Contact Center Perspectives🎙️

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The podcast presents valuable insights from contact center leaders, tailor-made for their industry peers. We cover a diverse array of topics, such as AI integration, agent turnover management, revenue impact assessment, and transitioning perceptions from cost to value centers for starters.

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From Support Function to Growth Driver: Strategic Planning for Contact Centers | Episode 59

Mazen Moustafa, Director of Customer Service at Reliance Health, Egypt, shares two decades of cross-market customer operations and customer experience leadership. He introduces Then AI Happens, outlining practical AI use cases and workflows. Mazen also spotlights his security-awareness game Mission I.H.I., teaching youth to protect personal data. He closes with a personal note on travel and lifelong learning. “To change the contact center perspective from being just a support function to a growth driver, traditional metrics are not enough. You need to connect and build your own KPIs in a way that directly relates to revenue generation or cost savings with actual numbers. Not intuition, not aspiration, but actual figures.” – Mazen Moustafa Mazen highlights how contact centers become growth drivers by tying KPIs to revenue and cost outcomes, not just efficiency. He recommends mapped processes, unified data, and a living knowledge base before scaling AI. He also emphasizes empowerment and strategic planning that earns executive trust and investment.

25 хв
22 ВЕР.

The Voice of the Customer: The Missing Link to Success | Episode 58

Karen Lam, Director of Customer Support at Top Hat, outlines a context-driven leadership style grounded in storytelling. She traces her path from retail to EdTech, culminating in managing support and shaping customer dialogue at Top Hat. “Every single company should have a Voice of the Customer program because it's the one way you're going to get a good pulse on not only your customers and your product, but also the pulse of the people who are behind the scenes and working for you and bringing that brand message and reputation forward.” – Karen Lam Karen highlights the power of a disciplined Voice of the Customer program to move support from cost containment to growth. She identifies career progression and underused customer insight as core blockers, then shows how AI synthesizes surveys, reviews, and public chatter into clear narratives executives can act on. Karen recommends cross-functional cadence, measurable feedback loops, and storytelling that ties to revenue.

30 хв
14 ВЕР.

Advanced AI Data Strategies for Contact Centers | Episode 57

Kimberly Agin, Head of Business Performance and Enablement, Voice & Chat Automation/Contact Center at KeyBank, traces a career across financial services and explains why the contact center is a live window into client needs. She details how journey data and recorded conversations reveal rich behavioral insights. She pairs this with enterprise data for full context. She shows how these insights fuel product improvement. “Whoever owns the data and knows the data is going to win the AI future.” – Kimberly Agin This episode explores how Kimberly transforms contact centers by treating conversations as a core data asset and aligning them with enterprise strategy. She explains how unstructured voice and chat interactions can be paired with enterprise data to reveal behavioral insights, why governing access and building trusted data environments matter for AI, and how clean inputs ensure meaningful outputs. The discussion also highlights how cross-functional collaboration and data-led storytelling shift contact centers from operational cost centers to strategic growth engines.

31 хв
7 ВЕР.

The New Customer Support Model that Drives C-suite Support | Episode 56

Cynthia Patterson, Vice President of North American Customer Support at Antech Diagnostics, outlines a new customer support model that blends empathy with business metrics. She explains how aligning value propositions with customer experience creates both loyalty and executive buy-in. Cynthia discusses her team’s extraordinary results: 6% turnover, 93–98% CSAT, and decades of employee tenure. She demonstrates how to communicate the language of the C-suite while preserving the voice of the customer. “Talking about value propositions in the shaping of a support model is critical to engaging the C-suite. You can’t go with a model that is completely contrary to the business model, so I always begin with the end in mind to align customer support with our company’s vision.” - Cynthia Patterson This episode explores how Cynthia combines her clinical background with business principles to create a support model that resonates with both customers and executives. She explains how value propositions guide the design of support teams, why empathy and tenure matter in delivering consistent customer experiences, and how customer satisfaction directly links to contract renewals. The discussion also highlights the role of cross-functional collaboration and C-suite alignment in sustaining long-term customer relationships.

43 хв
3 СЕРП.

The True Surprise Factor Behind Retention and Growth | Episode 55

Katalin Fritz, Chief Customer & People Officer at Marley Spoon, reveals how pairing rock-solid reliability with well-timed surprises secures weekly reorders. She shares why proactive outbound calls transform contact centers from cost drains to revenue engines and shares how to connect empathy, data, and empowered teams for sustainable retention and scaling surprise without sacrificing consistency. “Reliability, empathy, and the courage to listen, combined with enabling our coworkers to act and create surprises, are absolutely crucial, not only in our business but increasingly in every business.” - Katalin Fritz Katalin Fritz highlights why pairing rock-solid reliability with well-timed surprises keeps meal-kit subscribers coming back week after week. She explains how proactive outbound calls transform cost-heavy contact centers into revenue engines by connecting data, empowering teams, and fostering empathy for sustainable growth.

31 хв
27 ЛИП.

How to Take Charge with a Champion Growth Model | Episode 54

Mark Bernardo, VP of Customer Success at IP Fabric, unpacks the Champion Growth Model from naming outcomes and navigating with empathy to building trust through consistency and showing up in emotionally charged moments. He illustrates how every touchpoint can forge champions who drive upsell, renewal, and advocacy. His real-world examples reveal why emotions matter more than data alone. “The Champion Growth Model is about prioritizing outcomes and learning to synthesize them effectively. Let’s clearly name what we’re trying to achieve, and then use empathy as our guide. It’s a navigational tool to help us find our way forward.” – Mark Bernardo Mark Bernardo leverages his martial arts experience and cross-functional leadership to emphasize empathy-first coaching and proactive communication that transform routine interactions into shared accountability. He demonstrates how asking more profound questions and co-creating solutions reveal hidden obstacles and foster mutual ownership. By leading from the front in high-pressure situations, he galvanizes advocates and demonstrates that weaving human connection throughout the customer journey drives strategic impact beyond any dashboard.

27 хв
20 ЛИП.

The People-First Customer Experience Strategy | Episode 53

Senthamizh Selvan Pandian, Head of Customer Success at SAP South-East Asia, explains how a people-first mindset transforms customer experience. He connects employee engagement to retention and revenue growth. Selvan details customer-centric innovation and proactive success practices. His insights deliver a complete blueprint for modern CX leadership. “Focus on both the customers’ needs and your own employees' skills development. If you can take care of both together, you will be solving the customers’ problems while keeping people at the core. That becomes your people-first customer experience strategy.” - Senthamizh Selvan Pandian Senthamizh Selvan Pandian advocates a balanced approach that puts people at the heart of customer experience. He outlines why modern leaders must pair deep customer insight with committed employee upskilling to drive retention and revenue. Listeners gain actionable guidance on adopting customer-centric innovation, building learning cultures, and turning success teams into growth engines.

25 хв
13 ЛИП.

Solving Dysfunction at All Stages of the Customer Journey | Episode 52

Sanjeet Kaur Bali, SVP of Global Customer Support, outlines why organizational dysfunction quietly erodes scale, service, and innovation across every function. She explains how support leaders can surface root causes through data and constructive confrontation. She also describes the power of transforming support into a strategic growth engine. “We need to reassess and thoroughly evaluate what’s ailing our business, then create a culture that encourages critical conversations. Empower problem solvers and constructive critics, and embrace brutal self-assessment. It’s essential for an organization’s survival.” – Sanjeet Kaur Bali By realigning support from a reactive cost center into a proactive, insight-driven partner, companies unlock both retention and expansion opportunities. When support sits at the table with product, sales, and operations, its frontline perspective becomes a catalyst for innovation. Building these cross-functional bridges ensures that customer feedback drives strategic decisions, turning every support interaction into a step toward sustainable growth.

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The podcast presents valuable insights from contact center leaders, tailor-made for their industry peers. We cover a diverse array of topics, such as AI integration, agent turnover management, revenue impact assessment, and transitioning perceptions from cost to value centers for starters.

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