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Outsource – For the Love of your Business Outsource – Voor de liefde van uw bedrijf Outsourca – för kärleken till ditt företagAussourcen – Aus Liebe zu Ihrem Unternehmen

I have had the opportunity to watch as small businesses grow into big, solid companies and have watched large businesses advanced to greater levels in business. The companies that employ outsourcing as a tool that they can use to successfully expand their business now know the tremendous value that outsourcing has brought to their businesses. I have made it my mission to help both small and big companies achieve their goal of getting quality service without parting with an arm or leg.

A Virtual Interview on a Visit to NetherlandsEen virtueel interview tijdens een bezoek aan NederlandEn virtuell intervju under ett besök i NederländernaEin virtuelles Interview bei einem Besuch der Niederlande

One of our employees, Lekha, had an opportunity to visit Netherlands as part of a project trip. Here is an excerpt of her experience there :- 1. Was this the first time you visited the Netherlands? Yes, this was my …

No Business Promotion is Complete without Outsourcing! Geen business promotie is complete zonder outsourcing!Inget företagsfrämjande är komplett utan outsourcing! Keine Promotiontätigkeit ist für ein Geschäft ohne Outsourcing komplett!

Are you interested in promoting your business for quite some time but can’t because you know for a fact that you cannot hire a full time telemarketing employees? (Well, at least for now). What are you waiting for? Outsource it! Outsourcing your telemarketing to a reliable firm is way better than shelling out a colossal sum in order to recruit and train new employees.

Crowdwriting a book on offshoring

Last month, I have started writing my first book! The past years, I have gained a lot of hands-on experience with my feet in the mud. Based on this experience, I want to develop a practical handbook for managing remote …

Why does my Indian developer ask no questions?!Waarom stelt mijn Indiase ontwikkelaars geen vragen?!Varför ställer inte min indiska utvecklare några frågor?!Warum stellt mein indischer Entwickler keine Fragen?!

Last week, one of my colleagues from Kiev pointed me to a very interesting article on the real reason why outsourcing fails. The main point made in the article is that the underlying (failure) factor in all offshoring relationships is the …

It is Common Sense to Outsource! Het is gezond verstand om te outsourcen!Det är sunt förnuft att outsourca! Es ist gesunder Menschenverstand auszulagern!

I strongly believe that it is common sense to take advantage of outsourcing. Outsourcing services will allow your business to benefit from infrastructure, staffing and language capabilities – this way your business can reach prospective clients. One of the best …

How to create support for offshoring in your existing team?Hoe creëert u ondersteuning voor offshoring in uw bestaande team?Konsten att få ditt team att stödja offshoring?Wie kann ich Offshoring in Ihrem bestehenden Team unterstützen?

In my daily practice, I regularly encounter a big challenge in managing remote teams for our customers. And it’s a challenge that Bridge as a provider of dedicated teams, can hardly influence: the support the existing team in the client …

The ABC of a successful offshoringHet ABC van een succesvolle offshoringABC till framgångsrik offshoringThe ABC of a successful offshoring

The demand for offshoring is a keeper despite of the increasing costs (labour) in the supplier region. In our conversations with the product managers (manufacturing) and IT managers revealed that they are still planning and looking at the opportunities for …

Is it necessary to move work to low-wage countries?Is het noodzakelijk om werk naar lage lonen landen te verplaatsen?Är det nödvändigt att flytta arbetskraft till lågavlönade länder? Ist es notwendig Arbeit an Niedriglohnländer zu verlagern?

A journalist from Computable, asked me to give a reaction to this very interesting theorem: ‘Only by moving as much as possible work to low-income countries like India, Dutch ICT-businesses can keep their head above the water.’ Do you agree …

Are You Taking Advantage of Outsourcing? Haalt u uw voordeel uit outsourcing?Drar du nytta avoutsourcing?Nutzen sie die Vorteile von Outsourcing?

I had the opportunity of addressing a room filled with owners of small, medium sized and large businesses and asked them this question “Are you taking advantage of outsourcing?”  I could hear the crickets chirping as they all stared back …

Some thoughts on happiness in businessEnkele gedachtes over geluk in het bedrijfslevenNågra tankar om lycka i affärerEinige Gedanken zum Thema Glück im Geschäft

16 April 2013 Business

I have just finished reading the book about Zappos ‘delivering happiness‘. I love the story and ideas in it and I am exploring how it applies to our company. My general view on the business world is that most is …

Agile Retrospectives, an Effective Tool for Continuous Improvement

Most teams that are doing agile development and are using Scrum have heard about agile retrospectives. Often they also start doing retrospectives after one or more sprints. Some teams keep on doing them, but I’ve heard a lot of teams …