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Here is a great article on Do’s and Don’ts of Offshore Software Outsourcing written by my friend and colleague, Erich Kreidler.  The software industry has sharply declined in the markets over the last three years. Software development companies departments saw a severe drop in their revenues and corporate IT budgets were reduced drastically. At the same time, the user base grew and the requirements for more software infrastructure and applications increased. These opposite trends forced executives to look for cost effective solutions: build more for less money.  Read more

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What behaviors are impacting your organization? Was it performance that caused companies like Enron, Satyam, Countrywide Mortgage, and the many of world’s banks to go out of business? Absolutely not! It was the behavior manifested by the leaders of these organizations that … Continue reading →

My Starbucks $2 Grande Latte Experience I stepped off the airplane from my short flight from Hyderabad to Mumbai, gathered my luggage and walked out into the warm-N-humid day to wait for my friend Rahul who was about 15 minutes … Continue reading →

Manager is DEAD Today, September 22, 2014, at 4:38 pm PDT, Manager was declared dead. Manager was born 1580. Manager was a person who had controlled and directed institutions, businesses, and divisions as well as countless people for over 434 years.  That … Continue reading →

Can Integration replace Management? On 22nd September, we posted an article,"R.I.P. Manager Declared DEAD". You may want to read that for more background. It has generated a significant amount of debate with responses ranging from "leave it alone" to "spot on" … Continue reading →

4 "LIKES" from 2 Baby Boomers to Millennials We have curiously observed the new generation of millennials as they entered the workforce and taken on their own persona. We are both baby boomers. When we entered the workforce we were … Continue reading →

Has Learning & Development fallen behind the Times? Having just returned from the 2014 Fall CLO Symposium, we were struck by some of the conversation around how learning and development has fallen behind the times. There were plenty of sessions on … Continue reading →