The Supportive


Noticing the Small Wins

Air Canada’s Chatbot Walked So Cursor’s Chatbot Could Ruin

The Supportive Podcast Wraps-Up Season 1

Criticism in Customer Support

Companion Planting for Diversity in Support

How Do You Manage Support During Federal Holidays?

It's Groundhog Day in the Queue, Again

AI and the Race for the Light

Smile, You’re in an AI Photo

Between Two Borgs

Catch Me if You Can

First Impressions Last

The Name of the Rose

When Support Teams are Blamed for Product Problems

A Very Help Scout Thanksgiving

Navigating Product Changes in SaaS Support

First Impressions Are Fast Impressions

Going off Script

Artificial Integrity: Trust, AI, and Customer Service

Using ChatGPT for Customer Service

How Distributed Customer Service Teams Improve Each Other’s Skills

7 Predictions for Customer Service and Support in 2023

Removing customer service accents via AI: The wrong solution to a real problem

A Love Letter to Social Media Customer Service Pros

Changing a Company Culture

If Customer Service Were Really Superheroes

Guiding clients to email support instead of their account managers

Is Google's LaMDA sentient, and if so would it like a job?

Museum of Customer Support: Ancient Fast Food

Help Scout’s Conversation Corner on Experience This!

Teaching Analytical Reading

How to Change Your Team’s Behavior

Museum of Customer Support: The First Shopping Cart

Measuring Customer Service Success More Broadly

Encouraging Support Teams To Write Help Docs

12 Predictions for Customer Service Trends in 2022

Fast Food vs. Fine Dining in Customer Service

Dealing With Abusive Customers

Museum of Customer Support: The World's Oldest Complaint Letter

Writing Your Own Customer Service Recipe Book

Terrifying Tales of Spooky Support

Annual Planning as a New Customer Support Leader

Visit Sea Sat, the Customer Service Restaurant

Why Customers Ask Vague Questions (and What To Do About It)

The Book That Changed My Customer Service Career

The Supportive: A Series for Service Professionals

What Should I Include in My Cover Letter?

Telling My Boss About My True Career Goals

Being Pushed to Offer Service Level Agreements Too Soon

Balancing Soft-Skills With Technical Ability

Breaking Into SaaS Support

GPT-3 and AI in Customer Support

The Best Role for a Second Customer Service Hire

Avoiding Cherry-Picking in the Support Queue

COVID-19's Impact on Customer Service Volumes

AI, Curiosity, and the Future of Human Customer Service

What My Mechanic Taught Me About Customer Service
