Archive Shared services and outsourcing: Aren’t we just moving the deck chairs around? If you think about our efforts to transform business functions through shared services and…Deborah KopsFebruary 10, 2013
Archive Legal: The Hardest Profession to Make Outsourcing Change? The last bastion against outsourcing? Recently I sat down with Ed Brooks of the LPO Program…Deborah KopsFebruary 5, 2013
Archive Global Business Services at the Top Table? Servants don’t dine with their employers! Over the past few weeks, it seems as if everyone is talking GBS, GBS, GBS.…Deborah KopsFebruary 4, 2013
Archive Is Innovation in Outsourcing Insanity? I’m obsessed with the concept of innovation resulting from outsourcing. I’d love to find…Deborah KopsFebruary 1, 2013
Archive Buyers Forget that Outsourcing RFPs are Sales Jobs Providers aren’t the only sellers in the outsourcing game. In fact, if a buyer doesn’t…Deborah KopsJanuary 29, 2013
Archive Welcome Home Outsourcing…Without the Welcome Mat For those of you who have read The Economist’s 19th January article “Welcome Home” I…Deborah KopsJanuary 27, 2013
Archive The Outsourcing Happiness Index Two weeks ago when I wrote a blog entitled “If my dashboard is so…Deborah KopsJanuary 25, 2013
Archive Revisiting the Sustainable Outsourcing Relationship Quiz Several years ago, I developed an outsourcing relationship quiz, and posted it on the Shared…Deborah KopsJanuary 21, 2013
Archive Shared Services Leadership Survey Look around at the players in our shared services community, and you’ll see four distinct…Deborah KopsJanuary 17, 2013
Archive If my outsourcing dashboard is so green, why am I so miserable? How often are outsourcing relationships considered “performing” when it comes to meeting SLAs and…Deborah KopsJanuary 15, 2013