Innovation isn’t just about technology. Innovation is about your approach, your mindset and enabling change. During a financial downturn, creative innovation is critical to the survivability of your organisation. Finding distinctive ways to do things differently can make a difference to the service you deliver, the volume of sales you achieve and ultimately the performance of your contact centre operation.
During this highly interactive session, we’ll be discussing what it takes to have a culture for innovation. Where do the ideas come from? Who champions change? Is your operation open to innovation?
Sabina Onwuka, Customer Services Manager, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Her philosophy has always been about serving others, and being the voice of the residents, and staff is where she thrives. Sabina has been a mentor to her team members, as she believes in providing a safe space for her staff to feel supported, grow at work and outside of work. One of her highlights was during the first national lockdown, where like everyone else she had the challenge of transitioning from 100% office-based way of working to 100% homeworking, including procuring new technology, purchasing equipment, and delivering training to all staff within 2 weeks. It was a huge success and has improved the customer and employee experience.
Sarah Leff, Operations Director at Interact CC
Sarah is Site Director at Interact Contact Centre’s Richmond site, with over eighteen years’ experience in the contact centre industry. Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and general management of omni-channel inbound and outbound sales, retention and customer service campaigns. Prior to joining Interact, Sarah served primarily in account management and operations managing large multi-site campaigns both on and off-shore. Her experience has involved running digital and voice channels with a focus on improving customer retention and loyalty while developing customer insight for Interact’s blue chip clients.