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Category: the-industry-speaks
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Outsourcing and shared services investment intentions at record high as the Integrated Global Services model takes center stage
Simply plastering more and more lipstick on the same old pig is eventually going to fail for many as Integrated Global Services becomes the future model of choiceRead More
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Time to stop the buzzword balderdash and become meaningful again
Our industry has started to lose the plot with the amount of buzz terms spewing aroundRead More
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Why offshoring is hotter than ever
Close to a third of enterprises are increasing the offshore component with their service providers, and a fifth with their own shared servicesRead More
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Traditional outsourcing advisory is dead.
And when the world's number 1 management thinker, Clayton Christensen, writes about Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption, you know it's officially game-over for the way consultants have traditionally delivered effort-based high-cost projects for wizening clientsRead More
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Can HR ever overcome its obsession with the automation of obsolete processes?
Why do so many HR executives obsess with administering irrelevant processes when they should be helping their firms' managers get the best out of their staff?Read More
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Senior managers are almost as disengaged as their subordinates
While we did find higher levels of engagement the higher up the proverbial ladder one goes in an organization, the key take away for us was the difference wasn't that much.Read More
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Invest in the humans first, systems second
people lead people and they are asking for the support, training, and enablement to meet and collaborate to both better manage day-to-day work and develop into the next generation of leadersRead More
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Automation: it’s about solving business problems, stupid!
We asked HfS' Charles Sutherland to share his views on what is really happening with process automation and why is shouldn't be confused with technology automation theories of yesteryearRead More
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BPO will continue to fail miserably… without a mindset to embrace change, develop talent and tech-enable processes
Our new "Technology in BPO" study reveals that this industry is on the brink of a significant, radical overhaul to its very core value propositionRead More
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2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part II: Why GBS will not be bullsh*t
While several folks make valid arguments why GBS may be a pipe-dream for their own organization (or some of their clients' organizations), we believe they are missing the big pictureRead More
