3 Ways to Overcome WFH Fatigue in Your IT Department

More tickets, less human contact is a recipe for burnout. Here are some concrete suggestions for how to help ensure your IT support team isn’t feeling overwhelmed. It may take a different strategy to dig out of the mountain of tickets, but it’s better than risking attrition.
Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated December 16, 2021

Be Proactive to Prevent Staffing Holes

We all know that we have two weeks, at most, to fill a position, but too often we are stuck either hiring warm bodies or putting extra workload on our team. It’s better to prepare for the inevitable departures. Here’s how.
Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated January 20, 2023

Pay Attention to Customer Journeys Before Automating Support

Initiatives to integrate chatbots or voice recognition tools that do not take the customer’s experience into account may be doomed to failure. Here’s why taking the time to map out the customer journey may save a lot of headaches for automation efforts.
Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated December 16, 2021

Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated January 6, 2023

Following the Leaders: A Panel Discussion on Making Enterprise Service Management Work

 

According to recent insights from Omdia, there is “serious strategic intent from organizations to invest in … enterprise service management (ESM), demonstrating that the practice is no longer just an aspiration for many organizations and is becoming a reality...

Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated December 13, 2021

How to Deliver High-Touch, Digital-First Tech Support

 

The pandemic forced a dramatic shift towards digital-first...

Date Published December 2, 2021 - Last Updated January 6, 2023

Navigating the Value Stream: Applying ITIL4 to Modern Service Management

 

Accelerate the digital enterprise using the principles of ITIL. ITIL best practices help increase the speed and success of your products and services and enable faster time to value.

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Use Tech to Improve the Authentication Process

Authentication is necessary, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of the customer experience, and too often customers rebel at being questioned. Automated authentication tools may be the rare instance when tech can help avoid a pitfall in interactions with customers.
Date Published November 19, 2021 - Last Updated January 20, 2023

The Trustworthiness of Managers Affects Your Bottom Line

In a passage from her book, “Trust Me - Restore Belief & Confidence in an Uncertain World”, Lea Brovedani demonstrates how managers think trust in their leadership is higher than it often is, and why that’s important to fix.
Date Published November 9, 2021 - Last Updated January 20, 2023

How to Plan What to Automate in Your Service and Security Processes

Automation is only a benefit when it is implemented correctly and for the right reasons. If done poorly, it can even create more work for your team. Here, we walk you through a step-by-step process on how to determine what to automate and how best to do it.
Date Published November 3, 2021 - Last Updated December 16, 2021