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Year: 2013
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Welcome to Gautam’s city
We were pleasantly surprised when Gautam Thakkar got the nod to take on the reins at InfosysBPO last month. Here Phil Fersht and Gautam discuss his new role and how he intends to take the InfosysBPO forwardRead More
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The dreamSource files… you really think, in three months, you can transform what took us 30 years to build?
Welcome to dreamSource, where 73% of providers worry they may get fired for only delivering what was agreed in the contractRead More
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If there’s something strange with your processes, who ya gonna call? Ghoshbusters…
Anyone close to business services over the last decade would have crossed paths with one little guy with a huge brain: Genpact's Shantanu Ghosh. Read More
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So if the rockstars have gone, what’s left in the analyst industry?
Most of the big analyst personalities have seemingly fled the analyst industry... many for the riches on offer from their vendor clients, clearly seeing more ROI from employing them, as opposed to purchasing their firm's services. However, this hasn't prevented the remaining legacy purveyors of analyst services from making a living.Read More
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Phil Fersht steps down as HfS CEO
After more than three years at the helm of research organization HfS Research, Phil Fersht will be stepping down as CEO to "pursue other interests". The HfS advisory board is meeting later this week to discuss potential replacements.Read More
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Phil Fersht re-instated as CEO of HfS, despite his April-foolery
Isn't it amazing how someone can pull off a prank on 1st April every year and STILL many of you fall for it?Read More
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Innovation discovered… on the London Underground
Innovation discovered... on the London UndergroundRead More
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Outsourcing Executives: What’s your career narrative?
I’m obsessed by careers. I spend time trying to make sense of the various and sundry twists and turns that the life’s work of those in our industry seem to take. And I look closely for patterns. Read More
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The dreamSource countdown… Meet Mads
Step-up Madelein "Mads" Smit, head of both IT and F&A outsourcing for CEVA LogisticsRead More
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The dreamSource countdown continues… Meet Mads (Part II)
If you have recovered from the mental impairment caused by the really awful governance dancing, it's time to get back to the serious discussion about the narrowing onshore/offshore cost gap, and diversity in sourcing.... so let's visit the final part of our recent interview with Madelein Smit, outsourcing head at the global logistics giant, CEVA LogisticsRead More
