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Why Most Service Environments Struggle

Most Contact Centres and service operations do not fail because people lack capability or commitment.

They struggle because the system they work within has drifted out of alignment.


Over time, service environments accumulate complexity. More metrics. More tools. More hand-offs. More workarounds. Leadership becomes further removed from delivery reality, and dashboards start to replace judgement.


AI and automation are often introduced with good intent, but without system design they amplify noise rather than improve outcomes.


At CXTT, we work at the system level. We help leaders redesign service environments so people, process, technology and governance reinforce each other. When the system is aligned, performance improves without adding complexity.

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Our Approach: The CXTT Human Systems Framework

Our work is guided by the CXTT Human Systems Framework, which examines service environments across five interdependent dimensions:

  • Purpose and outcomes – why the service exists and how success is defined
  • People and roles – clarity, capability, trust and decision rights
  • Process and flow – how work moves through the system
  • Technology and AI – how tools support or distort performance
  • Signals, metrics and governance – how the system senses and corrects itself

This framework allows us to diagnose root causes rather than symptoms, separate signal from noise, and design changes that deliver sustainable outcomes.


How We Help:

Consulting

Independent Reviews and Strategic Engagements

We conduct independent Contact Centre, CX and service operations reviews to help leaders understand:

  • Why investment has not translated into better outcomes
  • Where complexity is driving cost, friction and risk
  • How operating models, workforce design and technology interact
  • What changes will deliver the greatest impact

Our consulting work is practical, evidence-based and focused on clarity.


Advisory

Executive and Board-Level Support

We work as trusted advisers to executives and boards navigating:

  • CX and Contact Centre strategy
  • AI and automation decisions
  • Governance, risk and workforce trust
  • Pre- and post-procurement assurance

This work is about judgement, trade-offs and confidence, not delivery theatre.


Speaking and Facilitation

Insight That Challenges Assumptions

We deliver keynotes, executive briefings and facilitated leadership sessions on:

  • Systems thinking in Contact Centres and CX
  • AI in service environments, what works and what does not
  • Workforce trust, metrics and performance
  • Designing service operations that scale

Our speaking is grounded in real operational experience and designed to provoke better conversations.


Who We Work With

We work with organisations that:

  • Operate at scale
  • Deliver essential or regulated services
  • Manage complex customer demand
  • Are under pressure to improve CX, efficiency and workforce outcomes

This includes government agencies, financial services, utilities, technology providers, health, transport and both in-house and outsourced Contact Centres.

Why CXTT

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CXTT Consulting is 50% Aboriginal owned and brings a rare combination of experience and perspective. With over 20 years leading and advising Contact Centres and CX functions, including five years as a CIO, we understand how service, technology and leadership decisions play out in practice, not just on paper.


Our work consistently helps leaders and organisations to:

  • Regain line of sight into complex service environments
  • Reduce operational noise and unnecessary complexity
  • Make confident decisions about CX, AI and automation
  • Restore workforce trust by aligning metrics with judgement
  • Deliver measurable improvements in service performance without adding cost or tools


We are independent, vendor-agnostic and focused on outcomes that endure beyond the life of an engagement.

Our Ecosystem

CXTT leads system design and advisory.

Where deeper capability is required, we work with a small ecosystem of specialist partners across insight, experience, benchmarking and benefits realisation.


Partners are engaged selectively, governed clearly and always in service of the system outcomes.


Learn More about our Partners
Michael Clark - CX Consulting, Contact Centre Consulting, AI Advisory

Meet Michael Clark: Your Trusted Adviser

With 20+ years leading award-winning Contact Centres, CX programs, and tech transformations Michael brings sharp insight and real-world know-how to complex challenges.

Today, he helps organisations turn customer experience ambition into measurable

business outcomes.

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APAC Buyers Guide for Contact Centre CX Platforms with AI

Michael Clark, co-authored the Contact Centre CX Platforms with AI Buyers Guide for APAC.

Recognised as a leading regional benchmark, the guide reflects our deep expertise in customer experience, technology, & transformation - helping leaders make informed CX platform & AI investment decisions.

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Contact Centre Consulting, CX Consulting & AI Advisory

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Matchboard

Michael Clark is an outstanding facilitator - Matchboard has engaged him for numerous Contact Centre and CX roundtable events and we’d recommend him in a heartbeat. 11/10!


Sharon Melamed, CEO - Matchboard

Some of our valued clients

Rimini Street
AUSTRAC
Matchboard
Fair Work Commission
Auscontact - Australian Contact Centre Industry Association
TTEC
GBG
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Wannon Water
Greyhound Racing Victoria
Russell Investments
Australian Medic Alert Foundation
NSW eHealth
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Victorian Government

Thanks for your efforts untangling our operating model and pricing over the past year. We have some valuable learnings we’ll take with us as we move forward.


Director, Victorian Government

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