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Derek serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. He is an internationally recognized expert in business process management (BPM) and organizational transformation. He has worked in this area for more than 20 years, dealing with major brands, governmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Derek's research focuses on the methods, approaches, frameworks, tools, techniques, and technologies of business architecture; BPM; business process improvement; business transformation; and organizational change. He places special emphasis on an outcome-based, customer-focused approach.
Derek is a well-known keynote speaker and chair of major EA conferences. As co-chair of BPMI.org, he helped merge the organization with the Object Management Group (OMG).
Derek completed the Early Growth Program at London Business School.
How eBusiness Leaders Should Approach Mobile As A Sales And Service Channel
Across the globe, the mobile channel is growing at a rapid rate. eBusiness and channel strategy leaders at B2B and B2C firms are at the forefront: 94% of eBusiness managers we surveyed are either...
What is customers' attitude around paying for alerts? Are there ones they would pay for and others they would not pay for? How much would they be willing to pay? Is anyone using alerts from a...
As consumers become more comfortable integrating social tools into their everyday lives, eBusiness leaders seek the right social strategy to achieve their goals. While the benefits of social media...

Traditional Models Are Stepping Stones To Long-Run Agile Strategies
Digital disruption is forcing business leaders in every industry to rethink their strategy. Music, media, and publishing have been turned upside down. Now, non-digital products and services...
Social shopping -- and service -- has become a reality: The percent of US online consumers opting out of social media -- Inactives -- has fallen dramatically, from 52% in 2006 to just...
eBusiness Leaders Who Struggle To Fill Open Jobs Can't Settle For Mediocrity
Unemployment plagues the US, yet eBusiness and channel strategy professionals face a counterintuitive problem — hiring. They struggle to fill customer experience, IT, and business analyst...
When customers transfer monies between accounts, there are different ways by which the bank advises them when it's completed -- SMS texting, letter confirmation, telephone call, etc. Does Forrester...
To bring eBusiness strategies in line with a vision of agile commerce — where companies serve customers seamlessly across touchpoints — we find that many firms are in the midst of massive...
I'm so excited to announce that today we have launched Forrester's new free eBusiness benchmarking tool. With the tool you can compare your key performance metrics against your peers'....
The eBusiness team at Forrester is excited to announce that we have launched The Forrester Community For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals focused on the key business challenges...
As mobile adoption increases, eBusiness and channel strategy professionals are challenged to determine how these devices integrate with their existing sales and service channels. It is imperative...

I'm thrilled to be blogging from Forrester's 2010 Consumer Forum at the Hilton Chicago in downtown Chicago. We've got a crowd of 600+ folks on-site and are excited for another great...
After years of fighting for a voice in the organization, eBusiness leaders are finding themselves in the spotlight. Some all-stars command total compensation packages of more than $1 million and...
Today Forrester released its new book Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business. At the crux of the book is a powerful message for all firms and in particular for...
Assessment: The Retail eCommerce Playbook
As retail companies evaluate their eCommerce opportunities, establishing a level set of their current strengths and weaknesses is essential. In 2008, Forrester introduced its proprietary eBusiness...
Benchmarks: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Like mobile measurement, mobile benchmarking is still in its infancy. Hard-to-come-by benchmarks challenge eBusiness and channel strategy professionals to understand how their investment levels...

I recently wrote a post about "eBusiness professionals edging closer and closer to the C-Suite. It's happening across many organizations and has a lot of implications -- from eBusiness pros...
In the US, what is the percentage of online banking consumers who use account aggregators? How many US financial services (FS) firms provide account aggregation services: 1) retail banks; 2) pure...
During my sullen teenage years my father invented a nonsensical, rhetorical question to proffer when conversation ran dry. During particularly quiet moments he’d ask, “So you want to be a...
Budgets And Costs Spike For B2B And Financial Services Firms
eBusiness budgets have risen steadily since 2008. In our annual survey of eBusiness and channel strategy professionals, we find that B2B and financial services firms in particular have dramatically...

Traditional Models Are Stepping Stones To Long-Run Agile Strategies
The evolution from multichannel to agile commerce strategies has eBusiness teams scrambling. Finding the right organizational structure to accommodate the complexities of the...
A Further Look At Key eBusiness Skills And Functions
What is the goal of eBusiness teams? To sell goods and services. As a result, eBusiness teams have become masters in the art of sales. As teams pivot efforts to optimize interactions across digital...
I had the chance to catch up with Bert DuMars, VP of Digital Marketing & eCommerce at Newell Rubbermaid, in advance of his keynote later this month at the eBusiness Forum. I spoke with Bert...
Competitive Strategy In The Age Of The Customer
As eBusiness and channel strategy professionals know all too well, empowered consumers disrupt business models across every industry. Success in the age of the customer requires companies to go...