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How Work Will Evolve in a Digital Post-Pandemic Society

How Work Will Evolve in a Digital Post-Pandemic Society

By Dion Hinchcliffe on April 15, 2020

The current outbreak of COVID-19 is stress testing our institutions, infrastructure, governments, and societies more than any event in most of our lifetimes. We have to go all the way back to the two World Wars to find similar precedents. Yet, as our businesses and personal lives are profoundly impacted, some of us can also […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Analysis, CHRO, CIO, Communities, COVID-19, crisis management, CSR, Digital Transformation, Digital Workplace, economy, employement, future of work, jobs, social business, The Enterprise, The Future of Work

The inverted U - death by a thousand applications

The inverted U – death by a thousand applications

By Sig Rinde on October 2, 2013

Productivity is a good thing, it translates to more and better results using less resources. That way it even makes for a very “green” argument, plus it has a decidedly positive effect on corporate profits and government budgets. We obviously want that. But productivity is a combination of two parameters: It’s a result of both […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, economy, Electronic medical record, enterprise software, norway, Peter Drucker, State of the world | 1 Response

Obama’s in-sourcing initiative: does it have the teeth to rescue the US IT industry?

Obama’s in-sourcing initiative: does it have the teeth to rescue the US IT industry?

By Phil Fersht on February 6, 2012

As per usual, election year brings up the age-old argument about how to combat the “threat” of outsourcing. Isn’t now the time, in an election year, to stop the rhetoric and actually make commitments to growing local industries that have a direct impact?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged BPO, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, economy, Enterprise Irregulars, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, obama, Sourcing Locations, The Future of Outsourcing | 1 Response

Why outsourcing professionals must stay in touch with the 99%

Why outsourcing professionals must stay in touch with the 99%

By Phil Fersht on November 6, 2011

Like everyone else, I am disturbed by the economic and social instability with which our world currently finds itself.  While the 2008 crash saw us all face a major economic and fiscal reality-check, 2012′s landscape will see us move beyond bailouts and credit downgrades to a world where governments and business leaders need to deal with […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BPO, Current Affairs, double-dip recession, economy, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Greece debt, HfS 2011 "Double Dip" Recession Study, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing Research, procurement, Security and Risk, Sourcing Best Practises, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing, The Industry Speaks: HfS surveys

Come On Silicon Valley, We Can Provide a Better Rx for Jobs!

Come On Silicon Valley, We Can Provide a Better Rx for Jobs!

By Bob Warfield on August 3, 2011

Fortune magazine has an article running that Techmemed about some advice Barrack Obama is getting about jobs from Silicon Valley Heavyweights like Kleiner VC John Doerr and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.  They’re all about Education and Immigration Visa Reform as the path to creating jobs, along with plugs along the way for their own ventures.  Here […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Barack Obama, Big Government, economy, education, job creation, job market, Silicon Valley, smb, startups, strategy

What the Obama Tech Supper Gang Should Do About Jobs

What the Obama Tech Supper Gang Should Do About Jobs

By Bob Warfield on February 21, 2011

What do you suppose 12 Tech CEO’s and VC’s discussed with President Obama at their dinner?  Many things, I suppose, but  almost certainly there would’ve been a discussion about the job situation.  More than likely this was focused around Obama’s interests in improving education and US competitiveness. I was shocked to get a note from […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged economy, Facebook, ibm, intel, job creation, Larry Ellison, linkedin, obama, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs | 2 Responses

The Narrow Bubble

The Narrow Bubble

By Chris Selland on December 8, 2010

Many are saying that we are in another tech ‘bubble’ – but is so, despite the extraordinary valuations accruing to a small number of companies, why are so many entrepreneurs having trouble getting funded?

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, Bubble, economy, Facebook, Fred Wilson, google, Groupon, M&A, microsoft, salesforce.com, tech bubble, TechCrunch, Twitter

Entrepreneurship-Driven Innovation as a Growth Driver for Greece’s Economy

Entrepreneurship-Driven Innovation as a Growth Driver for Greece’s Economy

By Evangelos Simoudis on September 10, 2010

A couple of days ago I delivered a speech during the inauguration ceremonies of the Alexandrian Innovation Zone, in Thessaloniki, Greece. This zone is supposed to become the beginning of a Silicon Valley-like area in Greece and provide a venue for economic growth in the country. I thought that it would be worthwhile to post […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged economy, Entrepreneurship, Greece, innovation, Silicon Valley | 4 Responses

Cash Rich Companies

Cash Rich Companies

By Jeff Nolan on August 20, 2010

It is estimated that there is as much as $2 trillion in cash on the balance sheets of public companies in the U.S. alone. The conventional wisdom of Keynesians has been that the unprecedented level of spending that the Federal government has undertaken would prime the economic pump which would create demand that would spur […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Balance sheet, debt, economy, Keynesian economics

Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story

Digging Behind the Recovery for a Solution: When the Numbers Tell a Risky Inventory Story

By Jason Busch on August 16, 2010

Kudos to Procurement Leaders for a great article about how current inventory numbers are telling a risky story for the potential of inventory shortages, stock-outs and overall supply risk than appears on the surface. The author no…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, CombineNet, economy, Inventory, procurement, recovery, supply chain

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