Outright Fails in Quality Checks and skewing your scores

Outright fails are the questions that appear in your quality control process which flag a significant issue.  A miscalculation here can skew an entire business. This article asks you to review your quality control calculations to see how you handle a common scenario. I have seen this process happen in many quality control processes, so it’s worth sense checking your …

BPO Cost Models to get the best of outsourcing.

BPO Cost Models are the pricing element of the contract you engage a Business Process Outsourcer (BPO) with. How do you make the most of your BPO? This article is for managers to review their contractual agreements with their outsourcers or how to go about outsourcing to a BPO For experienced outsourcers please skip down to the wrap up and …

Technology titles: CTO, CIO, CSO, DPO which one are you?

Technology titles vary from business to business and country to country but which title most appropriately suits your role. This article examines the general focus areas of the roles tries to help you understand where you fit in your business. Thomas Jefferson the 3rd president of America said “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action …

Technology Stacks and what they do for your business

Technology Stacks are grouped combinations of technical choices.  The influence on your business is significant.  What are the tech guys on about? Often abbreviated to single letters these phrases will influence your technical choices for years to come so it’s worth knowing what they are and how they will affect your business. This is a name dropping article under general …

PCI DSS and payments in your contact centre

PCI or Payment Card Industry is an acronym associated with the highest levels of security for managing financial transactions in a contact centre. What does PCI mean for your business and how can you accomplish compliance?  More importantly do you need to as there are providers who can help! This article is targeted at contact centre managers with no technical …

Gamification is the best way to increase productivity

Gamification is the touted as the best way to improve motivation but why? This article examines the psychology and approach needed to work with Gamification. Psychology ROI, Goals, Metrics and Rewards Managing the Fun Getting started [read more=”Read more” less=”Read less”] Psychology In a nut shell To quote Mary Poppins “In every job that must be done, there is an …

Cipher suites and their ciphers keep data secure or do they

Cipher suites are collections of ciphers and used to keep data secure across the Internet. This article explores what a cipher is and a cipher suite does. Please consider this a “general” introduction to the area.  I skirt past a lot of the math and operational precision of what goes into specific modern cipher suites.  I do this in favour …