In the first episode of Women, Working Smarter, host Jennifer Docken (Product Marketing Manager, Calabrio) welcomes Ritu Maheshwari (VP of Product Management, Calabrio) to talk about her journey from engineering to product leadership. Ritu shares how mentors shaped her path, why building strong teams matters most, and what excites her about the future of AI in the contact center. From leadership lessons to the power of Excel, this episode is full of insights on how women are shaping customer experience today, and how AI and technology will help us all work smarter tomorrow.
Get ready for an all-new series from Calabrio’s Working Smarter podcast! Hosted by Jennifer Docken, this series celebrates women leading the way in tech, contact centers, and customer service. In the preview episode, Jennifer teams up with Ritu Maheshwari from Calabrio to kick things off and share what’s to come.
Hot off the press from Calabrio’s largest annual user conference, C3 in Dallas, comes the launch of Calabrio Workforce Intelligence - the next evolution of Workforce Management. With AI at the core, not bolted on, Calabrio Workforce Intelligence introduces capabilities like Predictive Actions, Agent Assist, and more to help organizations make smarter, proactive decisions at scale. In this episode, Magnus Geverts, VP of Product Marketing, explores the history of WFM and explains why Calabrio Workforce Intelligence is more than just an upgrade - it’s the evolution that outpaces change and redefines the future of the industry.
Dan Smitley is a WFM Guru - You may have seen him posting Will Ferrell gifs on LinkedIn every Friday, but for this episode he joins Calabrio to talk about AI in WFM and how we might get real-world, practical uses out of AI and what that means to the average user. Topics include how WFM can benefit from AI, especially in the "Art vs. Science" front, and what we as humans need from AI assistants.
Want to be a guest on the Calabrio podcast? Send us an email! dave.hoekstra@calabrio.com
Ericc Whetstone joins the pod to talk about the importance of understanding what APIs can do for your contact center, use cases of great API development, and how important it is to have the skill set of API development available to a contact center staff. APIs are no longer just for the IT department. The more you understand how an API can be used, the more productivity savings and budget relief will be available to you.
Spend a little time with the Amazon Web Services team as we talk about the future of reporting, especially around AI. How will AI help us find data faster? Listen and find out!
Working Smarter is joined by Martin Teasdale, the founder of Get out of Wrap, a UK-based podcast and consulting firm that specializes in contact centers...or is that centres? Martin talks about his career, the challenges of finding a vendor, and the Calabrio "Voice of the Agent" survey results that were recently published.
Irina Hollatz stops by the podcast to explain what RightWFM does, and why it is important to challenge the norm. The discussions also leans towards how software development takes place, and how Calabrio approaches the multiple demands of creating dynamic software that people actually want to use.
Klaus Bang, otherwise known as the Danish WFM Ninja, shares his thoughts on a long career in WFM, his approach to determining a Service Level target, and how he used Calabrio WFM to consolidate several contact center practices into one.
Virtual Agents, Chatbots, Bots...whatever you call them, they need love too. Calabrio is excited to welcome Wysdom into the portfolio to help customers of any size make their bots better. How does it work? What kind of KPI can be delivered on your virtual agents? Join Tariq from Wysdom as we understand how conversational AI assists in making your virtual and human agents better at servicing your customers.
Have you ever wanted to enable agent self-scheduling, but are afraid of the process? Never fear, Precious Bucher from Zappos is here. Precious covers in detail Zappos' agent scheduling process and how they have significantly reduced attrition in doing so. Spend some time as Precious also recounts her career and how she came to lead the scheduling team at Zappos.
Bryce Ackerman from Roche Diagnostics joins Dave to discuss the role of WFM in CX, some of the biggest myths about WFM and how important honesty and transparency are when dealing with the workforce. Bryce shares some history of his journey in WFM and some of the life lessons he has learned along the way.
Trent Ryan from Netflix joins the podcast to discuss how he got into WFM, what processes Netflix does well, and what he has learned over the years as the "key" to a sucessful WFM professional. Fresh off his nomination to SWPP's Workforce Management Professional of the Year, Trent gives great insight into how running the WFM practice for one of the most successful digital companies in the world.
Join our discussion with Daniel Acosta, a healthcare workforce management expert, in an eye-opening journey through the world of Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) in healthcare. In this thought-provoking podcast, Daniel shares his expertise and insights on optimizing patient access centers, revolutionizing call menu strategies, and leveraging data-driven decision-making to improve patient outcomes. Discover how WEM can transform your organization, expand your limits, and redefine the impact of patient access centers in healthcare.
With years of combined experience in WFM Management, this panel of experts dispenses wisdom and expertise on what to pay attention to when building a WFM team. Questions answered, amongst others, are: What is the proper ratio of WFM staff to agents? How does someone get into WFM and succeed? How to prep for a WFM interview and what pitfalls to watch out for? How to have tough conversations with operations staff? How to deal with the pain of change? and, most importantly, How do I get promoted in WFM?
What is the difference between Customer Service, Customer Experience and Customer Success? Join Chris Warticki, VP of Customer Experience at Epicor as we discuss how organizations can differentiate their customer service from their customer experience and truly impact the customer journey.
