Why Deflection Alone Misleads

AI is already changing the contact centre from a transaction factory into a hub for complex problem solving. In this CX Today roundtable, Rob Wilkinson is joined by Martin Teasdale (Team Leader Community), Steve Morrell (Contact Babel), Sangeetha Rai (Barasch and McGarry), and Rebecca Wetteman (Valoir) to unpack what that shift does to the metrics leaders rely on.

The panel explores why legacy KPIs like average handling time (AHT) start to mislead when AI takes the simple work and leaves agents with emotional, high-stakes interactions. They also discuss what leaders should measure instead, how to avoid agent burnout, and why AI tools only work when agents trust them in real customer moments.