AI handles the script, but retention lives in the exceptions. Train humans for the complexity automation cannot solve
AI handles the script, but retention lives in the exceptions. Train humans for the complexity automation cannot solve
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Kelli Sargent
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How Leaders Should Adopt AI in Customer Support?
How Leaders Should Adopt AI in Customer Support?
Most leaders are deploying AI in support without training their teams on what to do when AI fails. The 20% of interactions AI can't handle, angry customers, complex situations, judgment calls, that's where retention lives. Companies spending millions on AI automation but $0 on human skills training will see their CX scores drop within 6 months. AI handles the script. Trained humans handle the exceptions. You need both.
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.
Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI
AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.
Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak
AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.
Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom
AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.
Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard
AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.
Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin
AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.
Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.
Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI
AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.
Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak
AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.
Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom
AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.
Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard
AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.
Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin
AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.
Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.
Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI
AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.
Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak
AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.
Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom
AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.
Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard
AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.
Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin
AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.
Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.
Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI
AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.
Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak
AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.
Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom
AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.
Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard
AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.
Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin
AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.
Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess
All
Leaders
Great support design isn’t decoration. It’s the system that decides whether customers trust you, or leave.
Chad Horenfeldt
VP of Customer Success
Siena AI
AI shouldn’t be used to deflect customers. It should be used to reveal what’s broken in the business.
Zack Hamilton
Strategic CX Advisor
Higher Oak
AI works best when it removes friction from work, not when it replaces judgment or accountability.
Rakesh Nath B.
Director of Customer Support
Phenom
AI adoption fails when teams fear it. It succeeds when leaders make learning and trust explicit.
Rohit Tripathi
Application Support Engineer
Last Yard
AI should remove friction from work, not distance people from customers. When judgment stays human and AI handles repetition, both trust and empathy scale.
Jessica-Rose Garcia
Senior Manager, Customer Experience and Support
OneSkin
AI doesn’t fail because the tech isn’t ready. It fails when leaders don’t define ownership, guardrails, and accountability before deploying it.
Parul Bhandari
CEO & CX Leader
CustomerXSuccess