The Ticket: Discover the Future of Customer Service, Support, and Experience, with Intercom

Customer experience is only as strong as the feedback that shapes it but fewer customers are speaking up. In this episode, Isabelle Zdatny, Head of Thought Leadership at the Qualtrics XM Institute, joins Intercom’s VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory to unpack the decline in customer feedback – and what it means for businesses aiming to deliver world-class experiences. They explore the trust gap, survey fatigue, and rising...

Too often in support, more time is spent diagnosing an issue than resolving it – and that’s a problem. In this episode, Maxime Manseau, VP of Support at Birdie, joins Intercom's Senior Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton to explore the hidden costs of misdiagnosis in customer support: longer resolution times, frustrated customers, and burned-out agents. They discuss how improving issue understanding upfront – through...

Our vision for Fin, Intercom's AI agent, is to answer any question, on any channel, across any platform. With our latest Built For You announcements, that vision is now a reality. Join Chief Product Officer Paul Adams and other product leaders as they introduce exciting new capabilities.

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As RB2B scaled, its support team needed a way to handle growing demand without adding headcount. Head of Technical Operations Robb Clarke turned to AI as the solution. In this conversation with Intercom's Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support Ruth O'Brien, Robb details how implementing Fin AI Agent created a scalable support system that now resolves 65% of inquiries automatically – saving the team 132+ hours m...

In this episode of The Ticket, Ruth O'Brien, Senior Director of Automated and Proactive Support at Intercom, joins Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director of Human Support at Intercom, to break down key insights from Intercom’s 2025 Customer Service Transformation Report and unpack how AI is reshaping support teams, driving efficiency, and elevating customer experiences. They explore why AI adoption is accelerating, the rise of n...

Anthropic has successfully implemented AI-first strategies to manage customer support more efficiently, allowing human reps to refocus their efforts on higher value work, all while enhancing service quality. On today's episode we're joined by Emily Lampert, Head of Product Support at Anthropic, to unpack the real-world impact of AI-first support. They discuss why Anthropic—one of the world’s leading AI labs—chose to p...

We spoke with Constantina Samara, Head of Customer Support at Synthesia, about how AI is reshaping customer service. She tells Declan Ivory, Intercom’s VP of Customer Support, how her background in psychology informs her approach to AI-driven customer service, the biggest opportunities and challenges she’s encountered, and how Synthesia is leveraging AI to enhance both support efficiency and the customer experience.

We spoke with Natalie Hurst, Director of Customer Success at Nuuly, about her experience adopting AI in customer service. She tells Intercom’s Senior Director of Human Support, Bobby Stapleton, about the immense impact it’s had for both Nuuly’s support team and customers, implementation challenges she encountered – and overcame – and her vision for the future of AI-first customer service.

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In this episode of The Ticket, Customer Support Operations Analyst at Intercom, Kevin Furlong discusses his critical role, focusing on the balance between proactive and reactive work, the importance of data-driven decision-making, and the ongoing need for optimization in customer support tools. Kevin shares insights with Bobby Stapleton, Snr. Director, Human Support, Intercom on change management, cross-functional collabor...

This week we're sharing a conversation with Angelo Livanos, who leads support at Lightspeed Commerce, who joined us at Pioneer, our AI customer service summit. Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform allows merchants to provide the best experiences across every channel. Having spent most of his career supporting, building, and guiding teams across leading technologies, he's currently leaning into the AI revolution and help...

In this episode of The Ticket, CXChronicles founder Adrian Brady-Cesana joins us to talk about the four pillars of customer experience: team, tools, process, and feedback. Adrian tells Intercom Snr. Director of Human Support Bobby Stapleton about the evolving state of customer experience teams, the impact of technology and software, and the necessity of living playbooks.

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In this episode of The Ticket, Harry Spence, Director of Customer Support at ScreenCloud, joins us to discuss the critical aspects of selecting and implementing AI agents.

In conversation with Intercom's Senior Director of Human Support, Bobby Stapleton, he explores ScreenCloud's customer support strategy, the importance of technology integration, and the need for a proactive support approach.

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In this episode of The Ticket, Nick Clark from the Boston Consulting Group joins us to discuss the transformative impact of AI on customer service. He talks with Intercom VP of Customer Service Declan Ivory about how generative AI is reshaping customer interactions, the emergence of new roles within customer service teams, and the importance of professionalizing career paths in this evolving landscape.

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John Rossman, an early Amazon executive who played a key role in launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002, joins Bobby Stapleton, Our Senior Director of Human Support, to discuss the concept of "Big Bet Leadership". This involves emphasizing the importance of making bold, high-stakes decisions in business. They also explore how customer service leaders can leverage AI to enhance customer experiences while navigati...

Intercom CEO Eoghan McCabe breaks down how AI is about to disrupt customer service on a scale we’ve never seen before. From bots talking to bots to AI surpassing human expertise, things are just getting started. The race to build and ship the future is on.

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Last week, we hosted Pioneer, our first ever AI customer service summit where we brought together industry leaders and experts to explore how AI is revolutionizing customer service. In this episode, we bring you highlights from the event, including insights from Intercom Co-founder and CEO Eoghan McCabe, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor, Chief Product Officer Paul Adams, and renowned industry analyst Bened...

Meet the world's most advanced AI agent for customer service: Fin 2.

This latest generation of Fin AI Agent combines our highest resolution rates with powerful new capabilities to deliver human-quality service to your customers.

Learn all about it here: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-customers/ai-agent

Watch this episode along with other Pioneer conversations here: https://events.intercom.com/pioneer-2024/

Robert Richman, author of The Culture Blueprint, chats with Bobby Stapleton, Intercom's Senior Director, Human Support, about the importance of aligning company culture with customer service. They discuss how a strong culture can help navigate change and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction as well as exploring the role of AI in customer service.

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Robert Spector, author of The Century-Old Startup, joins Intercom's VP of Customer Support Declan Ivory to discuss the principles that have made US luxury department store chain Nordstrom a leader in customer service for more than 100 years. They explore how Nordstrom maintains a startup mentality, the importance of flexibility and transformation, and how the company's culture and values contribute to its success.

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