Deflection Is Dead: Why Customer Engagement Is the New Goal

What if getting rid of customers quickly is actually bad for business? That's the case Pasquale DeMaio , VP of Amazon Connect Customer, makes on this week's episode of The Modern Customer Podcast . His point: if your AI strategy is built around deflection, you're not saving money—you're handing customers straight to your competitors. We also dig into how deterministic and agentic AI work together,…