Monday, April 27, 2009

Chennai and Culture

I just arrived in Chennai, India. The weather along the coast here is a bit humid, but the coastline is spectacular. The breakfast in southern India is one of my all-time favorites.

Arriving in southern India from the northern regions by Delhi is a good demonstration of the geographic diversity of India. The India as we know it today was established as recently was mid-ninetieth century. Therefore this large country is comprised of many diverse and varied states. I never would have believed this until coming over and seeing it for myself.

It is critical to understand the cultural implications resulting from the regional location of a current or prospective legal outsourcing provider. These implications are manifested in the methods of training and managing an offshore team. There are too many aspects to dive into at this point in time, but geographic differences is something that should be an additional consideration for legal outsourcing clients.