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The Design Thinking process is an iterative methodology with the goal of finding and solving user’s pains and problems. This process involves the following phases, as you can see in the infographic or read below. Each phase uses diverse tools to generate insights and ideas that will pass on to the next phase of the […]

Outsourcing Institute’s Daniel Goodstein interviews new WGroup CEO Jeffrey Vail, discussing the rapidly changing IT space, succeeding in a tech-driven marketplace, dealing with technologies trying to circumvent IT and how to optimize your technology for a positive ROI. The interview covers: Optimizing IT Shift from “What’s Broken” to “What’s Possible” thinking How can IT become […]

Dan Goodstein, President at the Outsourcing Institute sat down with Co-Chairs Gregory North, Principal of Digital Transformation Practice of Outsourcing Institute, and Anupam Govil, Partner of Avasant to recap the Digital Convergence Conference. The Interview Explores: What differentiates the Digital Convergence Conference from others? Why is it important for the industry to get together to […]

Speaker Kevin S. Parikh keynote titled ” The Journey to Digital Singularity: A Case for Humanity” Kevin Parikh is the Global CEO and Senior Partner of Avasant. Mr. Parikh is an author and speaker on topics of globalization, the digital enterprise and innovation. Avasant is recognized globally as a leading management consulting firm focused on […]

Vendor Management Should be a Core Competency of the IT Function With the growing role of vendors in the delivery of IT services WGroup has long held that vendor management should be considered a core competency of the IT function, as well across the entire organization. This subsequently requires a management process and staffing commensurate […]

New strategies to transform service delivery Back in 2014, market research firm IDC asserted that CIOs needed to drop their old roles as technology overlords and step into new ones as leaders of digital business transformation. But many IT leaders still struggle to understand how to implement new technologies to improve service delivery and enhance […]

Why are creativity, problem solving, and collaboration the most important skills of this century? How does User Experience cultivate them? And how does this help us inspire success? These are the questions you need to be asking yourselves in the 21st Century. So let’s break it down. Why creativity, problem solving, and collaboration? Our world […]

It’s unfortunate and it’s true. But it’s not unavoidable. There are ways that let you stack the deck in your favor and increase your product or service’s chances of success. Design Thinking employs problem solving before the problems even appear in order to increase your success. Companies have to face the facts. It’s not enough […]

  Digital Convergence 2017 Opening Remarks   Wipro – The Re-Shaping of Customer Experience Management in the Digital World   Avasant – Digital Singularity: The Case for Humanity   Sutherland – The Art of Blending Innovation and Operational Excellence

You want to make products and solutions that work as soon as possible. The faster you can get your product out there, the faster you can start seeing ROI. The faster you can see a problem fixed and happy customers and clients. There are two common ways to develop products and they are both wrong. […]