{"id":1797,"date":"2009-10-24T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/so-where-next-for-the-galloping-hooves\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T11:53:00","slug":"so-where-next-for-the-galloping-hooves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/so-where-next-for-the-galloping-hooves\/","title":{"rendered":"So where next for the Galloping Hooves?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"Road-to-nowhere_2.0\" "You are going to keep doing that blog aren't you?" seems to have been the most frequently-asked question I've had since I <\/em><\/strong>changed my day-job<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And a few people have asked whether I can still credibly run this blog, now I work for one of the firms actually tasked with delivering<\/em> the services we have been talking about for the best part of three years.  Heaven forbid.  <\/p>\n

As we have discussed at length, blogs and other social media<\/a> have been a major game-changer with how we engage with issues, market dynamics – and each other.  <\/p>\n

We live in a different world today, where the rules are changing and we are constantly seeking out new and innovative ways to reach our industry.  To sum up the new constant<\/em> in a nutshell, credibility is in the eye of the beholder<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

So here are the reasons for keeping these hooves galloping:
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<\/p>\n

1) Fresh thinking.<\/strong>  We are going to be having a more expansive array of thought-leaders contributing.  We will be engaging with leading analysts, advisors, practitioners, bloggers and other influencers from across the IT services and BPO spectrum;<\/p>\n

2) Fresh research.<\/strong>  With 65,000 industry stakeholders on this RSS feed and 7,500 in our LinkedIn Group<\/a>, are there any better platforms for guaging the industry temperature?  We'll be updating our State of the Industry<\/em> survey along with our media partners in the coming weeks - and welcome your participation;<\/p>\n

3) Fresh banter.<\/strong>  Everyone here is involved in either buying, delivering, advising, negotiating, analyzing, commentating, technology-enabling, recruiting, marketing or blogging global IT and business process sourcing services.  If you're not, I suggest you see your shrink – and soon.  This is an industry resource<\/em> to share our views, insights and experiences… with a grin \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Thanks again for all the sentiments many of you sent in, or commented on the blog.  Please keep them coming – your contributions are always welcome,<\/p>\n

PF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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