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Tag(s): technology, supportworld
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Tag(s): technology, future of support, SaaS, software as a service - SaaS, supportworld
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Tag(s): customer experience, supportworld
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Tag(s): customer satisfaction, customer survey tools, supportworld
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Tag(s): leadership, supportworld
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Tag(s): best practice, continual service improvement, framework and methodologies, KPI, ITSM, IT service management, practices and processes, reporting, reporting-and-analytics, supportworld
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The blending of Millenials, Gen Xers, Gen Yers, Baby Boomers and those of us born on the cusp of any of these groupings calls for a level of management expertise with which many are just not equipped.
Tag(s): diversity, knowledge management, supportworld