In our most recent cohesion podcast, we share the inspiring career journey of Barbara Massa, Executive VP of Chief of Business Operations for Mandiant. With over 20 years of experience, she has played a significant role in taking a company public, and successfully executing several acquisitions—and she had great insight to share!

Our handpicked list will inspire you to create a strong and durable culture at your own place of work.

Ensuring that customers have a superior experience using a product or service is a top priority for most companies. Customers expect to have access to fast and easy customer support when and where they need it. As a matter of fact, research shows that 40% of customers stopped doing business with a company due to poor service. However the current economic climate is forcing more companies to make tough decisions regarding where to focus their resources.

Suppose your company still uses an outdated landline communication system. In that case, you can get irritated by its limitations because these networks are costly to operate, difficult to expand, and do not offer an affordable choice in a world where mobility is rising. These are merely a few factors that show the increase in SMBs' decisions to remove their landlines and migrate to VoIP phone systems.

The world is experiencing a defining moment for humanity: after years of advances, artificial intelligence is having its coming out party. When experts compare it to the invention of the printing press or the Internet, that’s not hyperbole. AI will revolutionise huge segments of our society, and while the full ramifications of this technology cannot be fully known – after all, AI continues to rapidly evolve – Zendesk expects it to affect every single customer touchpoint.

Ralph van den Borst has been with 3D printing filament company ColorFabb for four years. When he joined, the team were using Outlook to manage their incoming tickets – they had about 240 sub-folders. He’d often hear the team say things like “we’re really busy today” or “today was a bad day” but as a data oriented person, he couldn’t grasp how they were making such statements.

The Cost per Ticket metric (CPT) is the key to unlocking service desk efficiency. Reducing costs and increasing productivity are critical for any help desk that wants to provide excellent customer service. To achieve these goals, they must rely on accurate and meaningful metrics. By measuring the cost of handling a single ticket, service desk managers can identify inefficiencies in their processes and work to improve them.

Customer loyalty comes by respecting and continuously exceeding customer expectations. According to a study published by Rare Consulting, 83% of customers say that their loyalty to a brand is mainly down to the fact that they trust them. The same study also reveals that while price (81%), quality (80%) and convenience (55%) are the key factors in making a purchase, companies and brands that are liked (86%) and trusted (83%) benefit from more loyal customers.

Have you considered streamlining your contacts and optimising the customer experience with the WhatsApp Business chatbot? The feature was released to users of the tool to celebrate the milestone of 5 million companies registered on the app. In this article, you’ll learn how the WhatsApp chatbot works, how to activate it and what it can do to reduce your response time and offer 24/7 support to your customers and prospects.

When it comes to Service Management, ticket routing is a key step to ensure the request falls into the hands of the appropriate team to assess, prioritize, and solve it efficiently. It is common to have difficulties to quickly and correctly route tickets, especially when you have to do it manually. But, as with many ITSM processes, the right software and automation are your best allies to avoid bottlenecks and get the process running smoothly.