The Ticket: Discover the Future of Customer Service, Support, and Experience, with Intercom

This week Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton, Senior Product Marketing Manager OIivIa Singerlla and Staff Product Manager Alissa Tyrangiel discuss some exciting news in AI-first customer service.Watch our latest Built For You Episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAzvif5fzw😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-witte-singarella-66458b33/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alissatyrangiel/Newsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilotwww.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Great brands that endure always leap on new opportunities. To understand the new AI opportunity, you must understand the underlying technology. Our VP of AI, Fergal Reid, is the perfect person to explain that technology, and how it will transform the way you provide customer service. Fergal has been working on applying machine learning to customer service for many years, and has been leading our efforts in building generative AI into the core of the Intercom platform.  You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZgHB9KFl1YFollow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/https://www.linkedin.com/in/fergalreid/Say hi 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterwww.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Ticket podcast, Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and Director of Customer Support Operations Anthony Lopez unpack how customer support leaders can confidently guide their teams into this new strategic future being driven by AI.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHX07s8eDU😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anlopezm/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Renowned customer service and CX expert Shep Hyken joins Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support at Intercom, to discuss highlights from his Achieving Customer Amazement Study and wants to help you create an amazing customer experience.and emerging trends shaping the future of customer experience.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIYgZ2rRrk😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/https://www.linkedin.com/in/shephyken/Newsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom's Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support, and Ruth O’Brien, Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support, discuss how AI has fundamentally changed things not just for our team, but for every support team. They unpack why it’s so critical to get onboard with AI and how they’ve reimagined and evolved Intercom’s Support org to take full advantage of the opportunities AI has to offer.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MznUEXiwzQ😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthieob/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Ticket podcast, Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton and Director of Customer Support Operations Anthony Lopez break down how our own Customer Support team got started with AI. They discuss what the first three months looked like as the team made the switch to an AI-first approach, and offer some practical advice for how others can confidently embrace the new way.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgJvV4diKNo😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anlopezm/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our Chief Product Officer Paul Adams talks about how AI has raised the bar for what great customer service looks like and what it takes to rise to the occasion. He explains our vision for AI-first Customer Service, and how we’re making that vision a reality.You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X3iNjM89fRA?si=fDtP8tl-FY4PHxxmFollow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauladams/Say hi 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom’s Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O’Brien and Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton discuss the impact AI is having on customer service careers, and what “new world” support roles and career paths look like compared to “old world” ones, based on their own personal experience. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9MA3cBELyU😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthieob/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Newsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we're delighted to have Mercer Smith, VP of Managed Operations at PartnerHero and the author of "CXOXO: Building a Support Team Your Customers Will Love." Mercer joins our own Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director, Human Support at Intercom, to share her expertise on using AI to elevate your customer service operations without sacrificing the personal touch that customers cherish.😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithmercer/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Declan Ivory, VP of Customer Support at Intercom, and Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director of Human Support at Intercom who explore how our own Customer Support team is benefitting from Intercom's Fin AI Copilot, our brand new intelligent personal assistant for customer service teammates. We'll uncover how Fin AI Copilot works in practice – how it is enhancing efficiency, simplifying information retrieval, and transforming customer interactions. 😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom's Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support, Ruth O’Brien, and Senior Product Marketing Manager, Olivia Singarella, dive into what Fin AI Copilot is and why every support team needs it.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6RK_-qGkQ📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/ticket-welcome-fin-ai-copilot😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthieob/https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-witte-singarella-66458b33/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI.https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Ticket we're bringing you the first episode of "Off Script", a new series of candid conversations with Intercom leadership about the extraordinary AI-driven transformation we’re currently experiencing.In this episode, Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor talks about the generative AI revolution that startups and all of technology – and very, very soon all of society at large – will certainly be going through.You can watch this episode on YouTube and don't forget to subscribe to our channel to be the first to see new episodes: https://youtu.be/qiWV0T0qbeY?si=jpRYLrP24KrllXjvFollow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/https://www.linkedin.com/in/destraynor/Say hi 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterGet a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercom #product #productdesignSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's guest, CX author and speaker Stacy Sherman, is an expert at turning that aspiration into reality. In this episode, she joins our Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton to discuss her Doing CX Right framework to design a standout customer experience to help you get – and keep – customers, and shares her best practices for empowering your teams and creating a culture of customer excellence.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgdilycaU68📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/the-ticket-cx-expert-stacy-sherman😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacysherman/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomNewsletters:Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcastSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week our Director of Automated and Proactive Support, Ruth O’Brien, and our Director of Human Support, Bobby Stapleton, dive into the importance of creating a culture of knowledge management for unlocking AI success and delivering a great customer experience.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNujY05wFAE😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthieob/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the last decade, support tech stacks have become fragmented and clunky, slowing support teams down and holding them back from providing fast, personal customer experiences. Now, with recent tech advancements, support teams that adopt a complete AI-first platform can provide world-class customer experiences at phenomenal scale. In this episode, our Director of Human Support, Bobby Stapleton and Declan Ivory, our VP of Customer Support, unpack this evolution.🎥 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WTkppt6pU📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/customer-service-tech-stack-platform-ai😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory chats with Jenna Elliott, VP of Global Customer Success at digital analytics platform Amplitude, about the intricacies of driving customer success in today’s world and what the roadmap for businesses aiming to thrive in this era looks like.📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/amplitude-jenna-elliott-navigating-the-future-of-customer-success😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennaselliott/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With AI handling a greater proportion of customer issues, the balance between cost and value is undergoing a huge and rapid shift. In this episode Declan Ivory, our VP of Customer Support, and Bobby Stapleton, our Director of Human Support, unpack a lot of the implications of this new reality.📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/economics-of-customer-service😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Declan Ivory, VP, Customer Support at Intercom sits down to chat with Simon T. Bailey, author of 'Be the Spark: Five Platinum Service Principles for Creating Customers for Life'. They chat about how to be the spark in customer service, how to foster an environment of operational excellence amongst your CS team, why emotional moments for your customers are something you should invest in and Simon had great advice for aspiring customer service leaders.🎥 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itmt57HRfe4📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/simon-t-bailey-on-platinum-service-principles😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/simontbailey/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bobby Stapleton, our Director, Human Support, hosts this fascinating conversation with Declan Ivory, VP, Customer Support and Anthony, our Director, Customer Support Operations, in which they explore how the survey results of our Customer Service Trends Report 2024 shed light on the ways customer service is changing.🗂️ Chapters00:00 Introduction01:27 Customer Expectations06:06 AI Adoption in CS10:08 AI is Coming for Your Jobs but Not in The Way You Think16:05 Tech Stack: Ditching the Old Tools20:59 Metrics: New Ways to Measure SuccessDownload your copy of our CS Trends Report 2024: www.inter.com/2024trends📝 Blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/podcast-cs-trends-2024🎥 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0b5OVKQeIQ😁 Follow the people:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbystapleton/https://www.linkedin.com/in/decivory/https://www.linkedin.com/in/anlopezm/Follow our podcast:🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ticket-discover-the-future-of/id996103731🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6zlcXgcd2kX9E4cbQTCsR9🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrn43ZNAiw00icA-nRW5wVF💻 RSS Feed https://art19.com/shows/inside-intercomSign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletterSay hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin🏠 www.intercom.com#customersupport #customerservice #intercomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeff Vincent is Group Product Manager at Hupspot. In this interview from our archives in 2016 Jeff worked on the product team at Wistia, the video platform for business, but formerly ran their customer support operation. The common thread is a focus on solving customer problems. Jeff joined us for a wide ranging chat which covered everything from how to incorporate customer feedback into product roadmaps to the importance of being your authentic self in the workplace. Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/wistias-jeff-vincent-on-solving-customer-problems/Say hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/finwww.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom Co-founder Des Traynor sat down with Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, and Emmet Connolly, our VP of Design for a conversation on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2023 and our expectations and predictions for the year ahead.Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLix8mAp5k8Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/intercom-on-product-riding-the-ai-wave-in-2024Subscribe to our sister podcast, Intercom on Product wherever you're listening to this episode.Say hi on 👋Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/finwww.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CX expert Camille E. Acey joins us to explore the ever-changing landscape of the industry: from embracing AI and automation to managing teams in a time with layoffs, we’re delving into the nitty gritty of balancing the needs of different customers with the constraints of limited resources.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXJANfwwIARead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/cx-camille-acey-on-customer-careSay hi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/www.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli joins Intercom co-founder Des Traynor for an engaging conversation on Synthesia, the future of video, and the transformations that lie ahead.Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa61Pn_mWXkRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/synthesia-ceo-victor-riparbelli-generative-ai-videowww.intercom.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2023 was the year AI changed everything – and Intercom has been at the forefront of the revolution. Listen to highlights from our conversations about how AI is transforming customer service and the world of tech.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Worried about customers leaking out? Learn how a remarkable customer experience can be your best marketing and sales strategy as CX keynote speaker and author Dan Gingiss joins us on the show.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Take a tour of the evolution of phone support – from an old recording of Alexander Graham Bell to the science of on-hold music to Intercom Phone.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Where are startups better suited to challenge established players? Can they transform mature categories with an AI-first lens? How do these risks play out in horizontal and vertical markets?Intercom Co-founder Des Traynor caught up with Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital, to pick his brain on the implications of generative AI for SaaS companies and early-stage SaaS investors, and where those golden opportunities lie.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9gAbPEUrz4Y?si=xoJj1BlUUT7_o1siTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/angel-investor-christoph-janz-on-opportunities-in-aiRead Christoph's "mental map" here: https://medium.com/point-nine-news/where-are-the-opportunities-for-new-startups-in-generative-ai-f48068b5f8f9Follow the people:https://twitter.com/destraynorhttps://twitter.com/chrijaFollow our podcast:Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpoYouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fgRSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-productSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Learn how implementing a service culture across every department of your company can pave the way for a customer-centric transformation that elevates the customer experience to new heights from Jo Causon, CEO of The Institute of Customer Service.Read a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/jo-causon-customer-serviceWatch a video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKvBG4YP0Nwhttps://www.instituteofcustomerservice.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI is revolutionizing the customer service landscape, and with it, the traditional role of a support agent. On today's show we're joined by an industry panel of experts to answer the questions - what does that future look like for support teams? And how can you best prepare for the new opportunities and challenges to come?Today's guests:Christian Osmundsen, Global Head of Customer Experience at DeliverectLauren Francis, Customer Support Process Improvement Manager at IntercomRuth O'Brien, Director of Automated & Proactive Support at IntercomSam Forde, Merchant Success Manager at ZapietRead a transcript at https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/ai-future-of-support-rolesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sound plays a considerable role in determining whether a customer experience is good or not. This week, in an archive episode of Inside Intercom from 2021, you’ll hear how Intercom landed on its notification sound and how a round of customer feedback gave way to the blip, bop, clack, hiss, shake and tick.Note: This episode contains notification sounds, ambience and music. If you would prefer to listen to the episode with just interviews you can listen to an alternative version here.Read a transcript of this episode here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercoms-notification-sound/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this archive episode of Intercom on Product from 2019, Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss 6 key ingredients for product strategy and aligning this with company strategy. Click here to read the Michael Porter paper, What Is Strategy mentioned in the episode.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercom-on-product-ep07/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's show we sat down with Peak Support's President and Chief Strategy Officer Hannah Steiman to chat about leadership enablement and why it’s key for support teams in high-growth companies.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoaHcgwSscRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/training-support-leaders-with-peak-support-hannah-steimanYou'll find the leadership materials that Hannah mentions in the episode here: https://blog.peaksupport.io/leadership-training-program-managersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this archive episode from 2021, IBM's Chief Design Officer and Global Vice President Arin Bhowmick joins us to discuss the role design plays at IBM, the importance of user research, and the principles of building ethical, sustainable AI.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/arin-bhowmick-ibm-on-ethical-ai/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Customer success can often feel like an ambiguous and unquantifiable concept, yet maintaining your performance in this area is essential for scaling your business. In this episode from our archives, former Senior Director of Customer Support Kaitlin Pettersen chats to Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta about solving the CS equation.Read a full transcript here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/customer-success-nick-mehta-gainsight/This episode was originally published on 10/12/20See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom's Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O'Brien caught up with HubSpot’s Director of Customer Support for EMEA Noel O’Reilly to chat about how AI and automation are affecting customer service today and HubSpot’s AI strategy for support in the year to come.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-vS-QVuTUTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/hubspot-noel-oreilly-ai-customer-support-strategyWe'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast and what you'd like to hear more of on it. E-mail us: [email protected] Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we sit down to talk with the legendary Professor Leonard Berry to talk about his book 'On Great Service' and his framework for improving service quality. Professor Berry has written ten books in all, including: Discovering the Soul of Service; On Great Service; Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality; and Delivering Quality Service.Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjF8PNTyPQRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/leonard-berry-customer-service-excellenceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Intercom on Product, our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, discuss how AI is going to transform the software industry, and how startups can identify the best AI opportunities to target vulnerable incumbents. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Intercom’s VP of Product Design Emmet Connolly catches up with Elizabeth McGuane, UX Director at Shopify, to talk about her love of words, incorporating semantic concepts into the design process, and the importance of building a shared language.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, our Senior Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid, joins Emmet Connolly, our VP of Product Design, to take superintelligence head-on – the knowns and the unknowns, from the ethics to the threats and the challenges of regulation.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBQzO2u1XsRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/the-emergence-of-superintelligent-aiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode we chat with AI guru Andrew Louder about selecting and implementing the right AI tools for your business.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YSf2O0EEZBgTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/unlocking-productivity-with-ai-andrew-louderSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're joined by Behnam Tabrizi - author of 'Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation'. Behnam shares insights on how to create a culture of perpetual innovation that will allow organizations to adapt to new environments and seize new markets.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2lQn6DEU5sTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/behnam-tabrizi-on-innovative-companiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We chat with Chip Bell - author of 'Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions' - to chat about how building co-creation partnerships with customers can tap into a well of creativity that will drive your business forward.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1VJauEyNERead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/customer-service-expert-chip-bell/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we chat with Lynn Hunsaker - author of Innovating Superior Customer Experience - about how customer centricity can be a motor of innovation – and how understanding the customer’s needs, wants, and preferences will pave the way for businesses to flourish.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZKIBUW8LkTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/cx-strategist-lynn-hunsaker-on-putting-the-customer-at-the-heart-of-innovation/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rohini Pandhi has been a product manager at early-stage startups all the way up to publicly traded companies. Now a Product Lead at Square, Rohini sat down with Intercom Senior Director of Product Management Michelle Fitzpatrick in this archive episode from 2018 to share her tips for staying close to customers, parsing feedback and prioritization at scale.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today’s episode, we’re joined by our own Senior Product Researchers, Cormac O’Dwyer and Sophie Woods, to find out if and how AI is changing people’s feelings toward chatbots.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/what-happens-when-customers-meet-chatbots-discussing-our-latest-research-on-ai-in-customer-service/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We caught up with Kavita Ganesan, author of The Business Case for AI, to talk about strategies for business leaders to seize the transformative potential of AI.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/ai-educator-kavita-ganesan-on-uncovering-ai-opportunities-in-your-business/You can find more info on Kavita here: https://kavita-ganesan.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can a customer support chatbot tell a joke? Former head writer for The Tonight Show and software engineer, Joe Toplyn, joins us to answer that question via his AI joke generator - Witscript.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/two-ai-chatbots-walk-into-a-bar-tv-writer-joe-toplyn-on-teaching-chatbots-to-crack-jokes/Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fST9pkq-Og4See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When we created our state-of-the-art AI chatbot we knew we wanted to give it a proper name - it felt too much like part of the team not to. On today's episode VP of Product Design, Emmet Connolly, and our VP of Corporate Marketing, Alyssa Smrekar tell the story of how you go about naming a chatbot.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/becoming-fin-the-story-behind-the-name-of-our-ai-chatbot/Meet Fin: https://www.intercom.com/finSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In our latest report n - The State of AI in Customer Service 2023, we dive into the top five trends transforming customer service. From preparing a seamless implementation of AI that can drive the customer experience to guiding your team through the transition — this may be a time of concerns and challenges, but it's also one ripe with opportunities. The sooner you get in, the greater chance to win a competitive edge. And that’s why today, we’ve invited three people to join us on the podcast to share some insights on navigating this new AI landscape and successfully integrating it into your own support strategy:Samuel Miller, Customer Support Operations at Dental IntelligenceRuth O'Brien, Director of Customer Support at IntercomJohn O'Hara, Director of Customer Experience at LogikcullThey’ll talk about the current state of AI and automation in customer service, real-world examples of successful adoption, and strategies for reaping its benefits and overcoming challenges.Read a transcript of this episode here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/adapting-to-the-ai-revolution-in-cs-discussing-our-2023-ai-report/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we chat with Jennifer FitzPatrick - the author of Reimagining Customer Service in Healthcare to talk about simple strategies that can transform customers "from hateful to grateful".Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiPKiD7q9wTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/healthcare-customer-service-jennifer-fitzpatrick/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.