Global Communication Trends

Skype conferencing has now brought outsourcing to another level. One of the missing elements in global collaboration has been synergy. Emails back and forth are no substitute for brainstorming. Previous poor communication has created a tendency to just send clearly defined projects to India with few suggestions from the Indian partner/vendor. But everything is changing - now a global conference calling is so easy and inexpensive that in 2006 outsourcing has become more collaborative. What is next in communication? It is hard to guess but imagine that I am writing this blog about global trends while connected on my cell phone ( Airtel) from one of the most remote parts of the world - NE India.