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Webinar - The Harrods Story: What It Really Took to Turn Data into Excellence in Partnership with Calabrio

Wednesday 20th May, 12:00

We’re excited to invite you to something truly special.

Join Calabrio for an exclusive webinar on 20th May at 12pm, where we’ll go behind the scenes with Harrods, one of the world’s most iconic luxury brands, renowned for its uncompromising focus on customer experience and excellence.

This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from Liz Whitehouse, Harrods Analytics Analyst, as she shares an honest, practical look at what it really takes to embed analytics and drive value.

Benchmarking Sickness: Resetting How We Read the Numbers

Our latest shrinkage benchmarking survey shows average sickness absence at around 8%. At first glance, this appears higher than last year’s 7.6%, suggesting an upward trend. That conclusion would be misleading.

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Webinar: From Insight to Impact: How IGLU Is Using Quality & Analytics to Drive Operational Performance in partnership with Calabrio & Business Systems

Friday 24th April, 12pm

Operational leaders are under increasing pressure to improve performance, maintain service quality and demonstrate measurable impact - all while managing rising demand and increasing complexity across channels.

In this session, we’ll explore how IGLU is using Quality Management and advanced Analytics within its WEM platform to move beyond compliance reporting and towards true operational control.

Featuring practical insight from IGLU’s recent WEM journey, alongside perspectives from Calabrio and Business Systems.

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

Tuesday 21st April 2026, 12:00

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

Reset | Redefining Outsourcing

From Procurement Decision to Professional Discipline

For many organisations, outsourcing customer operations has historically been treated as a commercial transaction rather than a professional capability. Contracts are negotiated, suppliers are appointed, and governance frameworks are established to monitor performance. Yet despite the scale, complexity and strategic importance of these relationships, outsourcing is rarely managed with the same discipline applied to areas such as workforce planning, customer experience design or operational transformation. This gap is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Workshop: Why a ‘reset’ in vulnerability customer service is necessary now

Orginally broadcasted on Thursday 19th March, 14:30

In this session, Helen Pettifer will explore why traditional approaches to vulnerability are no longer fit for today’s customer landscape. Vulnerability has not simply increased — it has changed in nature, complexity and visibility.

Workshop: Opensource Tooling & Methods

Originally broadcasted on Thursday 19th March, 13:30

Whilst Excel remains the original example of “Open Source Tooling” in our industry it does come with its limitations. In this session we will discuss how tools such as “Python” “R” and “Shiny” can be utilised within planning and insight and the benefits they can bring. This session will feature expert input from Phil Stubbs from Atlantic insight.

Workshop: Data Principles in a CCaaS World

Originally broadcasted on Thursday 19th March, 10:30

This session highlights the essential principles needed to manage, govern, and activate data in a cloud‑native environment and discussed the differences from how data is presented from on premise platforms. 

Keynote: Redefining Data, Analytics & Insight

Originally broadcasted on Thursday 19th March, 09:30

Resetting Insight explores how data, analytics and AI are moving from reporting to responsible, autonomous decision-making, and how organisations can embed insight directly into the systems that shape customer and colleague experiences.

Workshop: Automated Quality

Originally broadcasted on Wednesday 18th March, 15:30

Automated Quality gives us the chance to reset what QA exists to do. This session looks beyond automation as efficiency, and instead explores how redefining the QA role can unlock greater value, shifting focus from checking interactions to shaping performance, insight and outcomes.

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