Von meinem ersten Tag als Kundenbetreuer bei Bridge Indien an wusste ich, in welch einer schönen Umgebung ich nun arbeiten würde und ich bekam davon, während meines letzten wunderbaren, atemberaubenden Urlaubs, weitere Eindrücke. Der Urlaub hinterließ ein Gefühl großer Motivation, all unseren Freunden, Partnern und Kollegen im Ausland zu zeigen, warum sich alleMitglieder von Bridge in Indien definitiv zu den Glücklichen zählen können. Diana … Continue reading
There used to be a time when everybody on the golf course was talking about R/3 or Navision or other cool key words. CRM is not exactly a new key word on the golf arena or in the sailing club, but what has changed is that this is now a hot buzz factor for any small to medium sized company. … Continue reading
In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing. Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going to help the development of the internet. Where borders seam to evaporate, national laws are reduced to barking dogs. With … Continue reading
I was taught risk management the classic way. You know, risk log, voting for probability and impact, finding out which risks are the most painful, deciding on mitigation plan, discussing results etc. A cool thing in this old-school process is that it activates different members of the team. Even those, who wouldn’t be asked otherwise. Even those, who would tell you that … Continue reading
Feeling Like a Fraud Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at something despite having no clue what you’re doing? Do you feel like a fraud, wondering what sort of voodoo you’ve unwittingly conjured up to make people think you know what you’re doing, when the reality is quite the contrary? I recently had a … Continue reading
Very often, I speak to people who tend to generalize certain behavioral characteristics of people in the countries where we have offices. People speak about ‘the Indians’ or ‘the eastern Europeans’. In our business, the cultural differences have a major impact on the customer’s perceptions about the feasibility of outsourcing for their company. There are many ghost stories going around … Continue reading
It is 7:00 AM and I am waiting for a candidate for a job interview. I have his resume lying in front of me with some areas underlined which I want to know more about. Also I have written down a dozen questions on a piece of paper. In other words, I am well prepared for the interview. Unfortunately the … Continue reading
The past years I have been thinking regularly about the terminology in the offshoring world. The market has come up with a huge list of terms like: - Offshoring - Offshore outsourcing - Nearshoring - Nearshore outsourcing - Captive center - Outsourcing At the end of the day, my impression is that they are all describing one general thing: moving … Continue reading
