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Arnfinn Austefjord
Author: Arnfinn Austefjord

Formerly the Global Head of the KCS Academy, Arnfinn looked after KCS practitioners, Certified Trainers, and KCS Verified and Aligned partners of the Consortium before his departure in 2023.
Social KDEs at Quest

Knowledge Domain Experts Get Social at Quest

February 16, 2023 by Arnfinn Austefjord
An effective Knowledge Domain Analysis (KDA) program is key to maximizing the success of your KCS program.  Jorge Carrasco, formerly the Social and Community Manager and Head of the KCS…
Selling the Benefits of a KCS Coaching Program

Selling the Benefits of a KCS Coaching Program

January 20, 2023 by Arnfinn Austefjord
While a KCS Coaching program is a critical part of a successful KCS implementation, getting support from leadership for an adequate KCS Coaching program is often a challenge. At a…
Alation KCS Journey

Starting the KCS Journey at Alation

November 28, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
Jessica Wu, Customer Success Manager at Alation, is KCS v6 Practices Certified and has been practicing KCS since 2014. While Jessica has experience running KCS programs at other companies, Alation…
KCS-KDA-panel

Knowledge Domain Analysis Maximizes the Value of Your KCS Program

October 31, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
We have said many times that we have not seen a successful KCS program without a KCS coaching program. Similarly, we have not seen an organization maximize the value of…

KCS Implementations Beyond Customer Support

August 19, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
We have seen many instances of KCS working very well outside Customer Support. KCS captures knowledge as a by-product of the interaction, and there are interactions everywhere.  We have seen countless…

KCS Aligned Vendor Series with SearchUnify: Voice of Customer Driven Service & Product Improvements

June 15, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
Gathering customer insights from all of your service touchpoints is critical to improving your service experience, shifting those issues to lower cost and lower customer effort channels, and ultimately improving…
Sustaining Content Health

KCS in Action: Sustaining Content Health & Customer Success with Content Strategy

April 8, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
Padma Prasad, Senior Manager, Digital Support Operations– Evolve Loop Programs Team, shared how NetApp handles the KCS Evolve Loop.  She shared so many best practices in this webinar, as well as…

KCS in Action: Turning Data into Continuous Improvement

February 25, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
Experts from Akamai (Laurence Leccia, Knowledge Domain Expert, and Christina Roosen, Community Program Manager) shared their Knowledge Domain Analysis (KDA) program in a KCS in Action webinar. They provided an…

KCS v6 Certification Digital Badges are live!

February 15, 2022 by Arnfinn Austefjord
While the Consortium for Service Innovation has been pursuing service excellence with Members for 30 years now, the KCS v6 certifications through the KCS Academy (the only certifying body for…
KCS in Action: A Coaching Panel

Coaching to Maximize the Success of your KCS Program

December 7, 2021 by Arnfinn Austefjord
Coaching is a critical component of a successful KCS program.  We were very fortunate to have three seasoned KCS practitioners join us as panelists on our November KCS in Action…

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