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No News Is Good News: Common Phrases that Will Destroy Your Service Quality

Beware of comments and assumptions that can lead to service delivery that is simply adequate rather than exceptional.
Date Published June 11, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

Show Me What You’ve Got: How to Interview Service Desk Analysts and Technicians

Faced with a 40% turnover on the service desk, this manager tried a different approach to interviewing analyst and technician candidates, with great success.
Date Published June 6, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

4 Building Blocks to Modernize the Service Desk

 

For years, service desks and support centers have been optimizing the way they work. By doing so, they’ve been able to keep up with increasing demand for services, but not able to leap ahead. Now there is the promise of emerging, enhanced technologies to assist users and...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

AI Means Business: A Panel Discussion on Modernizing Knowledge Management

 

While it’s still early days for artificial intelligence (AI), it’s clear that AI means business. In a June 2020 study conducted by Omdia, researchers found that more than 50% of respondents had deployed or were planning to deploy AI in five of seven business...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

ITSM and the Value of Knowledge-Centered Service for the Enterprise

 

Disruption has become the norm. As businesses try to keep pace with rapid change, IT support centers along with other core enterprise service groups are struggling to keep up with demand. How can they communicate effectively and maintain high standards of internal and external...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

IT Excellence in the Age of Digital Transformation

 

Customer expectations are continually rising, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. At the same time, IT leaders are feeling the pressure to do more with fewer resources and smaller teams. Finding the right balance between cost, quality, and speed has never been...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

IT Excellence in the Age of Digital Transformation

 

In a recent poll of senior IT leaders by HDI, 60% of respondents said their top priority is business transformation, and 64% said they are investing in solutions to support business transformation. Digital transformation touches every aspect of business and depends upon...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Future Forward: Executive Strategy in a New Complex World

 

If your organization’s goal is to reduce friction so your customers can experience your products and services in new and exciting ways, you’re going to need to rethink how and why you’re doing what you’ve always done. More and more people are gaining...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

The State of the Industry: A Mid-Year Research Roundup

 

HDI conducts extensive research throughout the year. In this webinar, we will review our 2019 research to date, examine what it means for the industry, and suggest areas that leaders should be paying attention to, including possible courses of action. We will review the latest...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

IT Change Management in a High-Speed World

 

Organizations are increasingly caught between competing goals: They must meet compliance and cybersecurity requirements and produce stable technology environments while simultaneously allowing for high-velocity changes. How can these competing goals be managed?

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Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021