Inside Intercom Podcast

In this archive episode of Intercom on Product from 2019, Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss 6 key ingredients for product strategy and aligning this with company strategy. Click here to read the Michael Porter paper, What Is Strategy mentioned in the episode.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/intercom-on-product-ep07/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's show we sat down with Peak Support's President and Chief Strategy Officer Hannah Steiman to chat about leadership enablement and why it’s key for support teams in high-growth companies.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoaHcgwSscRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/training-support-leaders-with-peak-support-hannah-steimanYou'll find the leadership materials that Hannah mentions in the episode here: https://blog.peaksupport.io/leadership-training-program-managersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this archive episode from 2021, IBM's Chief Design Officer and Global Vice President Arin Bhowmick joins us to discuss the role design plays at IBM, the importance of user research, and the principles of building ethical, sustainable AI.Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/arin-bhowmick-ibm-on-ethical-ai/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Customer success can often feel like an ambiguous and unquantifiable concept, yet maintaining your performance in this area is essential for scaling your business. In this episode from our archives, former Senior Director of Customer Support Kaitlin Pettersen chats to Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta about solving the CS equation.Read a full transcript here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/customer-success-nick-mehta-gainsight/This episode was originally published on 10/12/20See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom's Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O'Brien caught up with HubSpot’s Director of Customer Support for EMEA Noel O’Reilly to chat about how AI and automation are affecting customer service today and HubSpot’s AI strategy for support in the year to come.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-vS-QVuTUTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/hubspot-noel-oreilly-ai-customer-support-strategyWe'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast and what you'd like to hear more of on it. E-mail us: podcast@intercom.ioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we sit down to talk with the legendary Professor Leonard Berry to talk about his book 'On Great Service' and his framework for improving service quality. Professor Berry has written ten books in all, including: Discovering the Soul of Service; On Great Service; Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality; and Delivering Quality Service.Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjF8PNTyPQRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/leonard-berry-customer-service-excellenceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Intercom on Product, our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, discuss how AI is going to transform the software industry, and how startups can identify the best AI opportunities to target vulnerable incumbents. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Intercom’s VP of Product Design Emmet Connolly catches up with Elizabeth McGuane, UX Director at Shopify, to talk about her love of words, incorporating semantic concepts into the design process, and the importance of building a shared language.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, our Senior Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid, joins Emmet Connolly, our VP of Product Design, to take superintelligence head-on – the knowns and the unknowns, from the ethics to the threats and the challenges of regulation.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBQzO2u1XsRead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/the-emergence-of-superintelligent-aiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode we chat with AI guru Andrew Louder about selecting and implementing the right AI tools for your business.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YSf2O0EEZBgTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/unlocking-productivity-with-ai-andrew-louderSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're joined by Behnam Tabrizi - author of 'Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation'. Behnam shares insights on how to create a culture of perpetual innovation that will allow organizations to adapt to new environments and seize new markets.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2lQn6DEU5sTranscript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/behnam-tabrizi-on-innovative-companiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We chat with Chip Bell - author of 'Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions' - to chat about how building co-creation partnerships with customers can tap into a well of creativity that will drive your business forward.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1VJauEyNERead a transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/customer-service-expert-chip-bell/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.