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Today’s Organizations Are Outward Bound

Leading Blog

At the end of their shift, a team of software engineers in Boston can transfer the work where they left off (“asynchronically”) to another team in Bangalore, within or outside their own company, which continues the work until, at the end of their shift, they transfer it back — all with remarkable seamlessness.

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In-House or Outsourced IT: Which Is Best for Your Business?

Strategy Driven

The main question is whether to hire a full-time in-house team or outsource and bring in the experts only when it’s necessary? The insourcing or in-house team is a practice when the work and tasks are performed within the operational infrastructure of the company. In-house IT team: Benefits and Limitations.

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Insourcing at GE: The Real Story

Harvard Business Review

GE''s " insourcing " of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. GE''s insourcing is actually quite similar. It needed to invest in new development labs and to co-locate teams. They introduced a new cross-functional team structure for improvement — the "Big Room." The development team was extremely cohesive.

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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

Don’t tell people that the answer lies in insourcing or outsourcing or technology or big data or acquisitions or divestitures… Let them conclude for themselves what the answers are, having explored your broad question, from the universe of possibilities you open to them. Don’t treat your stated strategy as a given if it’s not.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care. Walk the talk.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. And we ‘insourced’ the recruiting activity, hiring recruiters who knew where our target candidates hung out and what appealed to them. ” It’s working.