With Slack becoming a big part of the communication and collaboration toolset of many modern organizations, it often gets misused. Much like how email became a repository for historical knowledge, Slack has followed suit – for better or for worse (we say worse ). If you are intentionally (or unintentionally)…
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Where are the wrong places where most frequent support questions asked? Your knowledge base, Slack or elsewhere?
Depending on the organizational adoption rate of your knowledge base software, support queries might be asked in a few different channels. If you have built a documentation-first culture, support seekers might always “ask” their knowledge base for the appropriate documentation before seeking support elsewhere. If adoption rates are less than…
How startups achieve hockey stick growth with better communication and collaboration in Slack
Startups need every advantage they can gain if they want to achieve exponential growth depicted in pitch deck charts by the iconic shape of the most important piece of equipment for Canada’s favorite pass-time, the hockey stick. There are a lot of things that a startup needs to get right…
Why self-serve support and Slack go hand-in-hand
Companies that depend on a centralized body of knowledge to propel productivity know that you can build a robust, comprehensive, validated and accurate body of knowledge to power self-serve support, but if you don’t make it easy to access where people work, it will collect dust. For this reason, knowledge…
Accelerate DevOps issue management by connecting Slack, Confluence and Jira Software with Obie
It is now common practice to have Slack powering communication and collaboration for DevOps teams that are seeking faster iteration and continuity in their workflows. Bringing access to team knowledge to that Slack-centric workflow decreases distractions and increases productivity by enabling self-serve support directly within the channel where work happens.…
Use Slack as a helpdesk – atSpoke, Halp and Obie
Slack is becoming the work operating system (OS) of most modern organizations. Work flows through Slack, issues flow through Slack and questions end up in, you guessed it: Slack. That being the case, IT is looking for ways to use Slack as a helpdesk. There are several flavors of the…
How to enable self-service IT support in a remote environment
Ignoring the shift to work-from-home during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has been on the rise for a long time. Between 2005 to 2017, remote working arrangements increased by 159%. Today that number is at 4.7 million (3.4% of the US population). Even with the difficulties of the pandemic,…
Remote Work Series: Part 3 – Service Desk – Automation
In light of the recent dramatic changes to working arrangements, we at Obie.ai decided to publish a four-part series aiding companies who are being pushed into unfamiliar territory, with some pro tools, tips and hacks that we have seen our customers and other growing enterprises use to accelerate their remote…