The global scale of outsourcing – the borderless access to human talent that businesses all over the world (and especially the west) – is the best thing that ever happened so far. A few countries have, over the years, proven to be the bedrock for offering services for the rest of the world. For a business, it’s almost always about two things: more profits with...
Outsourcing brings value -- the kind of value which demands outreach on your part. It’s the kind of value expensive and unreliable hiring can’t provide. It’s also the kind of value that probably solve the global attrition problem. All businesses, especially startups, have an inherent need to grow, scale, and expand. Except, that most businesses also don’t have excess cash in hand. That’s how businesses...
From Survival to Providing Superior Value: How Teams Push Awesomeness For every single outsourcing success story, you are likely to hear ten others that wouldn’t have a great ending. But as stories go, the outcome usually has to do with people associated with the story. As far as outsourcing is concerned, the outcome depends on the people or teams you hire. It’s as simple as...
Really smart people often do dumb things, make boneheaded moves, and sometimes seem lost where simple common sense would suffice. Kurt Kleiner writes in his seminal article People buy high and sell low. They believe their horoscope. They figure it can’t happen to them. They bet it all on black because black is due. They supersize their fries and order the diet Coke. They talk...
Everything we do, feel, and experience today is a direct result of the choices we make. Not feeling, doing, and experiencing anything is also a choice. About 80% of these seemingly random choices don’t really seem to be much and are chaotic, at best. An unknown 20% of the total sum of choices each day, however, can shape our lives, send opportunities our way, or...
