Preparing for the Service Desk of the Future
Posted on Monday 10 February 2020.
Scarlett Bayes, Senior Research Analyst, The Service Desk Institute. Technology is omni-present, both in our work lives and our personal lives. Some would say we’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, and technology is evolving and developing every day. With 65% of service desk professionals believing they’ll use more Chatbot and Virtual Agent
Leadership Skills for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Posted on Thursday 6 February 2020.
Jean-Christophe Trentinella, Consultant, Mindful Onwards & SDI21 Keynote speaker In preparation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the World Economic Forum published a report in 2018 titled “The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Drafted as a call to action to help governments, businesses, and individuals adapt their skillset
Is Imposter Syndrome real?
Posted on Monday 27 January 2020.
Gillian Jones-Williams, Managing Director, Emerge Consultancy. SD21 speaker Gillian Jones-Williams is Managing Director of Emerge Consultancy Limited which she founded over 25 years ago. She is also an author, motivational speaker, Master Accredited Coach and founder of the trademarked Women’s Development Programme RISE which she delivers in the UK and the Middle East. Is Imposter
SDI’s Service Desk Analyst Training – A Trainer’s View
Posted on Wednesday 22 January 2020.
By Lynne Nash, SDI Trainer, Auditor and Consultant I have been in the IT support industry since the early days of help desks. There were no best practice models and frameworks and no dedicated tools and technologies, we were pretty much making things up as we went along and finding out what worked through trial
Ten Questions to Ask a Storyteller
Posted on Wednesday 22 January 2020.
By Vikki Kirby, Chief Storyteller at Vibrato Consulting© Recently, a communications consultant told me how the big four consultancy company leading her organisation’s transformation chose to bring in their own storyteller to identify and manage core purpose messaging. She was frustrated that she then had to re-write what he came up with. She isn’t the
Taking your Team – and the Business – With You
Posted on Monday 13 January 2020.
Kerry Angel, Service Delivery Manager, Macfarlanes Regardless of the industry you’re in, our clients are demanding, right? But does that mean that the service desk is always wrong when things don’t go according to plan? Constant battering of the service desk’s reputation is bad for moral internally and adds to the bad reputation externally. So