Listen to Cassandra when it comes to sourcing change management
Earlier this year, HfS Research leveraged its vast network of global enterprises to solicit the opinions of buyers and providers of outsourcing attempting to understand how they view the role and importants of change management for outsourcing engagements. The web based survey was completed by 237 respondents with 96 buyers and 141 service providers.Read More
The Future of Work – Who will lead?
Companies need leaders to start thinking about the future of work as part of their business planning processes. HR leaders are well positioned to understand the capability and talent of the organization. They also have access to more enabling technology they ever before to help engage the entire workforce in creating the future of work at their companies.Read More
Horses for Sources and the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) Create Alliance to Provide Unique Analyst Insight and C-suite Forums for Senior Operations Executives
Horses for Sources, the leading analyst advisory organization focused on outsourcing strategy support, has teamed with the Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON), to provide a unique platform for senior outsourcing buyers to access knowledge and peer advice. As part of the new alliance, senior operations executives in SSON’s premium community can benefit from research being provided by Horses for Sources, including all aspects of Business Process Outsourcing, shared services and governance strategy.Read More
The HFS AI Trust Curve: AI isn’t failing… leadership is
The HFS AI Trust Curve rewards an organization that achieves an outcome in which AI can influence decisions. The firms breaking through the curve are not doing so because they have superior algorithms. They are doing so because leadership has resolved the human questions: Who owns the data? Who owns the insight? Who owns the outcome? Until those answers are explicit, AI remains advisory theater.Read More
Start measuring your AI Velocity Gap before your market measures it for you…
On Sunday, employees live the AI dream: frictionless, instant, empowering. They connect Gmail, Calendar, and OpenTable without asking permission. They fix mistakes, automate workflows, and see instant ROI on everyday tasks.On Monday, they crash into enterprise reality: data silos, email chains, compliance debates, and governance frameworks that exist only in PowerPoint.Your best employees are already AI augmented. Your enterprise is still forming committees.This is your AI Velocity Gap, and it's probably widening every day...Read More
Happy one-year birthday, Microsoft Copilot. Now, can you be more than a quick AI win for the lazy CIO?
It’s been exactly two years since ChatGPT 3.0 hit the streets and dramatically changed the AI conversation. One of the key beneficiaries has been Microsoft Copilot, which, in barely one year, has generated a remarkable $1 billion in revenues and created a vehicle for CIOs to claim early “AI victory” to their corporate leaders hungry to exploit the delights of this AI revolution. So, with Microsoft positioning Copilot as the new "UI for AI," what do CIOs and their C-Suite counterparts need to do to achieve more value than a glossy AI veneer?Read More
Infosys, TCS, Accenture, Wipro, and HCL helped BFS firms go from digital façade to OneOffice during the pandemic
HFS BFS practice lead, Elena Christopher, weighs in to share the results of our 2021 Banking and Financial Services research on the leading service providers specialized in support BFS clients.Read More
It needn’t be hell… with Nigel
Phil Fersht talks to new HFS Chief Client Officer, Nigel EdwardsRead More
The New RPA Manifesto: Follow HFS’ Ten Laws of Robotic Process Automation to create a Thriving Industry
The industry is in desperate need of a renewed vision for RPA—a manifesto for the next seven years focused on long-term value, not short-term land grabs, if we are to realize the potential of a truly digital workforce.Read More
1. #AutomationAnywhere, 2. #BluePrism, and 3. #UiPath make up the top three in the inaugural HfS Top 10
HfS unveils the inaugural HfS Top Ten for RPA Products, based on 350+ superuser interviewsRead More











