Wendy Kinney

Co-founder and operations lead at Summit Trails

Wendy Kinney is co-founder and operations lead at Summit Trails. She spent more than twenty years in workforce operations and WFO consulting across AT&T, Boeing, AIG, Nationwide, Farmers and the State of California, which is where the problem Summit Trails now solves came from. She writes about AI readiness, headcount mandates and what operations teams can actually measure before they commit to a number.

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Workforce Optimization Software: What WFO Suites Do, Who They Fit, and Where They Stop, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Workforce Optimization Software: What WFO Suites Do, Who They Fit, and Where They Stop

Workforce optimization (WFO) software is a suite rather than a single product. It bundles workforce management, interaction recording, quality management,…

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What an AI Readiness Assessment Costs: 2026 Prices, From Free to Enterprise, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

What an AI Readiness Assessment Costs: 2026 Prices, From Free to Enterprise

The cost of an AI readiness assessment runs from nothing to $55,000 among the providers that publish a price, and…

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Intelligent Automation Readiness: What Operations Leaders Need Before the First Bot, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Intelligent Automation Readiness: What Operations Leaders Need Before the First Bot

Intelligent automation is the combination of robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and workflow orchestration, used to automate work…

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Capacity Planning Software for Operations: What Each Kind Plans Against, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Capacity Planning Software for Operations: What Each Kind Plans Against

Capacity planning software sets the work you expect against the people, or machines, available to do it. It comes in…

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Process Mining Software vs. Workforce Intelligence: Which One Answers the Headcount Question?, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Process Mining Software vs. Workforce Intelligence: Which One Answers the Headcount Question?

Process mining software reconstructs how a case, such as an invoice, an order, or a claim, moves through your systems,…

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Calabrio Alternative for Operations: What the Verint Merger Changes for Back-Office Teams, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Calabrio Alternative for Operations: What the Verint Merger Changes for Back-Office Teams

Type calabrio.com into a browser today and you land on verint.com. Not a co-branded page, not a partnership notice. A…

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Genesys Alternative for Operations: What a Work Item Cannot Tell You, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Genesys Alternative for Operations: What a Work Item Cannot Tell You

Most operations leaders looking for a Genesys alternative are not trying to replace Genesys. They already have it, or enterprise…

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AI Readiness Platform vs. Point Solutions: Why Operations Leaders Need One System, Not Five, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

AI Readiness Platform vs. Point Solutions: Why Operations Leaders Need One System, Not Five

An AI readiness platform measures an operation end to end in one system: what the work is, who does it,…

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AI Headcount Mandate in Banking Operations: How to Answer the Number, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

AI Headcount Mandate in Banking Operations: How to Answer the Number

An AI headcount mandate in banking operations is a top-down target to cut staffing or noninterest expense on the assumption…

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Deloitte Alternative for AI Workforce Strategy: A Faster, Ground-Truth Path, Summit Trails

Workforce Intelligence

Deloitte Alternative for AI Workforce Strategy: A Faster, Ground-Truth Path

The strongest Deloitte alternative for AI workforce strategy is not another firm that costs a little less for the same…

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