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More and more organizations are using the shift-left approach to support, bringing more complex work down...
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According to HDI research, the volume of incidents is on the rise in most organizations. While new systems and devices are intended to assist an increasing...
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The terms metrics and measures are often used interchangeably, and while they are related,...
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In last week's #HDIchat, we discussed support channels: Which ones are working? Which ones aren't? Which channels have you added recently? Which channels are you considering adding in the future?
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The vast majority of customer care involves limiting the interruptions that send customers to your service desk in the first place. Proactive IT enables the organization to avoid detours, prevent incidents, and address or fix problems before they impact the customer.
Tag(s): customer experience, customer satisfaction, customer-satisfaction-measurement, supportworld
if you want everyone in the boat rowing at the same speed, you must get the first oar in the water, then the next, and so on until everyone is contributing to the boat’s forward momentum. This is the essence of collective responsibility. Simulations can provide you with the game film, practice,...
Tag(s): business of support, service management, supportworld
Cost pressures, plus ever-increasing demands for your services...do you feel caught between a rock and a hard place, and set up to fail? The good news is, there’s an answer, and it’s not ...
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As consumers have become more technically aware, they’ve become more willing to trust each other. This is having an impact on established providers of expertise and trust—and it’s changing entire industries. It’s vital that corporate IT departments understand ...
Tag(s): future of support, supportworld
In service management, we come up with solutions and solve problems on a regular basis. It’s part of the job, and we are quite good at it. There are times, however, when a new problem arises and the usual solutions simply don’t work. The problem could be ...
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