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How to Reduce Help Desk Demand (Hint: It's Not a Help Desk Issue)

May 26, 2026 By Megan Brake In Nexthink
Most IT organizations are trying to reduce help desk demand the same way they have for years: by making the help desk itself more efficient. They improve routing, tighten SLAs, expand self-service, and add AI into the support flow. These changes can make the queue move faster, but they do not stop the work from arriving in the first place. The same problems keep finding their way back to IT. Employees lose time to slow devices, unreliable apps, failed updates, access issues, or confusion after a rollout.
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Future Solving with Brian Evergreen (Or: How to Escape those AI Career Jitters)

May 26, 2026 By Nexthink In Nexthink
Brian Evergreen joins the show to challenge the fear-driven narrative around AI and work. Rather than treating the future as something coming for us, Brian argues that leaders and individuals should decide what future they want to create, then work backwards. He explores why “start with the problem” thinking limits AI strategy, how visible strategy and relational leadership can unlock better transformation, and why human connection may become more valuable—not less—in an AI-enabled world. A thoughtful conversation on escaping AI career anxiety, building resilient networks, and creating value beyond efficiency.
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The New Agentic AI Job Roles IT Leaders Need

May 22, 2026 By Ella Drimer In Nexthink
CIOs are under pressure from every direction. Budgets remain tight, geopolitical uncertainty is forcing organizations to rethink resilience, and workforce expectations continue to evolve. At the same time, AI is accelerating a broader shift across enterprise IT – changing not only how organizations operate, but also the skills and roles they will increasingly depend on. The question is not whether AI will reshape IT teams, but how quickly organizations can adapt to these new ways of working.
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The Productivity Tax of Repeat IT Failures in Technology Companies

May 20, 2026 By Chanté Frazer In Nexthink
Technology companies are being pushed to deliver faster outcomes while justifying growing investment in AI, SaaS, and digital infrastructure. But productivity does not improve just because new tools are deployed. It improves when employees can use those tools without the constant drag of slow devices, unstable applications, and fixes that do not fully solve the problem. That is the productivity tax of digital friction.
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Reality Byes The Birth of Mobile DEX (Opening the Black Box)

May 19, 2026 By Nexthink In Nexthink
On this edition of Reality Bytes, Dina and Tom welcome Rose Cicala, Director of Product Marketing, and Mile Djokic, Senior Product Manager, to discuss the launch of Mobile Experience — and what it means for the future of Digital Employee Experience. Together, they explore why mobile devices have become mission-critical for frontline and hybrid workforces, why mobile visibility has remained a major blind spot for IT, and how Mobile DEX changes that. The conversation covers healthcare, retail and manufacturing use cases, AI compliance, application insights, VDI convergence, and the growing shift toward mobile-first work strategies.
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