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		<title>List of Outsourcing Advisors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my post on outsourcing governance I received a few emails raising the topic of outsourcing advisory. And that prompted me to do a bit of a deeper dive into the world of corporate matchmaking / marriage counseling – helping companies to find offshore vendors and later on help them with governance and management of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1396&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing Governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago I received an email with a very interesting question – Hello Nick, I have come across your blog (http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com) while doing some secondary research. I have been quite impressed after reading your blog, and hence writing to you to seek your pro bono help :) As you have such a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1379&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to blogosphere</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/11/02/trip-to-blogosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News, Articles, Thoughts and Comments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outsourcing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing is a very broad topic with plenty of controversial topics, inevitably there plenty of people who have something to say about it. Chances are if you are interested in this subject you run across articles and posts by Outsourcing Institute or Horses for Sources. A couple years ago I put a few references in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding freelancers simplified</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/10/25/finding-freelancers-simplified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to find a freelancer? Where can I find a web developer? Is there a place where I can find graphical artists? Finding the answers to these questions is getting increasingly easier and more complex at the same time. It seems not so long ago the main channels for finding freelancers were the same as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1320&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>down-to-earth guide to offshore outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/10/19/down-to-earth-guide-to-offshore-outsourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year and a half ago I came up with a crazy idea – to approach a couple publishers with a proposal for a book on outsourcing. Not too original or novice idea, there are plenty books out there, yet, I thought I could put together something better. The first publisher I approached was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1309&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge Crowdsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/09/22/knowledge-crowdsourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get a lot of spam on my email account I publicize in this blog and yet I prefer to keep it since once in a while something interesting comes in. Earlier this morning I deleted a couple dozens of emails suggesting link exchange and other “wonderful” ideas on improving my blog, for some reason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i need a team</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/09/08/i-need-a-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess I have to start with a profound apology. It’s been incredibly busy few months for me. I left my job with PDR in May and has been consulting to several startups and looking for new opportunities since. At some point I found myself being a part-time CTO for three companies, while still working [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Communication Failures in Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/05/08/communication-failures-in-outsourcing/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/05/08/communication-failures-in-outsourcing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Traps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was Malcolm Gladwell who introduced me to Geert Hofstede’s concept of the Power Distance Index (PDI). After I read the chapter seven of Outliers I had to stop to catch the breath, it was just too exciting. Implication of PDI on cross-cultural communications is immense and it has direct relevance to outsourcing, and I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-term sales call</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/03/09/mid-term-sales-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I looked at my previous post and felt rather embarrassed, it’s been over four months since I wrote anything. That gets me thinking of a line from Leonard Cohen “I&#8217;ve been running through these promises to you &#124; That I made and I could not keep” Am I running out of things to say? Am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1264&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Rules of Luck with your Potluck</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/10/28/5-rules-of-luck-with-your-potluck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The month of October is almost over and I have not written a single post. Well, I do need a day job and it’s been incredibly demanding over past few months. A number of projects that kept roughly 50 people working over a half a year are in the finishing stage. Multiple systems that have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1254&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: China</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/24/po-trip-adviser-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now a brief list of travel tips for one of my favorite destinations – China, the country that changes with amazing speed right before our eyes. If there is anything that I regret about traveling to China it is not spending enough time there, not meeting enough people, and not seeing enough places. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: India</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/23/po-trip-adviser-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with a line of travel guides I turn to the most common outsourcing destination – India. There are a plenty of outstanding travel guides for India, so if you are planning to combine business and pleasure, and see places such as the Agra, Rajasthan, and Kerala make sure you study them before you depart.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1222&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: Russia</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/22/po-trip-adviser-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While working on a outsourcing destinations chapter for my book I realized that tips for travel in many countries could be helpful to those not accustomed to traveling to third world countries and other outsourcing destinations.  Of course there are plenty of books, websites and forums covering travel to any place in the world.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1212&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Meaning of Common Phrases</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/08/17/hidden-meaning-of-common-phrases/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/08/17/hidden-meaning-of-common-phrases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Negotiations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I started covering multiple aspects of negotiations as they relate to offshore outsourcing. The topic of negotiations is broad and multi-dimensional. Some of the aspects of negotiations are applicable to communications at large, to the areas where regular conversations and negotiations blend in creating just a regular business communications. In that light [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1203&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five levels of customer satisfaction</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/07/21/five-levels-of-customer-satisfaction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago Sathya, an onsite offshore coordinator aka account manager working with my company, stopped by to discuss what he and his company could do to earn my trust and to make me happy. I wish more people in my life would ask the same questions, in particular women. And I tell you, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1191&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to say Thank You in your provider’s language?</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/06/23/how-to-say-thank-you-in-your-provider%e2%80%99s-language/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/06/23/how-to-say-thank-you-in-your-provider%e2%80%99s-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, спасибо, gracias, dziękuję, спасибі, धन्यवाद, آپ کا شکریہ, obrigado, 谢谢&#8230; How do you say it? Do you even need to say it? What if you want to say more? In general, motivation of your offshore team should not be your responsibility. Your vendor should make sure that the team members are jazzed up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1184&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Rules for your First Outsourcing Project</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/05/23/10-rules-for-your-first-outsourcing-project/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/05/23/10-rules-for-your-first-outsourcing-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 04:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had a chance to connect with an old friend of mine – a serial entrepreneur, a pioneer of electronic commerce and outsourcing survivor. His first outsourcing initiative turned out a complete disaster and almost cost him the company. The human memory works in very peculiar way – we look back through pink [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1173&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, Those Russians</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/04/23/oh-those-russians/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/04/23/oh-those-russians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I dating myself? “Oh, those Russians” was the last line of &#8220;Rasputin&#8221;, ’78 hit by Germany-based pop and disco group Boney M. Well, of course that’s not what this post is about. A few days ago I talked with an old friend of mine once a VP of engineering for a s/w startup in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1162&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful what you ask for</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/03/27/be-careful-what-you-ask-for/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/03/27/be-careful-what-you-ask-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had to make a couple flight reservations. I had two canceled trips credits, one on United and one on American, that could be applied to the oncoming trips. Unfortunately, I could not do it online and had to navigate through the phone menus to get to customer service reps. BTW, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1153&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Frogs and Wrestlers</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/03/06/of-frogs-and-wrestlers/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/03/06/of-frogs-and-wrestlers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Traps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you found a new vendor, negotiated a perfect deal and established relationships with key players. The team starts its work and shortly you can realize the savings you’ve been looking for. A year passes faster than you could ever imagine. Reports coming from the vendor showing good compliance with the benchmarks you established. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1146&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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