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On The Ticket, you'll hear Intercom's Customer Support team in conversation with the customer service leaders, renowned customer experience thinkers, and influential authors who are shaping the field of customer support.Follow The Ticket to get the weekly episodes and sign up for our 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
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Aug 10, 2023 • 23min
The father of customer journey mapping, Chip Bell, talks driving innovation through customer partnership
Chip Bell, author of 'Inside Your Customer's Imagination', discusses how co-creation partnerships with customers drive innovation. They emphasize building trust through honesty and reliability. They also touch on daredevil learning, embracing mistakes, the role of AI in customer service, and the importance of human elements in building relationships.

Aug 2, 2023 • 22min
CX strategist Lynn Hunsaker on putting the customer at the heart of innovation
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.

Jul 27, 2023 • 31min
Rewind: Square's Rohini Pandhi on spotting and solving customer problems
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.

Jul 20, 2023 • 16min
What happens when customers meet chatbots? Discussing our latest research on AI in customer service
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.

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Jul 13, 2023 • 18min
AI educator Kavita Ganesan on uncovering AI opportunities in your business
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.

Jul 6, 2023 • 21min
Two AI chatbots walk into a bar: TV writer Joe Toplyn on teaching chatbots to crack jokes
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.

Jun 29, 2023 • 13min
Becoming Fin: The story behind the name of our AI chatbot
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.

Jun 22, 2023 • 38min
Adapting to the AI revolution in CS: Discussing our 2023 AI report
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.

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Jun 15, 2023 • 23min
Transforming customer service in healthcare, with health educator Jennifer FitzPatrick
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.

Jun 8, 2023 • 59min
From science fiction to reality: Exploring the potential of LLMs
In this episode, our Senior Director of Machine Learning Fergal Reid joins Emmet Connolly, our VP of Product Design, to delve into the impact and revolutionary potential of AI – it’s a fascinating conversation that touches on a lot of the broader, existential issues raised by this incredible new tech.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8W6YqDsjhgRead a transcript on our blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/exploring-the-impact-of-ai/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.