Are Practices Still Important in ITIL 4?

Whether we call it a process or a practice, if we aren’t engaged and working together collaboratively, we won’t produce value for the business.
Date Published May 14, 2020 - Last Updated December 10, 2020

Crisis Communication Advice for Service and Support Leaders

Crises and remote work have created the need for greater thoughtfulness, transparency, and communication from service and support leaders.
Date Published May 13, 2020 - Last Updated December 10, 2020

Customer Experience: What Do We Do Now?

Customer experience for a service desk is more important than ever, because being able to serve and retain customers is more challenging than ever.
Date Published May 5, 2020 - Last Updated December 10, 2020

Single Point of Contact: Ben Brennan on Customer Experience for IT

Roy Atkinson interviewed Ben Brennan on metrics and customer experience for IT and technical support.
Date Published April 14, 2020 - Last Updated December 10, 2020

The Most Important Ingredients for a Successful ITSM Tool Implementation

The ingredients are a few key activities with the correct proportions of people, process, and technology.
Date Published April 9, 2020 - Last Updated December 10, 2020

What Customers Expect

Every interaction is an opportunity to exceed expectations and create a valuable experience for our customers.
Date Published April 2, 2020 - Last Updated September 2, 2020

20 Ways to Empathize with Stressed-Out Customers

Even the most empathy-willing analysts will struggle to show empathy when they’re overburdened.
Date Published April 1, 2020 - Last Updated September 2, 2020

ITSM from Afar

Now that work from home is a rule, not an exception, how can we continue to deliver high-quality service management in this new normal?
Date Published March 31, 2020 - Last Updated September 2, 2020

How to Understand Customer Pain

Spending time observing, empathizing, and experiencing customer problems is foundational.
Date Published March 30, 2020 - Last Updated September 2, 2020

Metric of the Month: Customer Effort

Customer effort measures how easy it is for your customers to do business with you.
Date Published March 26, 2020 - Last Updated January 20, 2023