Companies are poised to break through to the next level of sustainability this year, according to Dan Probst, chairman of Energy and Sustainability Services at the real estate services firm, Jones Lang LaSalle. In a recent article he identified four sustainability trends to watch that will help make it happen. Those trends include transparency, global […]
Shoot for Trust, Not Trustiness!
A recent post from one of my favorite writers and bloggers, Seth Godin, talks about “trustiness,” or the idea that simply sounding like you or your company has a commitment to trust is just as good as actually instilling a true ecosystem of trust. It’s a bow to Stephen Colbert’s famous take on “truthiness,” or […]
Outsource Magazine, Feb 2012
In her recent column, lead Vested researcher Kate Vitasek discusses a real-world achievement that employed Vested Outsourcing principles, while also sending out some kudos to a friend and colleague who was instrumental in instilling those principles into the ground-breaking and award-winning Microsoft/Accenture OneFinance alliance on outsourced financial services, Srini Krishna. Read about Srini and Microsoft’s […]
Two Years On: Happy Birthday Vested!
Throughout the evolution of our initial research that started in 2004, leading experts and innovators have contributed to the development of Vested principles and the Vested business model for adoption in nearly every industry and business function. We’ve come to create somewhat of a “movement” as the idea expands. As we conducted our research, it […]
Vesting Will Keep You Out of Jail!
I think Manuel “Matty” Moroun, the billionaire owner of Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge, might be wishing that he used the Vested approach for his Detroit bridge as he was sentenced to jail time for missing deadlines on a construction project. The Moroun case involves a dispute between Michigan’s Department of Transportation and the Detroit International Bridge […]
Globalization Today, Jan 2012
Vested Outsourcing is named by Globalization Today as one of the Top Trends for 2012. Read more here in their article titled “Outsourcing’s Top 2012 Trends.”
Dispute Resolution: Mini-Trial or Big Headache?
The Institute for Supply Management’s “Term of the Day” feature recently addressed a contract dispute resolution procedure known as the mini-trial, which immediately got me thinking about the Vested approach to resolving differences between companies and their service providers. According to ISM, a mini-trial is a contract dispute resolution process “in which each party, usually […]
Maintenance Technology, Jan 2012
Kate Vitasek’s, lead Vested researcher, latest article discusses how Vested Outsourcing was developed. In her post titled “Viewpoint: Vested Outsourcing for Asset Management and Maintenance,” Vitasek shows us how the Five Rules of Vested Outsourcing can easily apply to asset management and maintenance outsourcing.
Outsource Magazine, Jan 2012
Many companies are quick to say win-win partnership – but they are not contracting for true partnership and are falling short in unleashing the real potential of a fully Vested relationship. Explore how two companies, Dviersey and Wipro, created a Vested relationship and started an ITO (r)evolution in Vested’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek article “How […]
Logistics Viewpoints, Jan 2012
Adrian Gonzalez names Vested Outsourcing as a way for 3PLs to collaborate and what it will take to create a collaborative freight networks. Read his comments on Vested Outsourcing and what it takes to be collaborative in his post titled “Questions for Adrian (Part 2: Collaboration, Talent, Fuel Strategies).“
