How AI can have the sensitive conversations your call center can’t
In a sensitive business or commercial transaction, would you rather have a conversation with a human or a computer? Human, you say? Well, perhaps not.
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Why producing a problem is better than causing one
BLOGIn the fourth article in our behavioural science series, we get under the skin of two very different but useful pieces of research. The first examines semantic prosody, exploring the feelings evoked by words on top of their literary meanings. The second discusses the importance of reasons when influencing. Implemented together, your messages could pack a more persuasive punch.
Your strategy for communicating with the three types of debtors
BLOGNot all debts are created equally. Some are easy to get back, others will be lost forever. Only by combining intelligent data capture with intelligent communication can you hope of finding out which is which on a mass scale. With proactive conversational AI, you can quickly probe your debtors to find out which levers you need to pull to guide the issue to a favourable resolution.
Collections: The Case for Collection Treatment Automation with Proactive Conversational AI
WHITEPAPERThis paper explores the collections industry's changing landscape and presents a proven solution for first party collections teams to recover outstanding consumer debt more efficiently whilst delivering better outcomes for consumers.
Compassionate Collections: How Technology is Shaping the Collections-to-Consumer Relationship
REPORTThis report outlines the current debt landscape in the US, what impact technology and innovation has on collections agencies and most importantly, how to create an effective, compassionate debt collections strategy for your customers in light of the November 2021 regulations.
Openreach win big at the European Customer Experience awards 2022
NEWSSending our biggest congratulations to our brilliant client Openreach who recently cleaned up at the prestigious European Customer Experience awards 2022, beating fierce competition to win gold in the ‘Customer Experience in the Crisis’ category and bronze in ‘Customers at the Heart of Everything’ category.
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Sustainable AI: A Brief Inquiry
AI Sustainability refers to the overall development, application and implementation of artificial intelligence to achieve globally established sustainable development goals (SDGs). It's a hot topic in AI and understanding and research can help you make prudent decisions in both running models and ensuring the models you use are run in a responsible way, both ecologically and socially. This article covers AI initiatives, development, innovation and how sustainability is an inherent consideration for each.
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How to invest sustainably in AI
BLOGThere are plenty of good moral reasons to invest in sustainable AI businesses but increasingly now there are good business reasons to do so as well. But how do you identify the companies that are genuinely making a difference?
Think Smarter Not Harder: Cognitive Load, Confirmation Bias and Mental Accounting
BLOGIn the third instalment of our behavioural science guide, we highlight the role of cognitive load in the customer journey, as well as discussing the theory behind confirmation bias and bad mental accounting. Read on to learn how managing system 2 correctly can improve your customer journey.
Decisions on Auto Pilot: System 1, Customers and your Business
BLOGIn part two of our five part series, Albert Evans continues his crash course in behavioural science. In this chapter, Albert discusses cognitive process and theory behind decision making, are you, or your customers, making decisions without even thinking? Read on to find out…
ContactEngine awarded ‘Best SaaS Product for Customer Services / CRM’ at 2021 International SaaS Awards
NEWSContactEngine awarded ‘Best SaaS Product for Customer Services / CRM’ at 2021 International SaaS Awards
From bootstrap to acquisition and everything in between
BLOGFollowing ContactEngine's recent acquisition by NICE CXone, founder and CEO Prof. Mark K. Smith shares his entrepreneurial journey, and the key traits that have allowed ContactEngine to flourish into a successful tech business
ContactEngine awarded ‘Best AI Product in Telecom’ & ‘Best Innovation in NLP’ at CogX Awards 2021
NEWSContactEngine recognised by CogX judging panel in two categories for its Proactive Conversational AI technology
