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Where Do Leaders Come From?

Senior leaders are a key factor in the success of any support operation. Positive outcomes hinge on support leaders’ ability to embrace the executive team’s strategic vision and execute plans to achieve the desired results. Regardless of the resources you have at your disposal ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

"Houston, We Have a Problem": The Service Center War Room

IT provides services to the business, and ITSM enables IT to react accordingly when those services don’t perform as designed. It’s important that IT and the business are on the same page when it comes to key events, and that they approach those events with the same sense of urgency. This...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

Shift to the Left!: Delivering Discontinuous Improvements with Remote Solutions

In today’s increasingly competitive world, customers are always looking for more from their service providers: better response times, improved uptime, lower costs, personal service, a better overall experience, etc. Your company’s leaders and its shareholders have their own needs: lower costs,...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

SMACing ITSM into the Next.IT

Next.IT—the emergence of digital services, social networks, mobile technology solutions, Big Data analytics, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things—is upon us, and growing quickly. But this doesn’t mean that IT management and business service management are going to go away; these...
Date Published - Last Updated September 16, 2024

The 2020 Generation Gap: Is Your Company Ready?

These days, most companies have hectic social schedules. From baby showers to retirement parties, cross-generational events like these are examples of how diverse our workforce is right now. Many of us are lamenting the fact that ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

At the Service Desk, Good Enough Isn't Nearly Enough

Service desks come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the needs of those they serve. Service offerings, KPIs, and service level targets will vary, and some will meet those needs better than others, providing not just business value but a partnership based on common goals. However, what holds...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Organizational Change Management: An Essential Part of the Service Management Journey

Improving service management requires organizations to do things differently, and doing things differently requires organizational change. This white paper describes a straightforward, reproducible method of managing organizational change that will help ensure the success of any service...
Date Published - Last Updated September 30, 2015