As the retail industry continues to evolve, brands also continue facing ongoing uncertainties: supply chain disruptions, unpredictable economic factors, and shifts in employment, just to name a few.
The increase in digital channels means contact centers are handling more contacts, both synchronous and asynchronous, that have a lifespan longer than the planning interval.
Business leaders had just learned to cope with the Great Resignation when another negative workforce phenomenon began to affect their operations: quiet quitting. Rather than quitting outright (aka loud quitting), the quiet quitter avoids putting any extra effort into their job beyond required tasks. In some extreme cases, they ignore their role in its entirety.
Looking back three or four years, few would have been able to predict the lucrative new opportunities which have recently emerged for business process outsourcers (BPOs).
AI is evolving so quickly now, that an idea like this isn’t all that far-fetched. 2023 is being touted as The Year of AI, and ChatGPT has captured the public’s attention in ways few tech trends have done before.