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The Pursuit of Award-Winning Service Improvement: A Case Study from First American

How one company combined two service desks into one highly functional, efficient, and customer-centric IT service desk and created a robust training program at the same time.
Date Published October 19, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Metric of the Month: Desktop Support Cost per Ticket

Jeff Rumburg continues his series on KPIs for service and support with a look at desktop support cost per ticket.
Date Published October 18, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Lessons in Leadership: Reflections from Gregg Gregory

Gregg Gregory was named one of HDI’s Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management. Learn what challenges he anticipates for service management.
Date Published October 17, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Enterprise Service Management: Ensure that Your Tool Can Do ESM Properly

Assess the capabilities of both your tool and your team to provide service management to the areas of your business that are getting aboard the ESM train.
Date Published October 11, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Explore the New Frontier: Taking Knowledge and Training to New Galaxies

See how Minnesota State University, Mankato is working to nurture a culture around knowledge sharing and gamified training for all support center employees.
Date Published October 10, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Getting Started with Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping can be an effective leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving technique, but only if you obey these tips and warning hazards.
Date Published October 4, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Lessons in Leadership: Reflections from Patrick Bolger

Patrick Bolger was named one of HDI’s Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management. Learn what motivates Patrick to be involved in the community.
Date Published October 3, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

HDI's Response to the Tragedy in Las Vegas

With recent events in Las Vegas, Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean, it is ever more important that we serve our communities, in both small and significant ways, to help them recover and thrive.
Date Published October 2, 2017 - Last Updated October 2, 2020

From Fractured to Functional: Building a Team, One Step at a Time

Taking teams from fractured to functional is essential to an organization’s ability to achieve stated goals and meet the expectations of its stakeholders.
Date Published September 29, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Enterprise Service Management: Learn Other Languages

For success in Enterprise Service Management, IT must understand that other business units have their own vocabularies and many IT terms mean something different.
Date Published September 27, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017