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Building a Human-Centered Call Center: Lessons from Richard Blank on Bridging Success Podcast with Bo Jakins

Bridging Success
A Podcast Showcasing Visionary Business Leaders
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Episode 8 - From Pinball Machines to Productivity: The Unconventional Path to Call Center Success. July 25, 2025

In this episode of Bridging Success, Bo Jakins interviews the President and Bilingual Telemarketing Trainer of Costa Rica's Call Center, Richard Blank. Richard shares his journey of building a call center in Costa Rica, highlighting the importance of human connection, positive workplace culture, and adapting to technological change.

Richard covers industry trends, the impact of remote work, and Richard’s unique approach to employee engagement through gamification and creativity.

In this insightful episode of Bridging Success, host Bo Jakins sits down with Richard Blank, CEO of Costa Rica's Call Center, to discuss how human connection drives success in the call center industry. With his journey from a Spanish major seeking adventure to building a thriving call center, Richard shares his valuable insights on creating a people-first business that leverages both technology and culture. This episode is packed with actionable strategies for business leaders, customer service professionals, and anyone interested in building a customer-centric organization in today’s evolving landscape.
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00:00I like when people take breaths and bites and sips and let you digest it for a minute.
00:05And then there's also like a boxer.
00:06You can't always just punch the whole time.
00:08There is size, strength, and strategy of the people that are speaking with you.
00:12And so if you put something out there, you may get a positive or a negative reinforcement,
00:16which makes you adjust your tone accordingly.
00:20What a beautiful art of speech.
00:22And so people practice their rhetoric.
00:24And we look at certain words to change, like help.
00:27We'll put in assist guide and lend a hand.
00:30Never say I'm sorry.
00:31It's both for my clarification.
00:33We always use the military alphabet because a lot of people have served them.
00:37It sounds really good.
00:38And emails don't bounce back.
00:40And my favorite tip for the audience, which I don't think AI can ever do because you can't
00:45really mask empathy, is the positive escalation.
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