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Effective customer engagement is business critical – insights from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services

Intercom

It’s no wonder that over half (56%) of survey respondents are encouraging greater cross-functional team collaboration over the next 18 months with the explicit aim of improving customer engagement. Organizations need to ensure that any investments in technology and cross-collaboration center around a culture that values customer engagement.

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IVAs: Self-Service Solutions that Work

DMG Consulting

The market is experiencing a major shift from the self-service systems of old—touch-tone-based or speech-enabled interactive voice response systems (IVRs)—to the new generation of conversational artificial intelligence (AI)-based IVAs. Market Outlook for IVAs.