The Myth of Proactive Problem Management - Part 1
Aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes is a familiar story. We work hard to get toward a goal, but it always seems ...
Next-Generation Service and Support in a Mobile-First, Cloud-First World, Part 1
"It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more ...
KCS Coaching to Change Behavior
The goal of this article is to dive into the role of a Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) coach and some basic coaching st...
The Value of Time
Be mindful of your customers' time when you deflect calls and contacts and provide self-service solutions "Ti...
What Works in Training: Guiding Attention
One of the things that has been proven by research to work with training is guiding learners' attention to what is m...
5 Self-Service Myths Debunked
If you ever bought something from a website, asked for directions from your smartphone, scanned your own items at the loca...
When Troubleshooting, Keep It Simple
The year was 1988. I was an 18-year-old airman recruit stationed at the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) in M...
Continual Service Improvement is NOT a Service Lifecycle Stage
Wow!  Did you read the title of this article? OK, you most likely did. And perhaps that's why you're readin...
Customer Service: Talk the Way People Talk
I recently read a blog post advising customer service people that they should never say, "I don't know." T...
Driving Automation in Technical Support Centers
A number of characteristics make technical support centers different from other types of contact centers:  &nb...

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