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Brigham Dickinson

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260 total appearances

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The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

We go the McDonald's model. If we want to do that, it's fine. It works for McDonald's, but it may not work for you.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

We go the McDonald's model. If we want to do that, it's fine. It works for McDonald's, but it may not work for you.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

They're our friends.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

They're our friends.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

I totally agree. Yeah, I was test driving a Cybertruck the other day, and I was amazed. Yeah? I was amazed. Yeah. Now, look. In the home service industry, because we're dealing inside the customer's home, the more face-to-face time, the better. You have the ability to create a unique experience over the phone as well as in the home.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

I totally agree. Yeah, I was test driving a Cybertruck the other day, and I was amazed. Yeah? I was amazed. Yeah. Now, look. In the home service industry, because we're dealing inside the customer's home, the more face-to-face time, the better. You have the ability to create a unique experience over the phone as well as in the home.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

In my opinion, I'd hold on to that as long as I possibly can, while at the same time testing out the AI. It's okay to dip our toe in the water. I mean, I've got my own call center. We've got over 60 agents. We book 93% of our phone calls. And if we're on the phone, we absolutely use AI to capture that lead so that we can call them back afterwards and make sure that their experience was good.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

In my opinion, I'd hold on to that as long as I possibly can, while at the same time testing out the AI. It's okay to dip our toe in the water. I mean, I've got my own call center. We've got over 60 agents. We book 93% of our phone calls. And if we're on the phone, we absolutely use AI to capture that lead so that we can call them back afterwards and make sure that their experience was good.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

So there's a place for it. There's a place for it, and it's important to use it.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

So there's a place for it. There's a place for it, and it's important to use it.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

Yeah. The robots might replace the install crew and that would be awesome. Hey, that's less wear and tear on our humans, right? Our technicians, our employees. So that's a win for them. So once again, let that support the experience you're trying to create for the customer. as opposed to replace it.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

Yeah. The robots might replace the install crew and that would be awesome. Hey, that's less wear and tear on our humans, right? Our technicians, our employees. So that's a win for them. So once again, let that support the experience you're trying to create for the customer. as opposed to replace it.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

Yeah, it's pretty cool. Talked about our operations manager, Lindsay Wood, able to take her entire family to Maui for the first time ever. It's really cool. Tasha just got back from a trip. She manages our entire sales team. We're in a really good spot right now. Very, very exciting place. And again, a lot of it has to do with the spotlight being shown on the call center, call conversions.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

Yeah, it's pretty cool. Talked about our operations manager, Lindsay Wood, able to take her entire family to Maui for the first time ever. It's really cool. Tasha just got back from a trip. She manages our entire sales team. We're in a really good spot right now. Very, very exciting place. And again, a lot of it has to do with the spotlight being shown on the call center, call conversions.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

What was that thing you said about, look, if I can increase, if you could increase your call conversion by 1%, how much would that

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

What was that thing you said about, look, if I can increase, if you could increase your call conversion by 1%, how much would that

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

1%.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

1%.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

So the question is, is how do we go about doing that consistently over time? The way that we do it is, is that we do one-on-one coaching twice a month using your own phone calls. All right. So every individual is getting that attention on a regular basis and they're being held accountable to perform at a high level.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Navigating the Balance of AI and Human Interaction in Business with Brigham Dickinson

So the question is, is how do we go about doing that consistently over time? The way that we do it is, is that we do one-on-one coaching twice a month using your own phone calls. All right. So every individual is getting that attention on a regular basis and they're being held accountable to perform at a high level.