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What went wrong and how to do it right.</description></item><item><title>Digital first, not digital only: hybrid human + AI service</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/hybrid-human-ai-service/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/hybrid-human-ai-service/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Gartner predicts half of companies will give up on cutting human service because of AI. How to design the hybrid model.</description></item><item><title>AI on WhatsApp without ruining the experience: 10 precautions before automating</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-on-whatsapp-10-precautions/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-on-whatsapp-10-precautions/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Automating WhatsApp with AI works when the customer knows they're talking to a bot, finds the exit to a person and doesn't repeat everything. 10 precautions before you flip it on.</description></item><item><title>74% accept AI in customer service. 79% want to be able to choose a human</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/brazilian-consumers-ai-customer-service/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/brazilian-consumers-ai-customer-service/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A Globo survey of a thousand Brazilians: 74% accept AI in customer service, but 79% want to choose to talk to a person. What that changes in the design.</description></item><item><title>How to measure an AI service agent: the metrics beyond &quot;resolved&quot;</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-service-agent-metrics/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-service-agent-metrics/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Measuring an AI agent by how many conversations it closed is misleading. Six metrics that show if the customer was actually served: resolution, recontact, score and cost.</description></item><item><title>9.3 for the human, 7.0 for AI: how to close that gap in customer service</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-vs-human-service-satisfaction/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-vs-human-service-satisfaction/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>In a survey of 1,003 Brazilians, human service scored 9.3 and AI scored 7.0. Five design adjustments to close that gap.</description></item><item><title>Custom sales and service automation: architecture, timelines and what stays with your team</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/sales-service-automation/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/sales-service-automation/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Automation that works combines AI agents and people, connected to the systems the company already uses. Architecture, governance and what stays with your team.</description></item><item><title>WhatsApp is the favorite channel of 48% of Brazilians. The omnichannel journey with AI that doesn't lose the customer</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/whatsapp-omnichannel-journey-ai/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/whatsapp-omnichannel-journey-ai/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>48% of Brazilians prefer WhatsApp, but talk to 5 companies a quarter across channels. How AI keeps the history and doesn't make the customer repeat everything.</description></item><item><title>The B2B CMO became the majority (59.6%). And 57% of them are in companies of up to 50 people</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/b2b-cmo-brazil/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/b2b-cmo-brazil/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The Brazilian CMO X-Ray mapped 17,633 leaders: 59.6% are B2B and 57% work in companies of up to 50 people. The portrait of who decides with a short team.</description></item><item><title>82% of marketing already consider AI indispensable. What changes in the CMO's role</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-in-marketing-cmo-role/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-in-marketing-cmo-role/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>IAB Brasil and Nielsen study: 82% of professionals see AI as indispensable, and the #1 use is data analysis (90%). What that changes in the CMO's role.</description></item><item><title>59% prefer the brand that uses AI. 74% want to know when it does</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-transparency-in-marketing/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-transparency-in-marketing/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Globo survey: 59% of Brazilians prefer the brand that uses AI, but 74% want notice in ads and 95% defend labeling AI-generated content.</description></item><item><title>AI service that lets the customer choose: how we implement it</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-service-with-human-choice/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-service-with-human-choice/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How NorthStar designs service with AI agents and humans where the customer chooses the path, without losing efficiency. Stages and deliverables.</description></item><item><title>B2B content with AI without losing authenticity: what Globo and IAB show</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-content-authenticity-b2b/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-content-authenticity-b2b/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>73% of marketers already use AI to create content. How to keep your own voice, verified data and human review in B2B content.</description></item><item><title>Operational intelligence beats a stack of disconnected tools</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/operational-intelligence-vs-tools/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/operational-intelligence-vs-tools/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Dozens of disconnected tools create the illusion of control. Companies that scale swap the fragmented stack for a single intelligence that decides in real time.</description></item><item><title>AI for marketing data analysis: the #1 use (90%) and how to do it right</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-for-marketing-data-analysis/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/ai-for-marketing-data-analysis/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>90% of marketers use AI to analyze data, according to IAB Brasil and Nielsen. How to make that use generate a decision, not just a report.</description></item><item><title>Growth, performance and product marketing are less than 5% of leadership roles: how to have these functions without hiring a whole team</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/growth-performance-product-marketing-small-teams/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/growth-performance-product-marketing-small-teams/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Growth, performance and product marketing add up to less than 5% of marketing leadership in Brazil. How to cover all three functions without building a whole team.</description></item><item><title>Marketing intelligence for small teams: data, growth and performance without a data team</title><link>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/marketing-intelligence-small-teams/</link><guid>https://www.northstarworks.com.br/en/blog/marketing-intelligence-small-teams/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>57% of B2B CMOs work in companies of up to 50 people. How NorthStar builds marketing intelligence for small teams, without building a data team.</description></item></channel></rss>