By Phil Fersht on January 12, 2014
While several folks make valid arguments why GBS may be a pipe-dream for their own organization (or some of their clients’ organizations), we believe they are missing the big picture
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By Phil Fersht on December 30, 2013
In 2014, ambitious operations leaders must begin achieve a certain degree of maturity across their operations before they can really address achieving their desired outcomes
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By Phil Fersht on December 23, 2013
It’s those industries experiencing intrinsic and structural change to their very foundations, which are priming themselves for radical transformation of their business models, and there is no greater example in today’s environment than the US healthcare sector
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By Phil Fersht on December 11, 2013
The emergence of more affordable Cloud based solutions is finally – after decades of disarray – making it possible for firms to stop starring into the HR abyss and start getting functional again.
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By Phil Fersht on December 6, 2013
Recessions are good times for business leaders who love to focus on containing costs, however, times of recovery are markedly different
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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 […]
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By Phil Fersht on October 21, 2013
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 clients.
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By Phil Fersht on September 3, 2013
Outcomes, outcomes, analytics, analytics, innovation, innovation… Outcomes, outcomes, analytics, analytics, innovation, innovation… Outcomes, outcomes, analytics, analytics, innovation, innovation… Hurry while stocks last folks! Buyers wants to shift from the basics first… Well, we have some shocking news for you all… these things are only making the “nice to haves” category when it comes to provider selection, as […]
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By Phil Fersht on August 6, 2013
HfS is asking YOU – the individual worker – what it will take to empower and energize YOU in your business. Your candid, unbiased insights are extremely important to this unique research study, whether you work in sales, marketing, finance, IT… or any other business function
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By Phil Fersht on July 9, 2013
Big and clunky is ugly, lean and scalable is the new corporate sexy.
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