Tech Now: Learning to get over it

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Learning to get over it

My last post on this blog was a while ago, when I mused about our personal tragedy.…My wife and I have been working hard to get over it, and move on. [Thanks for the sympathy and wishes]. And speaking of getting over, it is not just me… others seem to be needing a hand in getting over their personal and professional crusades; especially because of unfortunate situations that are being exacerbated by both local and geopolitical events: be it the global economic crisis or the geo-political threats from terrorism and wars.

With all this happening around, it was almost like getting out of a time capsule when I met with a client in Europe recently. The gentleman had googled me, looked at my linkedin profile and a review of my book before we had an opportunity to meet. While talking about my book, he remarked at how offshoring has got commoditized in the past few years.

This statement of an obvious fact made me reflect later. Even with a few road-bumps, my colleagues don’t seem to have a struggle in explaining offshoring or sourcing to client buyers. While cost was always a driver for sourcing, the challenge seems to have shifted up the value chain - as the worn out cliché goes – towards how sourcing and offshoring can be leveraged to address the challenge of survival many firms are facing.

And as is customary during the year end, there are enough predictions and forecasts from industry gurus (real and armchair ones) to go around. A small sampling from fellow bloggers.