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Council presses HR on customer service, secret shoppers and AI training tools

2772816 · March 21, 2025
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Summary

Council members asked HR about secret-shoppers, mandatory customer-service training for people-facing employees and HR's use of AI-driven training tools. Council approved a motion to require annual customer-service training for people-facing staff; HR described use of SkillGym and plans for an LMS rollout.

Council members raised multiple questions on March 21 about how the city measures and improves customer-facing interactions, and whether training can be made mandatory for people-facing employees.

Several council members asked whether the city uses "secret shoppers" or mystery callers to test customer service. Denise Starr and Iris Ware said departments are piloting secret-shopper programs; DDOT recently recruited more than 20 secret shoppers to assess on-bus customer experience, and HR said departments sometimes use…

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