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No News Is Good News: Common Phrases that Will Destroy Your Service Quality

Beware of comments and assumptions that can lead to service delivery that is simply adequate rather than exceptional.
Date Published June 11, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

Show Me What You’ve Got: How to Interview Service Desk Analysts and Technicians

Faced with a 40% turnover on the service desk, this manager tried a different approach to interviewing analyst and technician candidates, with great success.
Date Published June 6, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

Transformative Training: How to Foster Learning for Service and Support Teams

As service and support leaders, it’s our job to enable and foster the environment, create the process, and engage our teams throughout the learning experience.
Date Published June 5, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019

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

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

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

The State of the Industry: A Mid-Year Research Roundup

 

HDI conducts extensive research throughout the year. In this webinar, we will review our 2019 research to date, examine what it means for the industry, and suggest areas that leaders should be paying attention to, including possible courses of action. We will review the latest...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

Transformative Training: Producing Ongoing Results

 

Transformative training contains key components that are critical the learning process, and the learning process is critical to shaping attitudes and behaviors in the support organization. In this webinar, we’ll discuss four key components of transformative training that...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

The Future of ITSM in Education, Public Sector and Healthcare

 

Massive tech shifts are taking place in education, public services and healthcare. Billions of dollars are being spent on smart cities initiatives, learning environments, virtual programs, and healthcare settings. As a consequence, IT leaders are looking for new ways to address...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

Enterprise Service Management, AI, and Emerging Technologies

 

Is enterprise service management (ESM) merely a hype term, or are organizations actually doing it? What are the business drivers for expanding service management out of IT and across the organization? Which lines of business are adopting service management? What advantages does...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021