http://cxo-advisor.co.za/blogs/30 en-US http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TerryWhite/~3/gvI60laI02Y/79514 <p>Outsourcing<a href="/glossary/11#term393" class="glossary-icon"><img src="/sites/all/modules/glossary/glossary.gif" title="The transfer of business functions to an independent (internal and/or external) third party supplier. " /></a> is hazardous.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has some serious lessons for outsourcing.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>On the 20th April 2010 there was a gas<a href="/glossary/11#term333" class="glossary-icon"><img src="/sites/all/modules/glossary/glossary.gif" title="A service without which a building would be ‘disabled’. Often applied to the utilities (water" /></a> leak at the BP deep oil drilling rig, which was followed immediately by a series of explosions, and we all know the subsequent pollution disaster that is still playing out – killing ocean life, and in consequence destroying fishing industries in the Gulf.<br /> And that’s just the quick version. Barrack Obama has had to miss the opening of the FIFA world cup soccer to deal with the crisis.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Wall Street Journal describes how immediately after the explosions, a crew member noticed that there had been no distress call, and she grabbed the radio and sent out a Mayday call. The Captain of the rig called her and berated her for doing so: “I didn’t give you authority to do that!”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://cxo-advisor.co.za/blogs/30/79514">read more</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TerryWhite/~4/gvI60laI02Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://cxo-advisor.co.za/blogs/30/79514#comments Outsourcing Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:16:09 +0000 Terry White 79514 at http://cxo-advisor.co.za http://cxo-advisor.co.za/blogs/30/79514