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State of IT Self Service

The State of IT Self-Service in 2021

This article presents some of the key survey findings of our State of IT Self-Service in 2021 report, including how only one in five organizations (21%) reported that the expected ROI for their IT self-service investment was achieved.
IT Service Desk Analyst Motivation

Using Experience Feedback to Up IT Service Desk Analyst Motivation

Have you ever stopped to think about the effects – both positive and negative – of working on an IT service desk? This article digs into service-desk-analyst work motivation and how it impacts their performance.
Giving Back to the IT Service Management Community

Giving Back to the IT Service Management Community – 10 Years On

Collectively we have the answers to most of the questions being asked by ITSM practitioners struggling to do the best job they can in making their organizations a success. If only we shared more – giving back to the ITSM community.
Choose an ITSM Consultant

How Do You Choose an ITSM Consultant?

How can you identify an ITSM consultant who will actually deliver targeted advice that will help you meet your goals, rather than generic advice that could have been delivered to any customer? Here’s how.
ITSM 2021

The State of Service Management 2021

This article shares some of the key findings from the joint ITSMtools and Praecipio 2021 State of Service Management Report across five key areas of: business value, employee wellbeing, service management, technology, and experience and improvement.
How a “The Customer is Always Right” Strategy Helps

How a “The Customer is Always Right” Strategy Helps to Ensure Digital Transformation Success

If you add Montgomery Ward, Carlos Ritz (yes, from Ritz Carlton Hotels), and Richard Normann (Mr. “Moment of Truth”), then you have the foundation for modern-day service management principles and the basis for digital transformation success.
Predictions for ITSM Strategy

4 Predictions That Will Impact Your ITSM Strategy

This article looks at what a number of service management authorities predict to be the most important changes, or trends, for service management professionals to understand and address in 2021 and beyond. Read it here.
It’s Time to Talk About Mental Health

IT Leaders: It’s Time to Talk About Mental Health

As a leader, expecting your team to be open about their mental health at work without leading by example is entirely unrealistic. Here Emma Vallely explains why, and also why one-off reactive pieces of support for mental health don’t really help either.
Continual Improvement and Experience Data

Why Continual Improvement Needs Experience Data

This article by Sami Kallio explains how experience data can be employed not only to measure outcomes and value, but also to highlight issues, better understand the root causes, and help construct the required solutions.
What Kind of IT Organization?

What Kind of IT Organization Do You Work in?

How did your IT organization, group, or department fare during the global pandemic? Patrick Bolger’s research identified three distinct groups in terms of performance – where does yours fit?
Collaboration in ITSM

Collaboration in IT: a Crowdsourced Perspective

Collaboration. It seems to be one of the hottest words in business, let alone ITSM, right now. But how do you and your colleagues – plus other business contacts – get better at collaboration?
Support Remote Workers and Mobile Teams

Wherever and Whenever – How to Support Remote Workers and Mobile Teams

The increase in home working – and the increase in technology spending to support remote workers – has been necessary. However, this was a different challenge from what came before and the shift involved some new ways of working and less control over processes than IT teams would normally like. But now, what next?
Successful Collaboration

Three Key Elements for Successful Collaboration

Collaboration works best when three key elements are met: it’s low friction, it’s persistent, and it’s dynamic. In this article Jason Stonehouse addresses what each of these elements means.
Collaboration

Collaboration. Bingo!

Collaboration. It’s the latest people-related, industry buzzword-bingo word, triggered by another hot topic buzzword, value streams, which imply end-to-end working. But how does your organization get better at collaboration?
5 Steps to Drive Employee Collaboration

Service Desk Improvement – 5 Steps to Drive Employee Collaboration

This article by Patrick Bolger outlines five key steps for improving your operations and outcomes through the creation of the right environment for effective employee collaboration.

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