With omnichannel consumer expectations on the rise, CX complexity is outpacing organizational execution. Understanding and managing complexity is critical to building optimized customer experiences and is fundamental to every brand’s ability to layer strategic insight and automation across key CX touchpoints. Using Complexity Studies to analyze omnichannel contact drivers, issue types, support performance, and post-interaction satisfaction, brands can build rigorously tailored support programs, leverage key automations, discover new efficiencies, and meet specific customer needs across any channel.
Join Wadad Nsouli, SVP of Customer Success and Business Insight at ibex, as she talks with Yuliya Orlova, Sr. Director of Customer Experience and Quality Assurance at Toast, to unpack the data and detail that goes into mapping complexity and turning insights into action. In this session, you’ll learn how to:

Wadad Nsouli is the Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Business Insight at ibex. Wadad has been at ibex for the past 9 years; her role primarily revolves around working with ibex partners to uncover key obstacles impacting customer satisfaction and partnering on solutions to map back a more seamless customer experience.Prior to joining ibex, Wadad spent 7 years running Customer Experience at Sprint across several channels including care, sales, tech support, and .com.
About ibex
ibex helps the world’s leading brands engage their customers, with services ranging from customer support, technical support, inbound/outbound sales, business intelligence and analytics, digital demand generation, and CX feedback management.

Yuliya is the Senior Director of Customer Experience at Toast. She’s obsessed with making sure restaurateurs can focus on what they are best at doing: cooking delicious food and serving hospitality to their diners.
Prior to joining Toast, Yuliya worked at Square Peg Capital, a venture fund based in Australia. Yuliya was also the Director of Strategic Initiatives at PillPack – working to improve pharmacy experience using technology. Prior to that, she worked as a consultant at Bain and Company.
Yuliya holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Bryn Mawr College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. When she isn’t helping companies build an awesome customer experience, she is usually hanging out with her dog Max and cooking her way through her collection of 132 cookbooks.
The Rise of Multimodal Customer Experience: Are We Moving Too Fast?Omnichannel was promised as the solution to a fragmented customer journey. While it delivered in many ways a new paradigm is taking shape, one defined by multimodal experiences powered by AI, automation, and real-time context. Customers can now move fluidly between voice, chat, video, and digital channels, often without a visible transition. For some, this represents the ideal journey. For others, it can feel as though the human element of customer care is slipping away. As organizations race to innovate, many are unintentionally creating gaps, not just between channels, but between themselves and key segments of their customer base. With varying levels of digital fluency and generational differences, and varying expectations, a one-size-fits-all approach to CX no longer scales. So, the question becomes: In our pursuit of the future, are we leaving parts of our customer base behind? In this candid and forward-looking discussion, CX leaders will explore:
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CX Livewire: Consumer Voices, Real-Time ReactionsCustomer expectations are constantly evolving, and understanding how consumers perceive service, support channels, and emerging technologies is critical for shaping effective CX strategies. In this fast-paced and interactive session, panelists will explore key insights from Execs In The Know’s latest research findings, capturing the perspectives and expectations of CX leaders and consumers. Throughout the discussion, panelists will react to both the research findings and live polling of the CRS audience, creating a dynamic comparison between what consumers say they want and how organizations are currently approaching service delivery. These real-time insights will allow attendees to benchmark their own thinking against the room, while panelists share practical perspectives from inside their organizations on how they interpret, and respond to, shifting consumer expectations. Expect candid reactions, engaging audience participation, and thought-provoking contrasts between consumer sentiment and operational reality. This high-energy session is designed to spark conversation, challenge assumptions, and highlight where CX leaders may need to adapt in order to meet the evolving demands of their customers. |
Agent-Facing AI for CX: Through the Eyes of the AgentFor decades, contact center agents have been expected to act as human search engines navigating complex knowledge bases, policy documents, and fragmented systems to find the right answer for customers. But the emergence of agent-facing AI is beginning to shift that paradigm. Instead of simply retrieving information, modern AI tools can now interpret context, surface relevant guidance, and recommend next-best actions in real time. This panel will explore how CX leaders are deploying AI to transform the agent role, and what this experience is like from the agent’s perspective. Panelists will discuss how tools such as AI copilots, real-time knowledge synthesis, contextual assistance, automated summarization, and predictive assistance are helping agents navigate complex conversations more effectively while reducing cognitive load. At the same time, organizations must carefully balance automation with human judgment, ensuring agents remain empowered decision-makers. Panelists will also address the operational and cultural challenges of introducing AI into the agent workflow including trust, training, governance, and change management. Attendees will hear practical insights (and hopefully firsthand feedback from agents) on what’s working, what’s not, and how agent-facing AI can simultaneously improve efficiency, enhance employee experience, and deliver better outcomes for customers. |
The Next Gen CX Business Plan: Preparing for the Next 3–5 YearsFor years, organizations have piloted AI-powered support, automation, proactive service models, and intelligent self-service. Now, the industry is reaching an inflection point: what happens when these capabilities mature into the standard operating model? The question for leaders is no longer if these technologies work, but how to architect a business plan that thrives once they are fully integrated. Moving from pilot to scale requires a fundamental shift in how we lead. It demands a roadmap for workforce evolution, a commitment to data integrity, and a new definition of “success” that balances efficiency with the human connection customer still crave. What does workforce strategy look like when AI handles a significant portion of interactions? How do roles evolve? What investments must be made now in data quality, governance, and systems integration to support intelligent, proactive service? How is success measured? How do organizations deliver the trust, clarity, and the confidence that define Customer Assurance? In this discussion, CX leaders will explore:
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Customer Assurance: A Leadership Decision, Not a DepartmentCustomer Assurance is not a department or a checklist. It is the confidence customers feel when they know a company will show up with clarity, competence, and care. It is built through leadership decisions that shape how the organization communicates, operates, and responds when something matters most. In an era defined by automation, AI, and no-reply emails, customers are tired of simply being processed. They are asking deeper questions: Do I feel safe doing business with you? Do I trust this experience? Do I believe this company will take care of me when it counts? True assurance is what turns a transaction into trust. It requires more than strong service design. It takes leadership alignment, clear decision-making, and systems that make confidence possible at every stage of the customer journey. That includes how expectations are set, how issues are owned, how employees are empowered, and how technology is used to support rather than distance the customer relationship. In this discussion, CX leaders will explore:
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