In this episode of Intercom on Product, our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and Paul Adams, our Chief Product Officer, sit down to talk about our new product manifesto for the future of customer service and what it means for us. Read the transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/our-manifesto-for-next-generation-customer-service/ Watch the video: https://youtu.be/XgV4A-iStO4 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...
Mar 02, 2023•32 min•Ep. 372
This week we sat down to have a conversation with OpenAI's ChatGPT – our first-ever synthetic guest. ChatGPT remained composed, professional, surprisingly witty, and nothing less than fascinating. And no offence to all our amazing human guests over the years, but we were very excited to find out what this particular interviewee had to say for itself. From its famous hallucinations to what it talks about when out in a bar with some of its fictional AI pals like HAL 9000, ChatGPT was (mostly) happ...
Feb 23, 2023•18 min•Ep. 371
Retail industry expert Joel Bines joins us on the show to talk about his book The Metail Economy: Six Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution. We chat about the 'me-centric' revolution and what that means for retail. Transcript: See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Feb 16, 2023•25 min•Ep. 370
In today’s episode, Intercom's Emmet Connolly, VP of Product Design, Molly Mahar, Staff Product Designer in the Machine Learning team and Gustavs Cirulis, Senior Principal Product Designer sit down for a conversation about large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, and how they will shape the role of a product designer in the years to come. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/product-design-ai-chatgpt/ Learn more about our new AI features here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/announ...
Feb 07, 2023•59 min•Ep. 369
In today’s episode, Intercom Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and Director of Machine Learning Fergal Reid delve into all things ChatGPT – from the skepticism to its role in business communications, from the disruption of creative work to the future of user interfaces. Learn more about our new AI features here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/announcing-new-intercom-ai-features/ Watch a video of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hBhLoBeQUU Read a transcript here:...
Feb 02, 2023•42 min•Ep. 368
In today’s episode, Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor and Director of Machine Learning Fergal Reid return for round two on ChatGPT – this time to share what we’ve learned in the past weeks of our experiment in harnessing the AI revolution in customer service, where we’re going next, and how it has changed our perception of what’s possible in this space. Learn more about our new AI features here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/announcing-new-intercom-ai-features/ Read a transcript of this episode he...
Jan 31, 2023•31 min•Ep. 367
As soon as a customer buys your solution, the bulk of the customer journey will be inside the product. Are you taking full advantage of it? On this episode we're joined by Gainsight PX CTO and founder Mickey Alon discusses how companies can put products at the forefront of their growth strategy. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/gainsight-px-founder-mickey-alon-on-product-growth/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...
Jan 26, 2023•22 min•Ep. 366
From schools adapting to remote learning to music apps sparking creativity, in today’s episode, we'll hear from Intercom's customers at the forefront of edtech about the latest trends and developments. Grab a pen and notebook, or a tablet and stylus, and join us as we take a peek into their world and what the future of education looks like. Today's guests: Tristram Hewitt , Head of Operations at Outschool Liran Biderman , Head of Customer Experience at Simply Kris Jagasia , Co-founder and CEO of...
Jan 19, 2023•35 min•Ep. 365
This week we’re catching up with co-founder and CPO of MadKudu Francis Brero. Just last July, he gathered a group of over 50 growth and marketing leaders to discuss how to leverage product data to scale revenue engines. We dive into his findings with him and talk about the four key ways to scale and monetize product-led growth. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/madkudus-co-founder-francis-brero-on-unlocking-the-keys-of-product-led-growth/ Listen to Francis' last appearance on th...
Jan 12, 2023•16 min•Ep. 364
We caught up with Amazon’s first Worldwide Vice-President of Customer Service and author Bill Price to talk about frictionless customer experiences and the organizations that stand out from the crowd – for the best and the worst reasons. Transcript: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/cx-expert-bill-price-on-creating-frictionless-experiences/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jan 05, 2023•24 min•Ep. 363
Throughout the year, we’ve talked with and learned from industry leaders, experts, and innovators about a multitude of topics: from facing the tech slowdown to the dawn of machine learning, from the trends transforming customer support to using human insight to create memorable experiences. And so, before we ring out the old and ring in the new, we’ve put together our favorite stories and conversations, insights, and reflections from 2022 in a special end-of-year episode. See Privacy Policy at h...
Dec 20, 2022•29 min•Ep. 362
We sit down with The Twenty Minute VC host and venture capitalist Harry Stebbings to chat about getting started on a new project, creating content, and the current landscape of venture capital. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Dec 15, 2022•24 min•Ep. 360
This week OpenAI released ChatGPT, its prototype AI chatbot. On this episode of Intercom on Product, Intercom Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor sits down to chat with our Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid for reaction and analysis on the implications of ChatGPT and what the future holds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Dec 09, 2022•51 min•Ep. 361
We continue our ongoing series on the product principles that shape what we build and how we build it. On this episode we're joined by Intercom Product Designer, Eugenia Ortiz who explains why designers should take ownership of what they ship and Director of Product Management Stephen Forbes talking about how spending a large chunk of time prioritizing and defining a problem before moving on to building a solution ensures that it properly reflects and addresses customers’ needs. See Privacy Poli...
Dec 01, 2022•15 min•Ep. 359
Earlier this year ProfitWell founder Patrick Campbell sold his company to SaaS payments platform Paddle for $200M. On today's show Patrick sits down to chat about the good, the bad and the ugly of selling your company, applying first principles to subscription growth, and creating content for your audience, not search engines. You'll find a full transcript here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/profitwell-founder-patrick-campbell-on-life-after-acquisition/ See Privacy Policy at https://art...
Nov 23, 2022•32 min•Ep. 358
We're joined by Chili Piper’s Co-Founder Alina Vandenberghe for a conversation about starting a company from scratch, the importance of a marketing strategy that drives growth, and the perks of being remote-first. You can read a full transcript here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/chili-piper-alina-vandenberghe-bootstrapping-to-success/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 17, 2022•23 min•Ep. 357
With innovation units, there’s no need for the traditional rules and regulations that typically bound a more established organization. No need to get saddled with historical tech debt or antiquated third-party tools. Progress gets measured by learnings – not growth, revenue, or retention –, so you get to try new ideas, take bigger risks, move fast and break things. And that’s what we’re exploring on this episode. While foolproof strategies to newer, disruptive threats are still unknown, creating...
Nov 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 356
In today’s episode, we sat down with Surfboard founder Natasha Ratanshi-Stein to chat about managing remote teams, the challenges of creating a new category, and how planning software can help businesses create a more seamless, holistic customer experience. You'll find a full transcript on our blog: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/surfboard-founder-natasha-ratanshi-stein-planning-software-for-support/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...
Nov 03, 2022•19 min•Ep. 355
In today’s episode we're joined by Alex Delivet, founder of document management platform Collect, for a chat about his love for SaaS, the challenges of starting a business, and the future of data collection. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 27, 2022•20 min•Ep. 354
Intercom co-founder Des Traynor talks to Tony Ulwick, the inventor of outcome-driven innovation and a decades-long champion of jobs-to-be-done as a method for product design. Read a full transcript here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/podcast-tony-ulwick-on-jobs-to-be-done/ This episode was originally published on 12/10/15 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 20, 2022•44 min•Ep. 353
The best way to engage with your customers is by delivering the right message, to the right person, at the right time. On today's episode, meet the five new product innovations that will help you achieve that as Chief Product Officer Paul Adams reveals our latest, next-generation product innovations and discusses why in-product messaging is key to thrive in today’s economy. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0i2piQcV_o See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...
Oct 13, 2022•32 min•Ep. 352
We sat down with management coach Lara Hogan to chat about leading and supporting a team – from learning mentoring and coaching skills to mastering the delicate art of feedback. Read a transcript of the episode here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/management-coach-lara-hogan-on-leadership/ Listen to Lara's previous conversation on Inside Intercom when she joined us to talk about public speaking: https://www.intercom.com/blog/podcasts/etsy-engineering-director-lara-hogan-on-public-s...
Oct 06, 2022•24 min•Ep. 351
This week on the podcast, members of our Engineering and Product Design teams discuss the principles that help us shape the solution and build in small steps. Group Engineering Manager, Levent Ali, explains how engineers should be taking ownership of the solution and Principle Product Engineer, Aidan Lynch, talks about how delivering changes in a series of small, easy-to-understand steps speeds up product development and delivers value to customers more quickly. You can read transcripts of today...
Sep 29, 2022•15 min•Ep. 350
Geocodio Co-Founder and author of Deploy Empathy: A practical guide to interviewing customers Michele Hansen joins us to talk about all things customer interviews – how, when and who to interview; what to do with the results; and specific tactics to get the most out of it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 22, 2022•26 min•Ep. 349
Emojis. We use them to add richness to online conversations, emphasize a point, and even create a sense of rapport with customers. On today's episode we're joined by Keith Broni, Editor in Chief at Emojipedia, Leslie O'Flahavan, writing trainer and coach and E-WRITE founder, Tomoko Yokoi, researcher and advisor in digital transformations at the IMD Business School in Switzerland and Karen Church, Intercom VP of Research & Data Science where together, they’ll talk about the evolution of emoji...
Sep 15, 2022•19 min•Ep. 348
In today’s episode of Intercom on Product, Des Traynor, Co founder and Chief Strategy Officer, and Paul Adams, Chief Product Officer, sit down with our Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid to talk about the recent buzz surrounding neural networks, how machine learning is powering businesses, and what we can expect from the technology in the next few years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 347
Following engineering stints at Google, Pulse and Medium – as both an IC and tech lead – Jean Hsu stepped away from the codebase to help coach others on how to navigate their own transition into management. In this conversation from our archives, Jean shares the struggles encountered in her own move to management, the importance of psychological safety in the workplace, and how to fill the leadership voids she sees in today's tech landscape. Jean is now VP of Engineering at Range. See Privacy Po...
Sep 01, 2022•29 min•Ep. 346
In this disinformation age, troll farms, fake news, and hate speech run amok – and the truth is harder and harder to spot. Can content moderation help us protect online communities from its consequences? This week we're joined by Kinzen’s CEO Mark Little to talk about the evolution of journalism, the rise of misinformation, and what we can do to protect online communities from harmful content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...
Aug 25, 2022•30 min•Ep. 344
Today's guest is Sarah Dayan - a staff engineer at Algolia, a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API. Intercom Principle Engineer Brian Scanlan sat down to chat with Sarah about the many nuances, proficiencies, and expectations of a staff plus engineer role. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 18, 2022•35 min•Ep. 345
Janelle Estes is the author of User Tested: How the World's Top Companies Use Human Insight to Create Great Experiences. In this episode, we sat down with Janelle to talk about the power of human insight, how to scale it throughout your organization, and its role in creating a culture of customer empathy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Aug 11, 2022•30 min•Ep. 343
