Category: sourcing-change
Fancy being an industry analyst?
HfS is expanding its global remit and we need to bring onboard more talent which has a good idea where our world is heading. If you are passionate about our industry, want to put YOUR stamp on its directions and be part of an incredible team, then send us your resumeRead More
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
Robotistan takes a seat at the BPO Security Council
Last year, we noticed there was a new nation-state “Robotistan” making its presence felt at this august world body and we, at HfS, wondered how significant a player it could become in matters of the BPO and shared services nation states.Read More
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
Accenture procures procurement’s prize property: Procurian
This is a momentous transaction in the history of Procurement Outsourcing which will have major ripple effects across all the other service providers and likely re-shaping our “Winner’s Circle” for 2014, as a result of Mike Salvino’s decision to double-down on sourcingRead More
Fancy yourself as a sourcing Master Black Belt?
HfS' Governance Proficiency Certification Program is designed to help today's sourcing executives approach service provider relationships and governance strategy with a sophisticated and pragmatic approach that will help them advance their careers, their skills and their experienceRead More
Time to help those poor Americans understand those British niceties…
It's nearly 10 years since I ventured back to these shores, and to celebrate, I decided it was time to reveal to the many unsuspecting Americans what we British really mean when you think we're being nice and polite...Read More
Teleperformance, IBM/Concentrix and Convergys make the Winner’s Circle for transforming the customer experience
We are proud to reveal our first Blueprint report that has gone deep into the innovation and execution capabilities of today's leading service providers in the customer experience management industryRead More
Welcome to the Lechner lectures: Why partnering strategies matter
Meet the man tasked with formulating a sourcing strategy for the IBM: Rich LechnerRead More
Forget business outcomes and innovation for now… most enterprises just want to get beyond adequate first
Our seminal State of Outsourcing Study, conducted with the support of KPMG, has revealed that today's wizening outsourcing buyer is looking at industry experience and the provision of talent that can do more than just the basics, when it comes to choosing between their providersRead More