comments

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