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Scary Communication and Collaboration Industry Trends: A Halloween Podcast
BCStrategies Experts Thomas Brannen, Charles Vondra, Martha Buyer, David Danto, Joseph Williams, Jon Arnold, and Kevin Kieller discuss some scary trends in the communications and collaboration industry.
Unsurprisingly, challenges related to AI take center stage.
Kevin Kieller
Nov 12 min read


WebexOne 2025 Review and Recap
In this podcast, BCStrategies Experts Kevin Kieller, David Danto, Tom Brannen, and David Maldow review and recap the WebexOne 2025...
Multiple Experts
Oct 101 min read


CXUnifiers 2025 - Sprinklr
Experts Blair Pleasant and Jon Arnold provide their analysis and insights related to the Sprinklr CXUnifiers 25. Sprinklr is a social media listening platform and has expanded into providing a unified CX platform with numerous AI features.
Multiple Experts
Oct 81 min read


A Recap of Verint Engage 2025
BCStrategies was well-represented at Verint’s Engage event in Orlando, and we’ve got our takeaways here in this video podcast.
Jon Arnold
Sep 191 min read


NiCE + Cognigy – What Took So Long?
Experts Blair Pleasant and Jon Arnold analyze NiCE's $955M acquisition of Cognigy
Multiple Experts
Aug 15 min read


Zoom Perspectives 2025 - A Quick Summary
A quick recap of Zoom Perspectives 2025 from Kevin Kieller, Blair Pleasant, and Jon Arnold
Multiple Experts
Aug 11 min read


BCS Experts Recapping Q1+ 2025
(Podcast length 20:52) BCStrategies Expert Blair Pleasant hosts Experts Joseph Williams, Jon Arnold, Kevin Kieller, David Maldow and...
Multiple Experts
May 131 min read


Comms vNext Conference Recap (2025)
BCStrategies Expert David Danto interviews Expert Kevin Kieller related to the April 2025 Comms vNext conference which focused on the...
Kevin Kieller
Apr 221 min read


Google Cloud Next – Stepping up its Customer Experience Game
While AI and AI agents got most of the attention at Google Cloud’s customer event, Google Cloud Next, it was great to see a bigger focus...
Blair Pleasant
Apr 174 min read


8x8 Analyst Summit Takeaways – Track Some Mud on the Carpet
My favorite line from A Complete Unknown – “ Don’t be afraid to track some mud on the carpet ”. My favorite line – and pretty much...
Jon Arnold
Apr 107 min read


8x8 – On the Offense
The messages at the 8x8 Analyst Summit in Southampton, U.K. were almost as loud as the Southampton Football Club fans when the Saints...
Blair Pleasant
Apr 85 min read


The AI Chefs: AI Kitchen Tools and Inspiration Rodizio
(Video length: 31:43) Welcome back to The AI Chefs! In this episode, we’re serving up a feast of AI insights, from must-have kitchen...
Kevin Kieller & David Maldow
Feb 171 min read


Can AI Demonstrate Empathy? Differing Expert Opinions
(Podcast length: 34:52) Can AI agents demonstrate empathy equal to or better than human agents? Are human agents really demonstrating...
Multiple Experts
Feb 131 min read


The AI Chefs: A Deep Dive into DeepSeek
(Video length: 29:54) In this special episode of The AI Chefs, we’re putting aside the recipes to focus on one big topic: DeepSeek. This...
Kevin Kieller & David Maldow
Jan 301 min read


The AI Chefs: Red Flag Velvet Cake and Data Donut Holes
(Video length: 21:36) In this episode of The AI Chefs, we’re serving up two fresh AI-powered recipes to level up your workflow and...
Kevin Kieller & David Maldow
Jan 281 min read


BCStrategies Experts Recap 2024 - the hits and the misses
(Podcast length: 21:16) Experts Joseph Williams, Kevin Kieller, Chuck Vondra, Blair Pleasant, Marta Buyers, Dave Michels, and Jon Arnold...
Multiple Experts
Dec 30, 20241 min read


BCStrategies Experts make their technology predictions for 2025
(Podcast length: 23:45) Experts Blair Pleasant, Nicolas De Kouchkovsky, Evan Kirstel, David Maldow, Dave Michels, and Kevin Kieller...
Multiple Experts
Dec 30, 20241 min read


The AI Chefs: AI Potluck and Learning Lasagna
(Video length: 23:17) In this episode of The AI Chefs, David and Kevin serve up two hearty recipes to help you take your AI usage to the...
Kevin Kieller & David Maldow
Dec 26, 20241 min read


AI Show - The Fifth Industrial Revolution and Why AI is Reshaping Everything
(Video length: 42:27) Dan Sodergren on how AI is transforming work, leadership, and life as we know it. In this episode of the AI News...
Kevin Kieller & Rob Scott
Nov 27, 20241 min read


The Experts talk with blissAI co-founders Joe Eisner and Jay Yeras
(Podcast length: 38:58) A collection of the BCStrategies Experts including Blair Pleasant, Martha Buyer, Charles Vondra, Kevin Kieller,...
Multiple Experts
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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