Category: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Fancy being an industry analyst?
HfS is expanding its global remit and we need to bring onboard more talent which has a good idea where our world is heading. If you are passionate about our industry, want to put YOUR stamp on its directions and be part of an incredible team, then send us your resumeRead More
Invest in the humans first, systems second
people lead people and they are asking for the support, training, and enablement to meet and collaborate to both better manage day-to-day work and develop into the next generation of leadersRead More
Predicting and postulating potential procurement provider positioning post-Procurian purchase
We wanted to spend some time thinking about the implications of the Accenture/Procurian merger for the other service providers in the Procurement Outsourcing marketplaceRead More
Senior managers are almost as disengaged as their subordinates
While we did find higher levels of engagement the higher up the proverbial ladder one goes in an organization, the key take away for us was the difference wasn't that much.Read More
Robotistan takes a seat at the BPO Security Council
Last year, we noticed there was a new nation-state “Robotistan” making its presence felt at this august world body and we, at HfS, wondered how significant a player it could become in matters of the BPO and shared services nation states.Read More
Can HR ever overcome its obsession with the automation of obsolete processes?
Why do so many HR executives obsess with administering irrelevant processes when they should be helping their firms' managers get the best out of their staff?Read More
Traditional outsourcing advisory is dead.
And when the world's number 1 management thinker, Clayton Christensen, writes about Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption, you know it's officially game-over for the way consultants have traditionally delivered effort-based high-cost projects for wizening clientsRead More
What happens when you put the leaders of an industry in one room?
However which was we look at this, this is going to be one helluva crowd - with a bevvy of buyside sourcing and shared services leaders from 60 major organizations, in addition to this motley crewRead More
2013 Analyst Value Survey Results: HfS Research has risen in influence more than all the other analysts
Please allow us a few minutes of our own-trumpet-blowing as we broadcast some of the results of the 2013 Analyst Value Survey, courtesy of Analyst Equity and Kea Company. This is based on a record number of 352 IT research consumers Read More