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We all get fixed on forecasts, but none of us can see into the future. A forecast is basically a guess – an educated guess. What we can do is study what has happened in the past. By analysing past data for patterns and trends, we can make an educated guess about future outcomes. Unless we get lucky, it will probably be wrong.
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Celebrating the 20 finalists from this year’s Innovation & Transformation awards. Trailblazers who are redefining workforce planning, customer experience, and operational excellence. From AI to culture change, these organisations are proving that bold thinking drives real-world results.
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Strategy & Leadership, Digital & Omni-Channel, Awards Case Studies, 2025 Summer BPS Virtual
How data, communication, analysis & rigour, from the insight team, underpin customer improvements at Allianz, by collaboration with leaders, operations teams, underwriters, marketing, QA & risk.
Categories: Library, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Awards Case Studies
Discover how NPS, backlogs & efficiencies were improved simultaneously, by comprehensive end-to-end planning in British Gas Services that led to many more same day-appointments & lifted promise delivery 20%.
Categories: Library, Operational Improvement, Awards Case Studies
How customer focus at LV= led to removing sales incentives & targets, part of a strategic change involving new approaches to engagement, performance management and cross-skilling.
Learn how homeworking at LV= has boosted morale, improved customer experience, raised productivity and delivered a £2.3 million return on investment.
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Strategy & Leadership, Back Office & Beyond The Contact Centre, Awards Case Studies
A major reform of quality & risk assessment is releasing people to have better customer conversations. This has improved customer outcomes & grown the business, with 50% more tests at 40% less cost.
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Operational Improvement, Learning & Development, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Strategy & Leadership, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Digital & Omni-Channel, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, AI & Automation, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Data, Analytics & Insight, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Back Office & Beyond The Contact Centre, Awards Case Studies
Categories: Library, Operational Improvement, Digital & Omni-Channel, Awards Case Studies
See how specialism created a culture of experts that took customer satisfaction to a record high, cut attrition, raised speed of answer by a third and is helping to grow the customer base 40% a year.
Discover how collaboration and empowerment releases potential. By raising 1,300 ideas from colleagues in just 30 months, continuous improvement has saved 200 FTE overall and raised NPS.
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Awards Case Studies
Development, great communication and empowering people is fuelling success at RS, underpinned by inspiring leadership, an innovative People Framework and the self-funding Enable team.
Categories: Library, Awards Case Studies
See how a collaborative approach to implementing speech analytics has lifted retention six points in the first teams and transformed operations at Sky Save, for both customers and colleagues.
The Resource and Planning (R&P) Team at ADT Fire & Security has engaged with colleagues across the business to improve ways of working, identify efficiencies and provide insightful and timely management information.
The Innovation of the Year 2018 award was won by Homeserve; an organisation centred on people and customers. In achieving commercial success and building community engagement, front-line teams re-connected with the organisation’s purpose, to rebuild trust. Marked out by judges as one of the best entries they’ve ever seen, this is a story everyone can learn from and be inspired by. They were also presented with the Innovation Award for Social Transformation.
Categories: Library, Planning & Resourcing, Operational Improvement, Data, Analytics & Insight, Strategy & Leadership, Back Office & Beyond The Contact Centre, Learning & Development, Digital & Omni-Channel, Awards Case Studies
Be inspired by 12 high impact and ground-breaking innovations, shortlisted for the 2019 Innovation Awards and presenting their stories at the 2019 Customer Strategy & Planning Conference in Warwick on April 8-9. We’re proud to announce that these 2019 case studies shine the light on key trending topics for our members.
See how the team at Severn Trent centralised their Field Planning so that they improved the view of their resources and availability of their DSTs and gangs.