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  • Boost Your Career with AI and ChatGPT in Workforce Management

    In this podcast episode, we have Adam Kruze, a Senior WFM Manager with over a decade of experience in contact centers worldwide.

    We will discuss AI, ChatGPT, and their impact on workforce management and career development.

    Adam's current role is Workforce Manager at PlanetArt, and he is passionate about professional improvement. He has led the growth of contact centers, optimizing processes, and implementing software integrations.

    Join us to learn from Adam's insights on how AI and ChatGPT can benefit your career development and optimize processes to advance your career. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from an expert in the field.

    35 min
  • Unlock the Secrets to Skyrocketing Your Workforce Management Career

    Arvin Obra is a seasoned professional with over 17 years of experience in workforce management. Currently serving as the Director of WFM at TTEC, Arvin has been at the forefront of optimizing operations and processes to enhance customer satisfaction. Throughout his career, he has held senior roles at companies such as Alorica, and Sitel Group, where he has honed his expertise in capacity planning, scheduling, and team management. Arvin is a results-driven leader who has consistently demonstrated his ability to develop and implement long-term plans, analyze historical data and volume projections, and maintain efficient systems for call handling and scheduling. He is dedicated to providing continuous career and skills development for his team members and is known for building positive relationships with both internal and external customers.

    34 min
  • Decoding the Math Behind Workforce Management

    In this episode, we speak with Ger Koole, Co-founder of our partner CCmath and Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

    Did you ever question how essential mathematics is for WFM? What role does math play in your output, even sometimes without you even realizing it?


    Join us in this conversation with a Mathematician that brings his broad scientific and practical experience and interest in planning and optimization in the service sector. Mainly in call centers, health care, aviation, and hospitality, highly connected with Workforce Management.

    For more on CCmath, please check our website https://www.wewfm.com/our-partners.

    36 min
  • Why WFM matters in the Service Industry
    In this episode, we speak with Tiffany LaReau, owner of Human Numbers, a company that provides forecasts, staffing models, and schedules to contact centers.
    She has extensive experience in the field, having started her career at the Apple Call Center after graduating high school and working with various software and vendors throughout her career.
    Tiffany is a charter member of the Society of Workforce Planning Professionals, belongs to the International Institute of Forecasters, and is on the advisory board for Contact Center Pipeline, where she occasionally writes articles and blogs about workforce management.
    She also holds certifications in contact center and workforce management.
    If you want to learn more about WFM from Tiffany LaReau's eyes, please get a copy of the book: http://www.humannumbers.com/publications.html
    33 min
  • Workforce Management meets Operational Excellence

    In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Marianne Rutz, Founder & Principle Consultant at Rutz Consulting.

    Marianne has spent +20 years helping multilingual contact centers turn around their frontline operations. Today leads a bespoke consulting service that transforms its failing contact center into a profitable center that meets its operational excellence standards and is ready for expansion.

    Marianne hosts the industry-leading “Operational Excellence Show” podcast featuring leadership topics, industry news, training episodes, and renowned guest speakers.

    38 min
  • The stories behind a career in WFM

    In this episode, André Leitão and Gonçalo Gomes take a journey across their own paths to share what starting a career in WFM looks like.


    Get to know the background of your hosts, their passions, and hobbies and what they believe are critical skills in the success of a WFM professional.

    Do you want to know what politics, software engineering, military career, working in a different country, and university paths have in common?

    Join us on this intimist conversation.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Forecast, the tips you need to know

    In this episode, we speak with Tesfahun Boshe, a Data Scientist | Workforce Management Analyst at TaskRabbit.

    If you are into Forecasting, what to know more about it, or even if you are just wondering how I should fix, improve or develop my Forecast team/skills, this is a must-listen episode.

    We speak about common mistakes, best algorithms, what kind of software you can use, ideas about how to improve the outcome of your Forecasts, and the future of the Data Science skillset in Workforce Management.

    37 min
  • A holistic view of what WFM is

    In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dave Hoekstra. When it comes to Contact Centers, Dave has seen it all. He started his journey in the 90s as an agent and continued through every role a contact center has to offer, eventually finding his way into his current role of Evangelist. Being Calabrio’s Product Evangelist is by far the favorite of all his roles as it gives him the ability and pleasure of sharing his knowledge and experience with other folks in the industry. And yes, being a father, grandfather, bassist, podcast host, and photographer (and Texan), he uses words like “folks”. Combining 20+ years of experience in the industry with the rest of his life experience,

    Dave has a unique perspective of the tools, technology, and challenges faced by today’s modern CX organizations, and he looks forward to every interaction.

    44 min
  • The role of WFM going through some of the most challenging times

    In this episode, we speak with Benedikt Dormann, Head Of Customer Experience at Jimdo with over 13 years of experience in Customer Experience Management.

    For 3 years, Benedikt worked as a consultant for the WFM industry before moving back to Director of Customer Service.

    Benedikt always leverages the working relationship with WFM teams to enable and empower its ability to achieve results. In this conversation, join us and get the perspective of a senior leader on how critical it is good WFM to support a business going through some of the most challenging times.

    37 min
  • Workforce Planning, what to look after in today's uncertainty

    In this episode, we speak with Marlon Martinez, a senior Workforce Management Analyst at BrokerLink with over 13 years of experience in Workforce Management.


    Over these last two years, Marlon made multiple videos and blog posts dedicated to solving ongoing WFM issues, explaining the point of view and recommendations to everyone in WFM.

    Join us and get his perspective on how challenging it is to plan nowadays, instability due to the pandemic, instability due to remote work, instability due to the impact of a downturn, and much more in today's episode.

    41 min

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