Reimagine Culture and Deliver an Incredible Service Experience

Organizations that provide exceptional service do it by working together, as one company, instead of several smaller companies that have cobbled their services together.
Date Published February 2, 2016 - Last Updated October 5, 2016

The Power of Positive Influence

Understanding how to apply power and influence can benefit you, personally and professionally, but it can also help you help others.
Date Published February 1, 2016 - Last Updated May 22, 2017

A Revised Road Map for Desktop Support: Where Are We Now?

In this update to the 2014 road map, the DSAB articulates the continuing evolution of desktop support, including the skills needed, and industry trends, such as cloud computing, shadow IT, BYOD, virtualization, security needs, and consumerization.
Date Published January 13, 2016 - Last Updated October 5, 2016

Design Service Portals for User Adoption

Many IT organizations struggle with user adoption when they release their first service portal. The user experience is the key to a successful service portal.
Date Published January 12, 2016 - Last Updated April 10, 2017

Adaptive Quality Management: An Evolutionary View

When your CSAT score is stuck at a once-revered 85 percent and you're being challenge to improve customer experience, what should you do? Welcome to adaptive quality management, the goal of which is to improve operational quality in order to drive higher customer satisfaction.
Date Published January 8, 2016 - Last Updated October 5, 2016

From First Call to First Conversation Resolution

Contact center metrics such as First Call Resolution (FCR) can become difficult to measure when new channels are introduced into a service model.
Date Published December 17, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016

First Call Resolution: Getting It Fixed the First Time

First call resolution (FCR) is about answering or solving the customer’s problems on the first call, as quickly and for the least cost possible.
Date Published December 8, 2015 - Last Updated May 20, 2016

Introducing Radical Incident Reduction: The 40-40-40 Program

This program reduces incident counts and resolution times and increases support staff skills for getting to root causes and eliminating the incidents they cause.
Date Published November 24, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016

2015 HDI Service Management Awards

The HDI Service Management Awards recognize excellence and honor support organizations that have generated positive, measurable results in IT service management.
Date Published November 17, 2015 - Last Updated December 1, 2017

Creating an Enterprise Service Portal

A true enterprise service portal is not restricted to IT; it is a gateway to interacting with all of an organization's service providers from a single landing page.
Date Published November 10, 2015 - Last Updated April 19, 2019