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
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
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
Keeping remote teams engaged was a challenge before the pandemic. Here we are, one year later – with limited to no in-person team interaction – and finding ways to support impactful team interactions and understand skill and knowledge gaps can be challenging and...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
We could all use a little more time in our schedule, but something new pops up every time we catch our breath. We cannot always anticipate the unexpected, but we can take steps to handle the work we know about more efficiently. For example, password reset requests persistently...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
In recent research, HDI found that 32% of organizations were planning to adopt the principles and practices of service management in lines of business other than IT, in addition to the 27% who said they have already done so. Why are so many organizations adopting enterprise...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021
While much has changed this year for support centers—which consist of service desks, help desks, and desktop support—we must also remember that a lot has changed for the customers we serve, as well. They may lack the proximity of colleagues to answer simple...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
The most successful teams embrace healthy conflict around ideas.
Date Published May 30, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019
This month, Jeff Rumburg looks at two commonly tracked service desk metrics for agent training: new agent training hours and annual agent training hours.
Date Published May 29, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019
Feedback is important to personal growth and development. But sometimes you need to ask for it.
Date Published May 23, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019