Webinar: The Manager's New Toolkit: Closing the Action Gap in the AI Era in Partnership with Centrical

Frontline managers have never had more performance data, and never had less time to act on it. Signals are scattered across QA, WFM, LMS, CRM, and a growing stack of dashboards. Now AI agents are joining the workforce as a new layer to oversee, and the gap between performance insight and performance change is widening fast.

This is the action gap. Closing it is the defining challenge facing frontline leaders this year.

Join Ian Chappell, Director of Consulting, EMEA at Centrical, for a practical follow-up to The Forum's Best Practice Showcase. Ian opens with a look at why most platforms are widening the gap rather than closing it, then previews three Centrical capabilities built for the manager's job in a hybrid human-AI workforce.

Webinar: See the WFM AI Assistant in Action in partnership with Sabio

WFM AI Assistant: Real-Time Intelligence for Smarter Workforce Decisions
Spot problems early. Understand the cause. Fix them immediately.
Managing workforce performance in real time has never been more complex. Volumes spike unexpectedly, AHT drifts, shrinkage creeps up — and by the time daily reports arrive, the damage is already done. The Sabio WFM AI Assistant changes that.

The WFM AI Assistant is a platform-agnostic AI solution that draws real-time data from:
 - Contact centre platforms
 - WFO and analytics platforms
 - HR systems
 - CRM solutions

Sabio's Vendor Spotlight Series - Transform Workforce Planning with Amazon FCS

Join Sabio for a concise, insight-packed webinar on how Amazon Connect Forecasting, Capacity & Scheduling (FCS) is transforming contact-centre planning. Built on Amazon Web Services, FCS uses AI-driven forecasting, intelligent scheduling, and real-time intraday management to help organisations plan with confidence, adapt faster, and improve both service and employee experience.

The Art of Storytelling

Phil Anderson, The Forum leads a brief keynote on “The Art of Storytelling” then a panel discussion where practical examples of understanding the difference you can make, and how to engage and influence others is discussed with some of this year’s judges and finalists: Graham Watson from Capita Regulated Services and Scott Budding from Calabrio.

Partnerships

Karl Fletcher, Novuna  brings to life their partnership with Verint around the benefits of a full WEM (Workforce Enterprise) solution.

Focus on the Customer

Hear Margot Vanwynendaele share the award-winning story from Trainline on how a new telephony system allows teams to focus on the customer.

2025 Innovation of the Year - Brightwell Pensions

Hear from the overall Innovation Award winner Brightwell Pensions.

2023 Quality & Improvement Awards: Combining Traditional QA and Automation drives improvement at William Hill

2023 Quality & Improvement Awards: Combining Traditional QA and Automation drives improvement at William Hill
Automation of high-risk conversations enabled QAs to drive forward the right coaching discussions. This is supporting a culture of player safety. Compliance improved by 20%, freeing up time for QAs to drive forward the right coaching.

2023 Insight Awards: Lauren Magee at North Yorkshire County Council

Lauren Magee has used data to tell stories and bring together colleagues at North Yorkshire County Council to work towards a common goal. Regular collaboration sessions pulled together different skills, knowledge and ideas, to develop a self-service portal and chatbots, driving a channel shift for their customers. 

2023 Insight Awards: Automation delivers a step change in customer service at Water Plus

2023 Insight Awards: Automation delivers a step change in customer service at Water Plus
Using robots, the team are simplifying processes for their advisors and their customers. Automating time consuming processes is removing the risk of human error and freeing up time to focus on the customer. This has helped to improve efficiency, reduce complaints and increase customer satisfaction.

2021 Innovation & Transformation Awards: Click Mechanic

At Click Mechanic for instance, highly commended by judges, they aim to bring transparency, trust, and convenience to car repairs, identifying a clear gap in the market. This is made possible by an operating model that’s truly joined up, creating a seamless journey that removes effort for both mechanics and customers. Another key ingredient of success is an innovative quote engine, in a simple-to-use app, that brings together data from a variety of sources and uses machine learning to generate simple, fixed-price quotes.

Case Study 2017: Easy, personal and solved: a digital journey at Shop Direct

See how analytics, insight and agile methodologies have helped Shop Direct treble digital-assisted contact, so that half of all customers now self-serve and inbound calls shrunk 7%.

2016 Innovation & Transformation Awards: FACT: operating principles for an efficient public service at Ingeus

See how value-based principles transformed the operation, saved £1.5m via automation and created the capacity to have life-changing conversations, supporting clients into sustainable work.