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Episodes
361 episodes
The AI Arms Race: Uncovering the Billion-Dollar Shift in Contact Centers
Rhys Fisher sits down with James Hughes, VP of Solutions at Sabio, to explore what’s really happening behind the scenes of AI’s rapid rise in the contact center world. With more than two decades of industry experience,...
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Third-party AI risk: the vendor questions CX must ask (before procurement signs)
Find out why leaders are rushing into AI under pressure from boards, competitors, and vendors, often without truly understanding how it works or putting the right guardrails in place. Adrian explains how agentic AI and highly interconnect...
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The Death of Hold Music Why Waiting on the Line Is Over - Zendesk
Waiting on hold has become a cultural meme for a reason. People now experience “instant” everywhere else, food deliveries, banking, streaming. So when support asks them to wait, it doesn’t feel normal. It feels like outdated plumbing.In ...
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Redundancy Without Waste: The Smarter UCaaS and POTS-Dependent Devices Backup Strategy - Tango Networks
In this interview, Kristian McCann speaks with Lathan Lewis, Head of Products at Tango Networks, about a challenge every IT leader faces: keeping communications online without overspending.Throughout the talk, Lewis unpacks how co...
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Who's Really Calling? The Rise of AI Customers - TTEC Digital
For years, the CX industry has obsessed over deploying AI to serve customers better. But a seismic shift is already underway and most contact centers aren't prepared for it.Customer-initiated AI agents are now making calls, placing order...
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Big CX Update: How Tata Communications Is Transforming Customer Interactions with AI
In this episode of CX Today, host Christopher Carey sits down with Gaurav Anand, Global Head of Customer Interaction Suite at Tata Communications, to explore how modern enterprises are transforming customer experience in a hyper-connecte...
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Sabio Gets Real About WFM: Why Spreadsheets Are Killing CX Strategy
Rhys Fisher, Associate Editor at CX Today, sits down with Scott Doherty, WFM Consultant at Sabio, to unpack how workforce management has evolved from a back-office numbers game into a strategic lever for customer experience, agent...
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The Hidden Cost of Doing Nothing: What Legacy Systems Really Cost CX Leaders
Steve Blood, VP of Market Intelligence at Five9, exposes the hidden dangers lurking within legacy contact center systems. While many CX leaders view modernization as daunting, Blood argues that standing still is actually the most expensi...
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The Ops Perspective: How CX Observability Solves the Hidden Pains IT Leaders Face Daily - Operata
Modern contact centres have become fragile ecosystems—cloud platforms, Voice AI, IVRs, CRMs, and third-party APIs all owned by different teams and vendors. When something breaks, customers feel it immediately, but no one has a single end-to-end...
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Beyond AI-Enhanced – What It Really Means to Be AI-Native
Rob Scott sits down with Jami Ferguson, VP of Product at SMG, to explore what it truly means to be an AI native organization. Far from surface-level automation, this is about structural transformation—where AI doesn't just enhance...
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Trustworthy AI Without the Black Box - Diabolocom
How clarity, sovereignty, and small-model precision are reshaping AI for 2026. In this discussion, host Rhys Fisher sits down with James Scott, Senior Solutions Engineer for North America at Diabolocom, to unpack one of the m...
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The Webex Contact Center: 5 Capabilities You Won't Find Elsewhere - Cisco Webex
CX Today's Charlie Mitchell hosts Shelly Kramer, President & CEO at Kramer & Company, to deep dive on the Webex Contact Center.Cisco's cloud contact center platform recently featured as one of only two "Customers' Choice" ...
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The Call That Cost a Fortune - Cyara
Every CX leader's nightmare: the one call that went catastrophically wrong.In this eye-opening interview, Rob Scott sits down with Clayton Lougée, VP of Value Consulting at Cyara, to unpack the hidden dangers lurki...
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The Future of Customer Support Gets Visual – and Real
Rhys Fisher sits down with Zac Scalzi, Director of Sales at Cobrowse, and Ian Roberts, Director of Care Operations & Technologies at Quicken Inc.Together, they explore how visual intelligence, AI augmentation, an...
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From CX 2025 to 2026: Consumer Insights and the Trends That Will Define the Year Ahead
What if the secret to CX success in 2026 isn’t more automation — but better orchestration between AI and people?In this exclusive interview hosted by Rob Scott, Publisher at CX Today, we unpack the latest Consumer Insights Report from T...
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Why Government Contact Centers Are Embracing AI – And What Comes Next
Inside the AI revolution reshaping citizen service – ComputerTalk’s Kyle Birker reveals what’s driving the shift and what comes next. In this CX Today video interview, Deputy Editor Rhys Fisher speaks with Kyle Birker, Head of Sale...
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Who Leads the CCaaS Space in 2025?
CX Today's Charlie Mitchell sits down with Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst at ZK Research, to explore the CCaaS providers that are leading the pack, and those that are starting to fall behind.However, the conversation goes deeper, wit...
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Implementing Contact Center Copilots: 2degrees' Challenges, Lessons, and Best Practices
CX Today's Charlie Mitchell hosts Wayne Anderson, General Manager of Digital Delivery at 2degrees. Anderson discusses how the popular telecoms provider is advancing its contact center experiences with AI. In doing so, ...
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Why CX Leaders Are Tired of AI That Doesn’t Work
How Enghouse is cutting through the AI noise and contact center clutter with real-world results In this CX Today exclusive, Deputy Editor Rhys Fisher sits down with Simon Adnett, VP of Sales for the UK & Ireland at Enghouse Int...
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Puzzel on AI's Goldmine: Unlocking Real Contact Center Value with Conversational Intelligence
From data silos to strategic insights - how Puzzel’s AI-driven platform turns talk into transformation.In this exclusive CX Today interview, Deputy Editor Rhys Fisher sits down with Jesper Jønsson, Director of Product for AI at Puzzel, ...
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The Customer Journey Black Hole: How a Unified Platform Illuminates the Unseen - Tata Communications
Watch host Christopher Carey sit down with Gaurav Anand, VP and Head of Customer Interaction Suite at Tata Communications, to explore one of the most pressing challenges in modern CX - the customer journey black hole. As enterprises stri...
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The Truth About CCaaS Migrations
Joseph Kelly, Solutions Architect at Miratech, shares a practical “lift and shine” mindset: transition what works, minimise disruption for agents and customers, and time change around contracts so you’re not double paying.With CX ...
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Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail – and How to Be the 5% That Wins
Rhys Fisher sits down with Will Penn, Senior Sales Engineer at Puzzel, to unpack one of the most talked-about trends in customer experience: AI co-pilots.While many organizations jump into AI hoping for instant transformati...
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What If You Could Evaluate Every Customer Interaction? - CX Today News
🔥 How AI and automation are transforming quality assurance and redefining CX performance measurement. In this episode, host Rhys Fisher sits down with Peter Fedarb, Senior Presales Consultant at Enghouse Interactive, to explore how...
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