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AI in customer experience has an orchestration problem, not an adoption problem

252 enterprise leaders have AI customer experience pilots. Almost none can measure the outcome.

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The KeyNews take

Why it matters

A Talkdesk/NewtonX survey of director-level leaders reveals a gap between AI adoption in customer experience and measurable business results—framed as an orchestration problem rather than a capability or adoption barrier. For practitioners deploying AI in CX, this surfaces a measurement and integration challenge.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. Survey: 252 director-level-and-above leaders in CX, IT, operations, AI strategy at midmarket and enterprise

  2. Four regions covered

  3. Gap identified: 'almost none has an outcome story'

  4. Problem framed as orchestration, not adoption

  5. Source: Talkdesk Inc. in partnership with NewtonX

  6. Survey of 252 director-level and above leaders in customer experience, IT, operations, and AI strategy

  7. Midmarket and enterprise organizations across four regions

  8. Benchmark finding: gap between 'almost everyone has an AI story' and 'almost none has an outcome story'

  9. Orchestration identified as the problem, not adoption

  10. Talkdesk Inc. and NewtonX partnership

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Publisher excerpt: Every information technology leader I talk to has an artificial intelligence story about customer experience. Almost none has an outcome story. That gap is now measurable. Talkdesk Inc., in partnership with NewtonX, surveyed 252 director-level-and-above leaders in customer experience, IT,…
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