CX without the BS
Honest takes on customer experience and UCaaS for the SMB and mid-market buyers enterprise vendors forgot... hosted by Brian Nichols.
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AI Costs More Than Your Employees | Uber Blew Its ENTIRE AI Budget in 4 Months
July 1st, 2026 | 18 mins 35 secs
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The pitch was "fire your expensive people, the software's cheaper." Turns out the software isn't cheap... and it can't replace the human. So companies bought BOTH.
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Will AI Really Replace Call Center Agents?
August 20th, 2025 | 41 mins 58 secs
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AI won’t magically fix your customer experience—it only works if your people and processes are ready. In this episode of CX Without the BS, we break down the biggest lies about AI in contact centers and what actually works.
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Is AI Hurting Customer Experience?
July 8th, 2025 | 12 mins
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AI was supposed to make customer service easier, but it’s quietly burning out your agents and making support worse – here’s why.