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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.
US health insurance companies are in the midst of a systemwide transition to meet the requirements of congressionally mandated healthcare reform awaiting them in 2014. While insurers have made great...
Epsilon, KBM Group, And Targetbase Lead A Strong Chasing Pack
In Forrester's 90-criteria evaluation of US database marketing service providers (MSPs), we found that Epsilon, KBM Group, and Targetbase led the pack because of their analytical and strategic...
During the past three years, ESPN has systematically integrated and analyzed multiple data sources from across the business to develop an understanding of the unique value that individual fans...
Strategic Plan: The Cross-Channel Attribution Playbook
A key piece in cross-channel attribution is developing a strategy that outlines where the organization needs to progress to achieve attribution nirvana. To be successful at cross-channel attribution,...

With an influx of data and the upsurge of digital media channels revolutionizing how companies communicate with customers, Customer Intelligence (CI) professionals are poised to elevate their...
B2B Firms Leave Marketing Value On The Table
Although both B2B firms and B2C firms leverage Customer Intelligence (CI), they don't capture, manage, analyze, and apply data in the same way. Looking at data from our Q2 2009 Global Customer...

One of our most frequent client inquiries relates to the best way to organize Customer Intelligence (CI). Our research shows that no single "best" way exists. Firms organize differently — often...
Organization: The Social Intelligence Playbook
Finding and acting on insights gleaned from online and social discussions requires the right combination of a clear objective, business planning, technology, and, most importantly, people to do the...
In our recent study of database marketing service providers (MSPs), we found that MSPs exist in a diverse vendor ecosystem but enjoy significant customer loyalty. While most firms prioritize deep...
CI Professionals Are Fighting Wars On Multiple Fronts In Order To Evolve
As Customer Intelligence (CI) matures, CI professionals must adapt how they capture, integrate and manage, analyze, and apply knowledge about their customers. As we look ahead to 2011, we expect CI...
To thrive in the age of the customer, companies must become customer-obsessed. Why? Because empowered consumers quickly eat away at traditional areas of competitive advantage — manufacturing...
Why Market Insights + Customer Intelligence = Competitive Advantage
Despite an abundance of customer-related data, most companies still struggle to understand their customers — lacking the culture, process, technology, data, measurement framework, and business...
Forrester's research shows that firms that seek to place the customer at the core of their operations closely align their market insights and Customer Intelligence functions under a strategic leader....

FreshDirect, an online grocer based in New York City, evolved from a loss-making company to a high-growth, profitable business. How? The company captures a wide array of customer data and applies it...