By Phil Fersht on February 18, 2015
NASSCOM’s Mumbai showpiece, India’s premier Leadership Forum, exuded an energy not seen since the recession. Now it’s time for India’s service stars to grasp their Digital opportunity like never before
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Events, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on December 8, 2014
One core element is needed for enterprises to get through the next 12 months, let along the next 12 years: Trust
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Events, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy
By Phil Fersht on December 2, 2014
Most enterprises are pleased they moved into an outsourcing model, but have recognized they need to make significant changes to the way they manage their service provider relationships
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, IT service management, Managed services, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, service provider
By Phil Fersht on September 17, 2014
Let’s take a peak at the providers putting themselves in the firing line for the Chicago Blueprint Summit this Fall
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros
By Phil Fersht on July 17, 2014
The famous HfS Blueprint Sessions are back stateside to rattle the global services and outsourcing industry like never before
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Events, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on November 11, 2013
When Zombieism takes its grip on enterprise operations, many fail to realize… until it’s too late. In fact, many of you reading this may already be exhibiting signs of early-0nset Zombieism and immediate inoculation is imperative… But never fear folks, as the forthcoming BluePrint Sessions 3.0 in New York this December are specifically designed to […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Absolutely Meaningless Comedy, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Finance & Accounting BPO, Financial Services Sourcing Strategies, Global Business Services, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, Security and Risk, SMAC and Big Data, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Sustainabiity & Corporate Social Responsibility, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing, The Internet of Things |
By Phil Fersht on September 16, 2013
Carl Esposti is CEO of Massolution We got some face time with flamboyant Massolution CEO, Carl Esposti (and founder of the Crowdsourcing.org community platform) about next week’s first-ever crowdsourcing & crowdfunding conference. Phil Fersht, CEO HfS Research: Good morning, Carl, we’ve been keeping tabs on your firm’s development over the last few years in the enterprise crowdsourcing and […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Current Affairs, HfSResearch.com Homepage, Innovation in Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Security and Risk
By Phil Fersht on March 1, 2013
If you’ve ever had some to read Freakonomics, you’ll know how excited we are to announce that co-author Steven Dubner has agreed to speak at our dreamSource event this spring.
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Current Affairs, dreamsource, Enterprise Irregulars, HR Strategy, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Stephen Dubner, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing
By Phil Fersht on February 21, 2013
It’s never too late to find redemption… So if you haven’t been fired yet, here’s how to avoid it happening… Phil Fersht (HfS Research): So, Lee, we talk about more of a fluid evolving outsourcing relationship. How can we get there? Why is this industry stuck in the weeds in doing things and the way […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Irregulars, fersht, Global Business Services, Lee Coulter, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing
By Phil Fersht on February 19, 2013
For those of you attending our dreamSource summit this Spring, Lee and I will co-host a session entitled “If outsourcing were an employee, it would be fired”. Lee, who today has built and now leads shared services for heathcare provider, Ascension Health, caught up with us last week to talk about the session and why we called it just that…
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, dreamsource, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfS Research, HfS Surveys: State of the Outsourcing 2013, HR Strategy, Lee Coulter, Outsourcing Events, Outsourcing Heros, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing |
