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This week marks the 10th year anniversary of our annual Cisco Contact Center Summit event and we’re gathered here in beautiful Miami Florida with Cisco sellers, partners and customers to learn about the latest innovations to our Cisco Contact Center portfolio. I’m thrilled to share some of the excit…

What are some “Nice to have” options for your work environment? A great office – perhaps, flexible hours and plenty of career opportunities. Now think of what is on your “Non-negotiable” list. For me, that’s a supporting manager, competitive benefits and making a difference. And I’m not the only on…

Many lead singers of classic rock bands can no longer hit the notes of their youth. Enter the cottage industry of sound-alikes. Lou Gramm of Foreigner has given way to Kelly Hanson. Jason Scheff replaced Peter Certera of Chicago. Perhaps the best example is Arnel Pineda, who replaced Steve Perry in…

The first song to use a “fade in” to hit #1 status was the Beatles’ “Eight Days a Week” in 1965. Like several early Beatles hits, the witty Ringo Starr suggested the song title before a word was written. Paul McCartney and John Lennon ran with the idea all the way to the top of the charts. Cisco and…

Contact Center Power Chord On Thursday, April 24th, 1964, the four young Beatles walked into North London’s Abbey Road studio for a recording session. When they left that evening, the music industry was forever changed. Why? The Chord. The most famous chord in rock ‘n roll history. The Beatles were…

Walk into a party early and suddenly realize that it’s only you and Bill Gates in the room. Congratulations – on average, you are a billionaire! This logical twist underscores how averages can be misleading indicators – how using averages can lead to some poor conclusions. However, Bill Gates and yo…

The Connected Digital Experience I’ve visited the United Kingdom any number of times and enjoy the culture, history, and the food. (Well, maybe not the food as much.) Recently I exposed my lack of verbal maturity in a large public forum there by using a sports metaphor to make a point about customer…

One of the most successful (and maligned) songs ever recorded was 1974’s “Feelings”. Written and recorded by Brazilian Morris Albert, its success was offset by a number of ongoing parodies. Yet feelings are critical to how consumers evaluate the companies they interact with. Noted industry speaker M…

Some of the most iconic characters in movies and television haven’t even been human. For example, most people don’t realize the name of the robot on Lost in Space was actually G.U.N.T.H.E.R, short for “General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Robot.” Far from contrived movie props (apologies to…