One of the great promises of digital transformation is its ability to vastly enhance the customer experience. By empowering your workers with the tools and information to deliver extraordinary customer service, you create increased value for your customers and your business. However, driving customer digital transformation requires a shift in mindset and approach.
Now, more than ever, the employee experience (CX) and customer experience (EX) are intertwined. Improving CX has a positive impact on EX, and vice versa. “Companies that excel at experience delivery don’t think of the two as separate,” notes Dave Wright, chief innovation officer at ServiceNow, in the Summer 2022 issue of Workflow Quarterly. “Instead, they align EX and CX to multiply the effects of each.
Nick Borgwardt, director of IT workflow at ServiceNow, co-authored this blog. In our personal lives, it’s easy to get the information and products we need with just a few clicks. Thanks to modern consumer websites and apps, making service requests and ordering products is simple, convenient and, often, automatic. Why shouldn’t our professional lives be just as effortless?
Creating an effortless customer experience is one of the key imperatives facing customer service leaders today. Providing experiences without friction is a crucial step in enabling organizations to be more responsive and agile while improving employee productivity, satisfaction, and retention.
Knowledge is king in today’s information-driven business world, as most knowledge managers like me know. Having the right information at customers' fingertips can greatly influence their perception of the customer support experience. In today’s self-service world, a well-populated knowledge base with a reliable group of contributors is not enough to create a great experience. The content must be relevant and timely.
I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow® Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) is the winner of the Ventana Research 15th Annual Digital Innovation Awards in the category of Digital Business. The award for Digital Business recognizes a trailblazing vendor that delivers innovation in applications and technologies for work management, as well as numerous other business areas. But it goes beyond that.
It’s no secret that government agencies are facing increasing restrictions and compliance regulations as they strive to ensure effective data governance and protection. “Agencies have a lot of regulated information that needs to be governed, and they need to make sure it’s not compromised,” says Corey DuBois, senior advisory presales solution consultant at ServiceNow. “There are a lot of checks and balances they need to have in place.”
It’s January 1969, and the pressure is on. Paul, John, George, and Ringo have 17 days to write and record 14 songs. Peter Jackson’s epic documentary, “Get Back,” captures their creative process. We witness individual genius at work, but it’s when the Fab Four play together that we experience the magic of the Beatles. I think the same is true of field service. Our industry is full of talented individuals who are often under pressure.
Vendor risk ranks alongside cybersecurity, compliance, reputational, and financial risks as one of the top risks to any organization. With any risk, you need to identify, monitor, and mitigate that risk, especially when it comes to your supply chain. The question for someone in my role as a senior manager of compliance management is: What level of risk is being posed and why? Stated another way: Do I really know what my supply chain is doing?
