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The Foundations of the As-a-Service Economy (Part 2): Avoiding getting burned without a burning platform
Operations are becoming standardized, cloudified and robotized - and if we can't reorient our staff to accept this reality and expand their capability horizons, many will be waiting tables, driving ubers or cutting hair before we know it.Read More
The biggest threat to outsourcing’s future: Unfocused and unambitious Millennials
If we don't have succession plans to blood the next generation of talent, we'll just become an industry of old fartsRead More
The Four Foundations of the As-a-Service Economy, Part I: Getting your Outsourcing and Talent mix right
We're on a train hurtling towards something resembling "As-a-Service" and we need to make sure we stay on itRead More
Robo-Britannia: Is Britain leading the As-a-Service revolution?
When it comes to being first on the bandwagon for experimenting with solutions that can drive out cost and improve productivity, the UK - amazingly after all these years - still leads the wayRead More
Why most advisors are just so Un-as-a-Service
Only 13% of sourcing advisors have plans to invest in cognitive computing skills and 15% in Robotic Process AutomationRead More
Service providers blame their clients, advisors and analysts for their As-a-Service failure
Lee rhetoric, more dialog among the key stakeholders and better real-world education is the only real formula for successRead More
Dallas, we have another problem: Too many Advisors are Buying the Service Provider Hype
We need advisors steeped in reality who can give enterprises a nice big dose of reality, who truly understand what life is like a few years into an outsourcing engagementRead More
Dallas, we have a problem: Advisors struggling to deliver Expertise-as-a-Service
Consultants are supposed to be like doctors - they need to use the latest tools, technologies and knowledge at their disposal to help their clientsRead More
Skill not Scale, Part II: Europe poses the biggest opportunity as As-a-Service models emerge
There clearly is a need for more flexible labor in many European countries, and the ability to source skills "As-a-Service" from providers is becoming increasingly appealingRead More
Cost is the New Black: The Overbearing Paradoxical C-Suite Imperative for 2015
60% of enterprise C-Suites are actively seeking to reduce their reliance on labor in their operations - but most are discovering they need to work smarter before they can work cheaper.Read More
