Foresight Is 2020: Trends in Technical Support and Service Management

 

The 2010s were a decade of rapid-fire evolution in IT, technical support, and service management: from mobile devices to remote support, knowledge management to enterprise service management and ITIL4, countless technologies, processes, frameworks, and methodologies emerged to...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Employ Interactive Virtual Training to Address Skill Gaps and Engage Teams

 

Keeping remote teams engaged was a challenge before the pandemic. Here we are, one year later – with limited to no in-person team interaction – and finding ways to support impactful team interactions and understand skill and knowledge gaps can be challenging and...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Move Forward by Shifting Left: Enabling Self-Service and First-Level Resolution in 2021

 

We could all use a little more time in our schedule, but something new pops up every time we catch our breath. We cannot always anticipate the unexpected, but we can take steps to handle the work we know about more efficiently. For example, password reset requests persistently...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

ITSM and the Value of Knowledge-Centered Service for the Enterprise

 

Disruption has become the norm. As businesses try to keep pace with rapid change, IT support centers along with other core enterprise service groups are struggling to keep up with demand. How can they communicate effectively and maintain high standards of internal and external...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Future Forward: Executive Strategy in a New Complex World

 

If your organization’s goal is to reduce friction so your customers can experience your products and services in new and exciting ways, you’re going to need to rethink how and why you’re doing what you’ve always done. More and more people are gaining...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

No Metrics? No Problem! (No, really!)

Metrics help us understand our performance and ultimately drive our improvements and service levels. But metrics for the sake of metrics are useless.
Date Published May 15, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

No Dead Ends: Unlock the Hidden Value of Your Self-Service Content

Think of your content holistically, across silos, to enable an enhanced user experience and ultimately provide a better quality of self-service.
Date Published May 9, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

Spring Cleaning: Best Practices for the Daily Grind

Attend to the details to reinvigorate your memory, health, and workspace.
Date Published May 2, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

7 Tips for Extending Your IT Service Desk into the Enterprise

Extending the IT service desk to the enterprise can provide big returns and benefits to an organization—but only if you approach it properly.
Date Published May 1, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

Single Point of Contact: Chris Chagnon

Roy Atkinson interviewed Chris Chagnon to discuss analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), self-help, and much more.
Date Published April 25, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019