tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205860534077539766.post8497058513366000329..comments2023-11-05T03:58:15.577-05:00Comments on Strategy 2.0: Winning in a Network Era: Globalization 3.0: Opportunities and ChallengesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743943841569898151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205860534077539766.post-63272685515020855242008-04-07T00:32:00.000-04:002008-04-07T00:32:00.000-04:00Great presentation, Venkat. If there were a way to...Great presentation, Venkat. If there were a way to capture your "speaker notes" as well, it would be even better . . . maybe I'm getting greedy now!<BR/><BR/>Some further thoughts (in no particular order):<BR/>1. In my consulting days, I would sometimes used a crude "globalization metric" = ratio of "offshore" to total employees (sometimes relative to peers). For many leaders, that ratio was in the 10-30%+ range. As of the last time I checked, there wasn't any company where that metric was >50% (except of course the "native offshore" providers like Infosys) <BR/>2. Over the years, I had the good fortune of working for most of the leading "globalization companies" (including 6 of the 14 Early Experimenters on slide 35) . . . I find that while their globalization % is increasing, I'd still place them somewhere in the Globalization "2.0 to 2.5" state. That's because they still have a clear notion of "headquarters" or "onshore" versus "region" or "offshore". I am actually starting to get intrigued by some "older" global companies such as Siemens, Unilever, etc . . . perhaps GE is in the same category where I believe major/ strategic decisions are being made in dispersed locations. Hence they may be closer to Globalization 3.0 . . or at least 2.5 . . . at least notionally similar to the "center-less" network depicted on your slide 16. But I don't know any of these companies well enough to comment. Perhaps you or another reader can add something here.<BR/>3. There are entire industries (energy, healthcare etc) which are still in a 1.0 mind-set, and may remain there for another decade or more!<BR/>4. Globalization remains a game of scale . . . so there aren't very many good opportunities for smaller companies to tap into this trend . . . so far! The desire is certainly there. I've had many CEOs and sr. executives asking if they could offshore a 15-person A/P group or a 5-person HRIS dept! But so far there doesn't seem to be a good solution.<BR/>5. I suspect that crowd-sourcing/ home-sourcing etc will grow faster than people expect and emerge as another mainstream sourcing dimension (thought I won't call it a threat to globalization). Again - no data to back this up, but for my own tiny 3-person company, I use 3 home-based "contractors". . . despite being very familiar with the workings of "traditional" offshoring!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing. Happy to continue the dialog offline if you like. My email is avneet dot jolly at insightory dot com.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240500679936684noreply@blogger.com