Blogs
Monday, January 30, 2012
Innovation and Social Networks
by Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer at Dell Services
Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer at Dell Services, discusses how social networks are influencing innovation
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Why SLAs are Important to Ensure L&D Outsourcing is a Success
by Rachel Kay, Business Development Director at Thales Training & Consultancy
The role of learning and development (L&D) managers encompasses a huge variety of activities and responsibilities. Indeed, the role continues to get ever more complex, encompassing such activities as nurturing talent by providing the bespoke learning interventions which meet the needs of the business, managing an L&D budget, supporting executives and the company vision with a leading edge, cost effective L&D strategy and supporting the development of the culture. The list goes on.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Is Offshoring the Answer?
by John Turner, Director at Xceed
It’s no exaggeration to say that the last few years have seen a sea change in attitudes towards offshoring. For many organisations, what began as a very attractive cost cutting strategy is now becoming a challenge compared to providing the same service in-house.
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The Role of Motivation in Asia Pacific Recruitment Process Outsourcing
by Kieran Scally, Vice President of Resourcing and Talent in APAC at Ochre House
Motivation and drivers play a key factor in outsourced recruitment and talent management processes, but on a global scale what really engages staff will vary from place to place. As the Asia Pacific region becomes increasingly important to the global economy, organisations in this area need to ask themselves what really motivates their employees.
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Buzzword Bingo. Forget About It.
by Glenn Hickling, Communications Manager, Buffalo
How many people recognise a scenario of a never-ending project, with endless meetings about meetings, with consultants tying users in knots with jargon-laden presentations, gant charts, and flow diagrams? That’s what a Times reader asked last week, and it struck a chord.
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Closer Collaboration is Helping to Fuel the ‘Onshoring’ Boom
by Tony Collins, Chairman of OPAL
According to the Autumn 2011 Labour Market Outlook research from the CIPD, the number of UK firms planning to offshore jobs to other parts of the world decreased from 10% to just 6% in the past year.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Why ‘Industrialisation’ is 2012’s New Buzzword
by Terry Walby, MD, IPsoft
If 2011 was the year of the cloud, with increasing adoption across the market, then this year will see the technology move into its awkward adolescent years - and like any growing solution, it will be difficult to keep under control.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
BBVA Switches to Google’s Range of Enterprise Software
by Jon Milward, Director of Managed and Support Services at Northdoor
Collaborative working has gained a lot of corporate interest in recent years. The drivers are compelling: improved business communications and workforce productivity.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Ten Types of Innovation
by Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer at Dell Services
Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer at Dell Services, discusses Doblin’s ten types of innovation which can help identify new opportunities for businesses
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Friday, January 06, 2012
The Consumerisation Revolution
by Jon Pickering, MD, Block Solutions
Over the course of the last two years a huge change has happened in the workplace. The office of yesteryear used to have employees working from their desks five days a week, solely on company computers.
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