Post on 16-Jul-2015
TWO WEEK ADVENTURE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
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WHO WE WORK WITH
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CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS ARE EVOLVING AT A SCARY RATE
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CUSTOMER SERVICE: IT’S EXPENSIVE & IT DOESN’T WORK
U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and soft-ware, yet half of the 270 billion customer-service calls go unresolved each year
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OK, BUT AI? SERIOUSLY!?
AI’S HAVE LEARNT TO READ AND TO SPEAK … AND USE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, ANALOGY AND METAPHOR
Q: EDIBLE RHYME TIME: “A LONG, TIRESOME SPEECH DELIVERED BY A FROTHY PIE TOPPING.”
THE WANG BANG
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SERIOUS CAPABILITIES
• COMMUNICATES ON CUSTOMERS’ OWN TERMS
• CONVERSATIONAL IVR
• MAKE USE OF ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY HAS BUILT UP … EVER
• PRIORITIZE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS THE WAY A HUMAN COULD
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Company Databases Publicly AvailableCatalogues
Terms+Conditions Amazon
Yelp
Tripadvisor
Tech Support Communities
Customer Forums
Call Centre LogsEmails
Product DisclosuresTraining Manuals
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WHY USE AI’S?
Cost Quality Knowledge Collapse Roles
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EXAMPLES
• “HOW DO I DIVERSIFY MY PENSION INVESTMENTS?”
• “WHAT ARE THE FLIGHTS BETWEEN LONDON AND ASIA THAT I CAN BOOK WITH AIR MILES?”
• IBM TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES
• USAA
• ANZ BANK PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP, BEGINNING WITH INSURANCE OFFERINGS.
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“Imagine if you could sit down with an adviser and, in the time it takes to make a cappuccino, Watson will pull up all of your accounts,
read all the fine print, and tell you what kinds of insurance protection you’re missing or where you’re overcovered.”
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CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS ARE EVOLVING AT A SCARY RATE
Solve my problem
Make it easyAdd value
Make it fun
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CONCLUSIONS
• EVOLUTION IS BEGINNING
• UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER JOURNEY
• UNDERSTAND THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE
• GIVE YOUR CUSTOMERS A BETTER SOLUTION, AND REAP THE REWARDS