Preparing for the Service Desk of the Future

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

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

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

By Edward Whittingham, Founder & Managing Director, The Defence Works.   I can answer the question in the title in one word: Very. But of course, anyone with any sense should ask – OK, go on prove it then. So, I will try to too. Let me leave this here before I go on to give

By Andrew Hardwick, Director of Global Service Management Office, Arcadis How to Measure ‘Customer Happiness’? When we talk about Customer Happiness, or User Satisfaction, how do we measure and report this? There are several ways that you could capture the satisfaction of your users. Some of the options are: 1. Transactional Survey – send an

By Kim Ballestrin, Principal Consultant, Elabor8   At this year’s annual SDI conference – SDI20 – I’ll be delivering a workshop on Personal Kanban – a concept from Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry, which has taught me surprisingly useful lessons about my approach to work. With only two rules – visualise your work and