Steve Sullivan - Channel Doctors - How Do We Manage Customer Rage?

About this episode

Mark Hillary and Peter Ryan discuss the growing phenomenon of customer rage with Steve Sullivan from Channel Doctors.

Steve Sullivan is the founder of Channel Doctors. He is based in Bournemouth in the UK. Channel Doctors is a specialist advisory company focused on CX, contact centers, and especially issues such as data protection and GDPR. Peter Ryan called Steve after seeing a LinkedIn post on managing customer rage. Are customers more angry today and how are companies dealing with it? How can it be managed in the contact center and how is it managed for customer service advisers who need to interact directly with customers - for example in retail? Is the increased rage linked to social media and what can companies do to serve customers more effectively when they are more and more angry? https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sullivan-3275391/ https://channeldoctors.co.uk/cx/ Summary: Mark Hillary and Peter Ryan discuss the growing phenomenon of customer rage, particularly post-pandemic, with Steve Sullivan from Channel Doctors. They highlight the impact of social media on customer behavior, the rise of anonymous abuse, and the need for better training and support for customer service agents. Sullivan notes that customer frustration has increased due to self-service failures and cultural…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Hillary, Peter Ryan

Guest: Steve Sullivan

Topics covered

• customer rage
• customer experience
• contact centers
• social media impact
• customer service training
• AI in customer service

Keywords

• customer rage
• CX
• contact centers
• data protection
• GDPR
• social media
• customer service
• AI automation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Channel Doctors

Places: Bournemouth

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