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How Chatbots Help Improve the Fundamentals of Customer Service
How Chatbots Help Improve the Fundamentals of Customer Service
27 Sep, 2021 | 10 Mins Read

Can you remember a time you had an excellent customer service experience? What was it that made it so good? I wanted to explore how chatbots help improve the fundamentals of customer service by lookin

How Chatbots Make Customer Services More Human
How Chatbots Make Customer Services More Human
08 Jul, 2020 | 10 Mins Read

I’ve worked in many sectors over the years, and none comprise a nicer bunch of people who take customer care as seriously as we do in social housing. Unfortunately, turning the sector’s good intention

A Code of Ethics For Chatbots
A Code of Ethics For Chatbots
25 May, 2020 | 10 Mins Read

More and more of the housing associations and local authorities I talk to have recognised that their customers want self-service capability and that a chatbot is the best way to provide it. From provi

It Takes More than Just AI to Make a Good Chatbot
It Takes More than Just AI to Make a Good Chatbot
19 May, 2020 | 10 Mins Read

### Making Information the Heart and Soul of a Chatbot Imagine that you’re at a party. You know that you need to make conversation and mingle. What you don’t know is what you could possibly talk abo

The Numbers Don’t Lie
The Numbers Don’t Lie
11 Oct, 2019 | 10 Mins Read

The Numbers Don’t Lie #### 1. Your customers are using chatbots Chatbots Magazine suggests that people use messaging apps more than social media nowadays. Chat apps such as Facebook Messenger and W

How-AI-will-change-the-face-of-housing
How-AI-will-change-the-face-of-housing
25 May, 2019 | 10 Mins Read

AI will have a big impact on our future homes and buildings. In this blog we try to anticipate how innovation in AI will influence the future of our homes, our towns and cities and how we live in them

The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
25 May, 2019 | 10 Mins Read

According to Greek mythology, humans were granted the flame of knowledge by the titan Prometheus. No matter where our natural knowledge and curiosity comes from, there’s no denying that we’ve not stop

5 Reasons Chatbots Help Improve Customer Service
5 Reasons Chatbots Help Improve Customer Service
19 Feb, 2019 | 10 Mins Read

Waiting on hold for a contact centre agent to pick up the phone is a sure way to upset your customers. Chatbots can help and add so much more to improve the quality of customer service you are able to