Blog tagged as AI

The Illusion of the AI Copilot: Why Your Legacy CRM Architecture Isn't Cutting It

07.01.26 9:25 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

For years, the enterprise software complex has sold us on a beautiful fairytale: the single source of truth. We were told that if we just poured enough capital into our CRM systems, and if we just badgered our front-line sales representatives enough to log every transactional interaction, absolute o...

The Sales Automation Mirage: Why More AI Means Less Signal

05.24.26 9:38 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

The contemporary B2B sales landscape is currently drowning in its own engineering achievements. For the past decade, the holy grail of outbound sales development was scale: how many touches could an automated sequence tool squeeze out of a Sales Development Representative (SDR) per day? The answer w...

Zendesk's Specialist Bet Is the Right One; and Here's What Would Make It a Moat

05.22.26 8:40 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

If you only read the press releases, Zendesk Relate 2026 told a strong, clean story. The era of the chatbot is over. Welcome the Autonomous Service Workforce. Resolution replaces deflection. Outcome-based pricing is the new norm. Specialization beats generalist orchestration.

That’s strong. Really st...

Sapphire 2026 - What SAP actually did for CX

05.15.26 2:07 PM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

SAP Sapphire 2026 was a major platform announcement, a competitive shot at ServiceNow, a coherent acquisition story across Reltio, Dremio and Prior Labs. It featured an Anthropic partnership that puts Claude at the center of the SAP Business AI Platform. For anyone who cares about customer experienc...

The AI Ferrari: Why Your CX Strategy is Stuck on Concrete Blocks

05.13.26 8:04 AM - By Thomas Wieberneit - Comment(s)

We have reached a point in the hype cycle where "AI" is being sprinkled on enterprise software like a seasoning on a cheap steak: it masks the poor quality of the underlying meat but doesn't make it more nutritious. In the latest CRMKonvo, Bhawani Shankar and the CRMKonvo team tore into th...

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