Insights

An operator's notes on Customer Experience (CX), BPO, contact center operations, commercial insurance, and AI model evaluation. Fact-first, from work we have actually done rather than theory repackaged.

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AI & Operations

The demo always works: buying AI that survives the operation

A demo is built to succeed; your operation is built to expose. The questions that separate a real AI solution from a good demo, before you sign.

BPO & CX

What a Philippine seat really costs, and when to own it

The wage is the smallest part of the cost. The loaded labor number, the four operating models, and the scale where building your own beats renting one.

AI & Operations

Where AI earns its place: the seam between the deck and the floor

AI earns its place in CX and insurance at the seam between the strategy deck and the operations floor. An operator's read on placing it where it pays off.

AI & Insurance

AI agents for commercial insurance: what works, and what it takes

Where AI agents hold up on insurance work and where they do not, across submission intake, underwriting support, claims, and policy servicing.

BPO & CX

Mexico nearshore or Philippines offshore: an operator's read

The head-to-head buyers ask about most, the largest nearshore market against the largest offshore one. Language, time zone, scale, IP protection, and the full cost stack.

BPO & CX

Nearshore or offshore: choosing between Belize, Honduras, and the Philippines

Before the country choice comes the category choice. How three geographies I have run stack up on language, time zone, scale, and cost.

AI & Operations

The right mix of AI and human labor in the contact center

The question is not whether to use AI. It is where AI does the work well, where a person still does, and how to design the split by outcome rather than automation rate.

BPO & CX

Cost is never the wage rate alone

The cheapest hourly rate rarely produces the cheapest operation. The full cost stack a buyer should price before signing, and the comparison that actually holds up.

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