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How Agile Metrics Can Turbocharge Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction

An argument for why many customer satisfaction metrics can be boiled down to just three metrics that measure the efficiency of your process when it comes to tickets. Manuel Palachuk unpacks the concept of Agile, quite literally, with a real-world example of moving apartments.
Date Published March 3, 2021 - Last Updated December 16, 2021

Why We Fall Short When it Comes to IT Security

The cost of a security breach can be astronomical, and yet few businesses invest enough to prevent such breaches from happening. Here is a look as to why that is, and the steps needed to create a plan to secure your network and your customers’ personal identifying information.
Date Published March 2, 2021 - Last Updated March 12, 2021

Email is for Information, Not Communication

Email was first hailed as a way to make communication more instantaneous, but it can’t substitute more immediate forms of communication that allow for back-and-forth discussion. Here is why email falls short in primacy as a communications method, and how to fix its shortcomings.
Date Published March 1, 2021 - Last Updated March 12, 2021

Three Simple Ways to Improve the Employee Experience for the Service Desk

In a turbulent year, the last thing you need is high turnover at your IT service and support desks. Here are some strategies to help employees feel they can do meaningful work. If employed correctly, these ideas likely will lead to a win-win situation for employees and clients.
Date Published February 24, 2021 - Last Updated March 12, 2021

What to Read About the Future of Working From Home

Award-winning customer service analyst Roy Atkinson shares critical writing on the rapidly evolving landscape of distributed teams in the COVID-disrupted workplace, and curates some tips that can help your workforce pull together and share sustained success in long-haul WFH situations.
Date Published February 23, 2021 - Last Updated February 19, 2021

Announcing the 2021 HDI Service and Support Awards Finalists

We’ve reviewed many worthy applications from the world of IT service and support and we're pleased to announce who has made it to the finalist round of competition. Stay tuned to learn who will be crowned the winners at SupportWorld Live.
Date Published February 22, 2021 - Last Updated January 20, 2023

Employer Diversity Tied to Higher ROI

An argument is made that those companies which are not doing everything they can to promote true diversity in the workplace may be shortchanging their bottom line, in addition to falling short on doing the right thing. Read why here.
Date Published February 17, 2021 - Last Updated February 11, 2021

How to Humanize the Remote Workplace, and Make Your Remote Teams More Resilient

If remote work is going to be a long-haul proposition, we must find new and sustainable ways to ensure our team stays connected and the work is sustainable and fulfilling. Here are three suggestions for how to make that possible.
Date Published February 16, 2021 - Last Updated February 19, 2021

What Are the Characteristics of a Functional Team?

A veteran consultant gives an in-depth definition of the concepts of teamwork, including definitions of the different types of teams and success factors to consider with your team. See if you need to work on your team building with your IT service and support department.
Date Published February 9, 2021 - Last Updated February 19, 2021

The Future of Customer Care is Voice Activated

While voice-enabled customer care still has some technological hurdles to surmount, it is already being rapidly adopted as a go-to service for customer care because it offers convenient access to businesses on the customer’s schedule, and levels the playing field of communication for many customers.
Date Published February 8, 2021 - Last Updated February 11, 2021