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No Payne no Gain for a Chief Customer Officer… Part II
In case you missed IBM's CRM Chief Bill Payne's return to blog-stardom during Part I, he discussed his vision for the creation of a "Chief Customer Officer" position within companies, who would report directly to the CEO. In Part II, Bill discusses shifting mindsets, the impact of analytics and evolution of outcome-centric engagements impacting the marketing function...Read More
Why middle management is often as influential as the C-Suite when it comes to outsourcing
The official definition of insanity in sourcing: recounting how many times a service provider has said to you, "We've got to get to the C-suite to pitch innovative ideas because middle management is too risk adverse."Read More
Banking in 2013: Control freaks who just can’t let go face their toughest challenges yet
Financial services are poised to have a huge year; there will be mergers, systems upgrades, global expansion and new product launches all designed to regain their positions as industry leaders.Read More
Outsourcing may be battered, bruised and vilified… so why is only a twentieth of enterprises planning to reduce it in 2013?
Make no bones about it: 2012 was a pretty dire year for the industry known as "outsourcing". However, brand new data from our State of Outsourcing 2013 Study conducted with the support of KPMG, and the largest-ever research survey focused on IT and business function outsourcing, clearly shows that the majority of enterprises are not only aggressively focused on increasing their outsourcing portfoilios, but many are now taking a more mature and realistic approach.Read More
Coping with the return to work
Here's some free advice, folks, so do with it what you want... Read More
Can we ever get back to the “thinking” workforce?
Many of today's businesses are over-bloated with operational staff whose modus operandi is about maintaining the status quo, as opposed to exploring new ways to advance the business. Read More
Tiger Tales Part III… Working with the 57%
In Part III, we ask Genpact CEO Tiger Tyagarajan his views of the "57%", the percentage of enterprise customers who feel their provider does not understand their businessRead More
Are YOU ready for dreamSource?
Today, we're proud to announce the unveiling of what promises to be the ultimate sourcing showdown of leading enterprise buyers and providers... in Westchester County, New York, next SpringRead More
Our businesses need to perform eons better than our politicians when it comes to CHANGE
Imagine running a business where you have no accountability for cost control, achieving your stated objectives and are completely paralyzed to change anything. And when you do try and change something, half the organization refuses to even contemplate change? Welcome to government.inc. The impossible organization.Read More
The great outsourcing talent-chasm: 57% of service provider staff don’t understand their clients’ businesses
In terms of business understanding, initiative, innovation and culture, non-US staff are miles behind local staff. For example, only 43% of outsourcing customer feel their non-US staff understands their business, when compared to 88% of local staff. Yes, this gap will surely close as the industry matures, but I find this talent-chasm unacceptable in today's global marketplace.Read More
