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Shamelessly Shamus: Why Europe is positioned to leapfrog the United States
Did you hear the one about the Mamil (middle aged man in lycra), who got off his bike, donned a suit and tie and joined a Big 4 consulting firm to wax lyrical about sourcing strategy?Read More
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
Innovation starts at the… cube farm
A recent discussion with Accenture sparked the thinking at HfS with regards to how the introduction of new ideas and investments to the delivery center floor plays another important role in this transformation journey towards “progressive outsourcing”Read More
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
2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part I: It’s time for enterprises to stop being really good at irrelevant stuff
In 2014, ambitious operations leaders must begin achieve a certain degree of maturity across their operations before they can really address achieving their desired outcomesRead More
You mean outsourcing’s not all about making big corporate profits? Meet Leila Janah…
One person we are very excited to address the Blueprint Sessions next week is Leila Janah, the dynamic Founder and CEO of non-profit social sourcing firm Samasource.Read 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
Dr Charlie airs the BPO potential of East Africa, Part 2
The exploits of "Dr Charlie", alias the Last King of Sourcing, Charlie Aird, who completes his diaries from his recent sabbatical to East AfricaRead More
