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Welcome to the CCW Executive Exchange Resource Library! On this page you'll find free resources and industry insights.

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Long hold times are killing your customer experience

44% of customers would rather a clean a bathroom for half an hour than spend 30 minutes on hold with customer service. Businesses can’t risk losing so much customer goodwill over wait times. This guide to building your business around the customer teaches you how to minimise hold times whereve ...

What your employees need to keep your customers happy

If you look at the highest-performing businesses in the world today, you’ll notice that customer satisfaction goes beyond frontline contact centre agents. Modern-day organisations are starting to realise that in order to be a customer-centric organisation, you need to focus on employees first.

Remote Agent Playbook - Ringcentral

While many teams are still working remotely, the situation has typically presented more challenges for some areas of business when compared to others. This manual will help you prepare your contact centre with a business continuity plan to make remote work a functional reality.

How to launch a call deflection strategy

The use of digital channels for customer service is becoming more widespread and offers many advantages: time saving, alignment with customer habits, and access to the history of interactions. Read this guide to discover how this strategy of call deflection improves the agent and customer expe ...

Your go-to guide for using an outbound contact centre solution

What type of customer experience does your company deliver from outbound to inbound? Is it consistently positive? Are you in control of the conversation? When you start looking at selling as a two-way conversation and not separate outbound sales calls and inbound support interactions, elevating e ...

Spotlight on the Supervisor

Transitioning from a physical to virtual contact centre has its challenges. Many of us were forced into it last year, and are still feeling the effects. This eBook teaches brands how to better manage teams of remote contact centre agents, to improve experiences on both sides of the EX-CX equa ...

The innovator’s guide to the digital contact centre

The digital customer service universe is evolving rapidly. Today’s consumers expect to be able to use their channel of choice based on the type of problem or issue that needs to be addressed and their current situation. It’s up to customer service organisations to keep pace with complex, rapidly ...

Cutting the Cord

Today’s economy is customer-centric, and customer expectations have never been higher. Businesses need to adopt omnichannel digital engagement tools to empower their agents and connect a global workforce. Traditional on-premises contact centres can’t keep up—they lack the scalability and flexibil ...

Customer Service: The Opportunities Explained - Forrester

As we kick off a new decade, not only does customer experience remain a top priority for CEOs, the most progressive companies are taking huge strides in pushing CX at the heart of their transformation. It has never been so vital for the CX leaders to show up with their expertise to lead and su ...

Exclusive Interview with Helen Zuurmond, Head of CRM and Customer Services, Hema

We sat down with Hema's Head of CRM and Customer Services, Helen Zuurmond in this exclusive interview with one of the thought leaders within the customer service space.

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Customer Service

Whether you’re in a big global corporate in the financial services industry, an innovator in consumer tech or a digital-only retailer, customer service is king in any and all industries. However in recent years, senior customer contact executives have been struggling to balance ever-changing cust ...

CCW Executive Exchange Sponsorship Prospectus 2020

Senior decision-makers in customer experience and contact centre roles will attend the CCW Executive Exchange as prospective customers, looking to shorten their RFP Cycle by taking part in one-to-one private business meetings with solution providers like you. The Exchange gathers 60 senior con ...

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Presentations

Presentation by Helen Zuurmond, Head of CRM and Customer Services, Hema

We work so hard on our customer–centric branding and our customer-first approach but what does it actually take to embed these things as behaviour within the organisation? This session will look at customer-centricity from the inside out and talk about the important questions about internal process and culture that need to be addressed if you want to BE the customer brand that you say you are, and what it will take to remain relevant in the future.


Working From Home: Essential Reading

Customer Crisis: COVID-19

During this incredibly sensitive time, brands must be mindful of the decisions they make as the impact on customer loyalty and employee experience may last long after this health epidemic blows over. Read our article exploring COVID-19: Customer care and employee experience in times of widespread social stress for more details on how many businesses are starting to contemplate how this outbreak could shift customer needs and employee expectations.

What is the Digital Workplace?

The digital workplace has advanced significantly throughout the past decade and as we move into a new era of remote working, why not learn more about the subject? This detailed infographic gives you a snapshot of key statistics and trends, including: what we know, today's challenges, managing email, duplicating work, searching for information and more.

Evolution of the Digital Workplace: A Journey Through the 2010s & Predictions for the 2020s

We interviewed a number of industry thought leaders responsible for their company’s digital workplace strategy and asked them to walk us through their digital workplace journey through the past decade and to outline their predictions for the new decade. They each provided a brief overview of how the digital workplace has, and continues to evolve before moving on to the three elements that make up the digital workplace landscape: Technology, Processes and People.

Employee Experience: Today & Beyond

We had the chance to hear from Brett Caldon, CEO of Workgrid Software, and gain expert insights into how IT plays a significant role in employee experience and the future of the digital workplace. Brett is Head of Business Operations for Workgrid Software, a tech start-up and wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance. In an era of disruption and evolving customer and employee expectations, he is responsible for solving for emerging business needs by delivering innovative technology and software products to support the enterprise.

How Companies Can Leverage Mobility as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Gina Gallo, CEO of Stratix, to discuss her expert insights into how mobility helps drive the digital transformation change and help connect the employee experience to that of the customers.

60 Seconds with Automation Leaders

We interviewed four leaders from the automation space to divulge their insights into their company’s automation strategy, automation journey, the impact this has on their business, the role their solution providers play in their automation, and much more.

Virtual Think Tanks

Turning the Meeting Rooms Of Tomorrow Into the Meeting Rooms Of Today: Experience Sharing From The First Few Months Of Remote Working


Facilitator: Nick McQuire, Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Research, CCS Insight

Join this CCW Virtual Think Tank sponsored by RingCentral


  • Sharing of best practices for virtual meetings, and exploring what can make or break an internal digital meeting
  • Comparing internal and external business meeting requirement and how to optimise and professionalise each
  • Exploring the different technological possibilities for carrying your workforce into the future

With the sudden move to work from home, workplace leaders have found themselves ensuring communication and collaboration is maintained across all teams and functions. In this 60 minute Virtual Think Tank, join together with leaders from across a range of different sectors to discuss how quality of meetings has been upheld throughout times of disruption.

Trust In the New World Work Order: How to Build Engagement with Better Customer Experience and Journeys


Join this CCW Virtual Think Tank sponsored by Ring Central

With Covid-19 moving employees across the globe into home-offices, companies have had to quickly change their operations to provide a secure, yet user-friendly way of working. With a great need for secure platforms and interactions, the users will not only be looking to conduct their business from a range of different devices, but also to adapt to new processes and customer preferences. In this 60 minute Virtual Think Tank, come together with peers from a range of different industries to discuss how you can create a secure remote environment, that remains customer centric.

Changing Customer Behaviour: Assessing The Impact of Covid-19 On Customer Service Channels

With recent impact of Covid-19 on the workplace, not only are customer contact centre agents moving to more remote and alternative ways of working, but additionally so are the customers. Most companies will be faced with a decrease in available front line workers due to the global pandemic, at the same time as customer behaviour will have changed along with restrictions being brought into play. This 60 minute Virtual Think Tank will bring together senior-level customer contact leaders to discuss the direct impact of Covid-19, and more so, what solutions and strategies need to be taken to stay ahead in a changing customer landscape.

  • Evaluate the changing pain points across the customer journey and how you can better link contact centre agents with existing channels
  • Investigate the changing nature of preferred channels amongst customers and how you can have the structure to support any necessary amendments
  • Optimise efficiency by improving the flexibility of working through new user-friendly methods


Join this CCW Virtual Think Tank sponsored by RingCentral