Episode 15: The capacity trap, and how to break out of the constraints
Legacy processes can trap leaders into using staff augmentation for every capacity gap. Ernesto shows how to reopen the options - AI, independent contractors, EOR, managed services, and global specialists - to expand capacity, improve success, and control cost.
Episode 15: The capacity trap, and how to break out of the constraints
Legacy processes can trap leaders into using staff augmentation for every capacity gap. Ernesto shows how to reopen the options - AI, independent contractors, EOR, managed services, and global specialists - to expand capacity, improve success, and control cost.
Episode 15: The capacity trap, and how to break out of the constraints
Legacy processes can trap leaders into using staff augmentation for every capacity gap. Ernesto shows how to reopen the options - AI, independent contractors, EOR, managed services, and global specialists - to expand capacity, improve success, and control cost.
Key insights
Historic technology and supplier constraints became baked into contingent programs
Inertia keeps artificial limits in place long after the original barriers disappear
Capacity planning forces a choice: cut scope or find a new way to increase capacity
Long-standing staffing agreements can make staff augmentation the default by habit
AI, marketplaces, independent contractors, EOR, and managed services expand the toolkit
More engagement options increase a leader’s chance of delivering the roadmap
Alternative locations and finite engagements improve cost control; for one-off specialist work, delivery becomes the interview
Featured recourses
Key insights
Historic technology and supplier constraints became baked into contingent programs
Inertia keeps artificial limits in place long after the original barriers disappear
Capacity planning forces a choice: cut scope or find a new way to increase capacity
Long-standing staffing agreements can make staff augmentation the default by habit
AI, marketplaces, independent contractors, EOR, and managed services expand the toolkit
More engagement options increase a leader’s chance of delivering the roadmap
Alternative locations and finite engagements improve cost control; for one-off specialist work, delivery becomes the interview
Featured recourses
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