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We’re heading to IBM’s Think! conference next week, and we want to share some of the sessions that jump out to us as sessions we are interested in. In general the featured sessions have strong speakers and interesting topics – but they also may not get to the nitty gritty detail that you’re looking for
David Brakoniecki: Finding Success in RPA through Thoughtful Discovery
David Brakoniecki, our Managing Director for European operations, recently gave a talk for Automation Anywhere's Imagine conference (virtually of course!) - and the video is available here with regis
Automation Anywhere Imagine: Perspective on RPA Going Forward
whatever it is you focus on, make sure it is a really important problem that people will notice when you fix it.? Pick something that matters... your organization has a very scarce resource that
OTPP Customer Story on Camunda's Blog
Last week we posted about OTPP and Camunda at CamundaCon - but we hadn't noticed a nice blog post on Camunda's blog that has some more details about OTPP's journey with Camunda: With $201.4 billio
A Bot and a Process Walk into a Virtual Conference Together
While attending the CamundaCon conference last week, the intersection of RPA and process was explored across vs several conversations.? An interesting development to see RPA so prominently featured in
CamundaCon Recap: Customer Stories from OTPP
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan gave two presentations at CamundaCon - both well done. Sandy Kemsley covers the first one in this post (scroll down), and there's an interesting bit of history. Sandy i
CamundaCon Recap: Customer Stories from Keller Williams
In the first track presentation of Day 1 for CamundaCon, Keller Williams presented their solution for Smart Plans for their agents.? In a post by Sandy Kemsley , she captures the details of the prese
CamundaCon Recap: Best Virtual Conference so Far
Camunda in Context As is often the case with a conference on process technologies, Sandy Kemsley has the best live blog available on the subject of CamundaCon .? As she notes, Jakob Freund deliv
RPA - What's the Strategy for Leaders in BPM?
Pre-amble.? A couple of weeks ago I attended the IBM Think conference in San Francisco. It was the first time for the conference in San Francisco and, taking into account the learning curve, I
Maximize the Benefits of RPA with Business Automation: A Three-Phased Approach to Digital Automation #think2019
We're at IBM Think 2019 this week, and I want to call your attention to a great session on Thursday morning.? TTI, Suncor, Keppel Energy, and IBM will be discussing their approach to RPA.? While I'm
Scaling RPA with the Next Generation of Automation Anywhere #think2019
We're at IBM Think 2019 this week, and I want to call your attention to a great session on Wednesday afternoon!? TTI has been innovative in their use of RPA to improve their business - not just with
Imagine and Deliver Faster with Digital Process Automation #think2019
We're at IBM Think 2019 this week, and I want to call your attention to a great session on Wednesday morning.? AECOM have an innovative approach to their design process that is the result of collabo
Global Business on Stage with Fortune Global Forum
In October I attended the Fortune Global Forum , held this year in Toronto, Canada. It?s an invitation event for, primarily, the CEOs of businesses all over the world. The makeup of the event evolve
Healthcare Panel at the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto
In October I attended the Fortune Global Forum , held this year in Toronto, Canada. It?s an invitation event for, primarily, the CEOs of businesses all over the world. The makeup of the event evolve
AI and Investing in Canada: Fortune Global Forum
In October I attended the Fortune Global Forum , held this year in Toronto, Canada. It?s an invitation event for, primarily, the CEOs of businesses all over the world. The makeup of the event ev
Observations from Toronto about Trade: Fortune Global Forum 2018
In October I attended the Fortune Global Forum , held this year in Toronto, Canada. It's an invitation event for, primarily, the CEOs of businesses all over the world. The makeup of the event evolve
Cognitive Request Router and Process for Developers [Video]
A little over a month ago, three of us made the trek to Berlin to participate in CamundaCon.? It was our first time attending the conference, an annual gathering of Camunda developers, customers, and
Fortune Global Forum in Toronto Next Week
I'm looking forward to attending the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto next week Monday through Wednesday.? Last year I attended in Guangzhou , and this year I'm looking forward to seeing how differen
Driven in the Eyes of one Attendee
We had a great Driven 2018 event.? Our focus on Digital Operations led us to many interesting places in this year's conference, and nothing makes you feel better about a conference than someone else w
Driven Featured Speaker: Rob Koplowitz, Forrester
Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry experts, and l
Looking back at a 2017 Prediction for Digital Process
From nearly the first year I began writing this blog on behalf of BP3, pundits and commentators have predicted the demise of "BPM", to be replaced by the next thing. My argument has long been th
#SXSW Featured Sessions: Whurley on Quantum Computing
Part of what makes SXSW great is that, as a conference, there's always room for new ideas and topics to get in the door.? Quantum computing had about half-a-dozen sessions overall, including this keyn
Design Thinking + Making and #SXSW EDU
I won't often write about the Magellan International School on this blog - in general I think Medium is the more appropriate venue for that personal pursuit - but there are times when personal volunte
IBM Think and Digital Operations
Last week we attended IBM's Think conference, the consolidation of all the conferences that IBM used to run under separate brands into one massive conference.? I'll note that IBM stepped up its g
#SXSW Sessions: Small Donor Campaigns & Mayors
One aspect of SXSW that I don't typically take advantage of is access to politicians at all levels.? I've previously attended sessions on the Austin city-level, which is not very partisan and is more
#SXSW Featured Sessions: Christiane Amanpour and Kara Swisher
A highlight of the conference was the interview of Christiane Amanpour by Kara Swisher. Kara is the perfect foil for someone like Amanpour. She brings a certain friction and challenging tone to the co
#SXSW Sessions: Star Wars, Rian Johnson, and Mark Hamill
One of the highlights (for me) was the interview with Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill about the documentary film of the making of the Last Jedi.? It's a really personal and approachable view behind the p
#SXSW Featured Session Notes: Eddy Cue
Eddy Cue made an appearance at SXSW to talk about Apple News and Apple's views of their own responsibilities in the space. A few points I took away from his positioning around curating news:
#SXSW Featured Sessions: Rodriguez
SXSW has a series of featured sessions that overall, have been getting better ever year. There have been many standouts over the year, but just the average quality overall keeps getting better.? If yo
#SXSW Highlights
SXSW started out the right way - with the Austin Technology Council's Gateway event on Thursday night: pick up badge, attend a great networking event.? It's always gratifying to get to reconnect with
SXSW 2018: the Nerdpocalypse in Austin
Omar Gallaga of the Austin American-Statesman has penned another article about the pros and cons of yet another SXSW descending upon Austin . LaRue is one of the tens of thousands of people who
CEO Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Zhang Xin
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in large part.? Each o
CEO Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Zhang Ruimin
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in large part.? Each o
Chairman Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Greg Penner
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs (and Chairmen!) of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in lar
Chairman Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Bill Ford
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs (and Chairmen!) of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in lar
CEO Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Pony Ma
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in large part.? Each o
Fortune Global Forum: Tim Cook Interview
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in large part.? Each o
CEO Interviews at Fortune Global Forum: Jack Ma
One of the highlights of the Fortune Global Forum were the really fantastic interviews with the CEOs of amazing companies.? Even for CEOs, these are heroes that are looked up to in large part.? Each o
Fortune Brainstorm Tech International: AI in China
No tech conference would be worth its salt without a session on AI.? The AI-inspired startups that pitched at the brainstorm tech were awesome. The panel discussion was also interesting, and in this p
Mobility Discussion at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech International 2017
Following is a post about the Mobility Panel I attended at BSTI 2017: Participants: Davis Wang, Co-Founder and CEO, Mobike; Sam Zaid, Co-Founder and CEO, Getaround; and moderator Clay Chandler, Tim
Design Thinking at Fortune Brainstorm Tech International 2017
Design Thinking Another panel was held to discuss design thinking and its impact on China and Chinese startups.? Clay Chandler of Time Inc. moderated a discussion with Robbie Antonio of Revolutio
Impressions from Fortune Global Forum 2017
After attending Fortune Global Forum for the first time, I wanted to share some impressions - and yet it is almost too much to convey in a blog post.? I'll also post my notes over the next few da
First Time at Fortune BrainStorm Tech International
Just prior to the Fortune Global Forum, I was invited to also attend the Brainstorm Tech International conference as well, which was in the nearby Four Seasons hotel.??? This is my first trip to this
On My Way to Fortune Global Conference 2017 #fortuneglobal
(A picture of HK International Airport from 2013) I'm sitting in the airport at San Francisco, about to head off to the Fortune Global Forum 2017 in Guangzhou, China.? As an added bonus I'll ge
Speaking at iGrafx 2017: From Process to Insight
Something I have been looking forward to this year is speaking at the iGrafx' 2017 conference: from Process to Insight ? in Orlando. The speaker lineup is stacked with process transformation experts
Transformational Customer Experience - through Employee Engagement
Forbes' Stan Phelps recently covered Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys , our co-founder Lance Gibbs' new book on the subject of the employee experience : First we discussed the title of the book. It
Driven 2017 Speaker Announcement: The Growth and Maturity of the Competency Center at CUNA Mutual
We are very excited to announce a set of speakers for Driven 2017. Registration is open. Brian Golden and Tommy Johnson of CUNA Mutual will be speaking about how they built and matured their com
A Bank, a Conference, and a City
In Austin this spring, as we do every spring, we held the SXSW-interactive conference.? It started as something modest, an add-on to the well-known music conference of the same name.? But it then grew
Driven 2017 Speaker Announcement: Keynote by Forrester Analyst Rob Koplowitz
Driven 2017 is coming to Austin, Texas August 16th and 17th. Today, we are excited to announce our first keynote speaker! Forrester Analyst Rob Koplowitz will be speaking about the future of digital
DMN and the TCK at #bpmNEXT
Over the last year, Keith Swenson has been pushing the process and decision management community to provide a reference implementation of DMN, or a reference test-bed for it. This subset of the com
BP3 Takes Second Place at bpmNEXT
Congrats to our team - we finished second in the voting for Best in Show at bpmNEXT 2017!? For those who aren't familiar from our blog, bpmNEXT is the conference for showing off what's new (or on
MWD's Take on bpmNEXT
MWD just posted commentary for the bpmNEXT event on their blog . I like the commentary: "At bpmNEXT, instead of tearing each other?s throats out as you might expect, the delegates present their lat
BPMCamp is Now Driven
Our annual user conference is now called Driven . "This conference was one of the best I've attended. I took away great strategy for our program and actions we could take immediately?to deliver
The full video of theCube interview with Scott Francis: Digital for the Win!
TheCube has posted the full video of my participation in their show at Interconnect. I hardly recognize myself without the BP3 sweater vest, but I like how the show turned out. The interviewers did
Derek Miers is Challenging our Assumptions
Derek Miers recently joined MWD Advisors, and came to bpmNEXT and gave a great talk on business process in the context of what's going on around us. First he challenged the room: If BPM is the sil
Digital Transformation: Clay Richardson on the Digital Fast Forward
Clay Richardson sees a lot of disruption coming for BPM programs as they logically transition into Digital Transformation programs.? And he's not wrong: we have literally seen BPM initiatives re-brand
Neil Ward Dutton Layering it on at bpmNEXT
Neil Ward-Dutton also delivered a talk at bpmNEXT to help kick things off.? As in previous years, Neil presents a mental model that I find pretty useful. First, he presents a model in three layers
Jim Sinur: Ten Things
Jim Sinur presented again at bpmNEXT this year - this time in his new role at Aragon Research.? He focused on 10 technologies that impact BPM in the next 5 years.? I didn't catch them all in my notes
Impressions at BPMNEXT 2017
I arrived at bpmNEXT along with Ivan Kornienko, the night before it started in Santa Barbara.? And it started with dinner with a professional services competitor and a couple of BPM engine developers
BPMNEXT is this week!
This week I'm off to the bpmNEXT conference in Santa Barbara , the conference for the innovators in the BPM space to show off what is cooking in the lab.? This is the fifth bpmNEXT conference, and it
SXSW Parting Thoughts
After SXSW this year there was no rest for the weary. The following week was IBM's InterConnect conference which is a big deal for BP3 as we're a big IBM partner (in particular in business process and
Business Process and Decision Management are Fundamental, Foundational
Our focus has always been on business process and decision management.? Increasingly, these two themes show up within the context of discussions on digital transformation, blockchain, and machine lear
How the Playbook has Changed for Business Process
With all the access to data, analytics, cognitive and machine learning, we have to adapt our business processes to get the full benefit of these capabilities: . @sfrancisatx what's your playbook
BP3's Startup Story on theCube
Well, this is by no means the whole story of BP3 starting up, but extemporaneously I relayed some of it in this interview with theCube.? I recall meeting over coffee on Sunday mornings many times soci
What Our Customers Deserve
Our customers deserve a healthy vendor and partner in BP3.? Our customers deserve to know that we at BP3 are being responsible with our money, with how we spend, and how we grow... That we don't grow
The Shift to Customer Experience and New Opportunities
I had the pleasure of sitting down with theCube at IBM InterConnect this year for an interview.? There's been a shift from cost-reduction to customer experience and top-line revenue expansion, which B
BP3's Recommended Wednesday Sessions for #IBMInterConnect 2017
First, let me start by saying that Tuesday was a blast.? We had a great day with sessions, and I had the chance to appear on theCube - which was awesome.? But also, we had a truly amazing customer eve
BP3's Recommended Tuesday Sessions for #IBMInterConnect 2017
Here's the Tuesday edition, hot off the presses! Start with the Chairman's Address. Ginny Rommetty is a great speaker and this is a fantastic opportunity to get her view on the path forward for I
Last Week
Last week BP3 attended 3 events in 3 countries to meet with customers, prospects, and partners.? And of course our team was visiting a multitude of customers and prospects as well. There are mome
Coverage of the IBM #ProcessTransformation Event
This week the attention may be turned to World of Watson, but last week it was all about Digital Transformation and BPM: Process Transformation. James Taylor took a turn at blogging the Process
Process Transformation
IBM hosted a Process Transformation event this week, bringing together top customers, partners, and IBM executives and product leaders into one space to talk about what's happening and what's next
A Great Place to Work
BP3 has been a great place to work for me since 2007.? And what makes it a great place to work for me?? The fantastic team I get to work with every day. As we've grown, one of the great joys of
Austin Culture: Export of the Future?
With the advent of South by South Lawn (SXSL) last week, followed by the Great Places to Work conference coming to Austin this week, the topic of Austin exporting its culture comes to mind.
Raise Your Hand
One of the banes of time and materials consulting is over-running estimates.? Many consulting companies win business by bidding low and then running change orders or cost overruns to extract mor
BPMCAMP: Our Cup Runneth Over
We had a pretty special week in Austin last week. We hosted our global team and select customers for BPMCAMP . And I couldn't be happier with the final product.? It just gets better every year.
Austin is a Great place to Grow a Business
I just saw an article in the Austin Business Journal - apparently CNBC has named Austin the #1 city for startups : Owing to its entrepreneurial bent, the quality of its labor pool and its booming
Offshoring's Achilles' Heel
In Sandy Kemsley's blog, reporting from the PegaWorld conference , she wrote the following: "AmEx used to be a waterfall development shop ? which enabled them to offshore a lot of the developme
Contributing back to the Community
We spend a fair amount of time giving back to the BPM community by sharing our best practices.? But we also like to give back when it comes to our experiences and know-how in other areas. Two recent
MWD on #bpmNEXT
Neil Ward-Dutton's session at bpmNEXT was "Remixing BPM for the digital age": The main point I made: BPM technologies deliver capabilities that all organisations pursuing a digital transformation
Our #bpmNEXT Presentation : A Business Process application with no Process
Thanks to Sandy Kemsley for the kind coverage of our demonstration : Outpatient care example with coordination of resources (rooms, labs) and people (doctors, patients), BPMN may not be best
Building a BPM Business at #bpmNEXT
I had the honor of participating in a panel on building a business in BPM, alongside Silver Tree's Jonathan Sapir and Princeton Blue's Pramod Sachdeva.? SilverTree (~20 people) is focused on Sal
Modeling at #bpmNEXT
As part of the Business of BPM, a panel discussion of the role of modeling was held.? Denis Gagne, Clay Richardson, and Kramer Reeves all took part, moderated by Bruce Silver.? Again, Sandy Kem
The Business of BPM at #bpmNEXT
bpmNEXT has been experimenting with the format on the first day of the event, a format they call the business of BPM. This year it started with Nathaniel doing a reprise of his predictions for
Impressions from #bpmNEXT
This was the fourth bpmNEXT we?ve attended and presented at - every one since the beginning.? Every year the conference gets a little bit better in terms of content, and the collegiality gets be
The Next Big Thing in BPM : BPMNEXT 2016
[caption id="attachment_8080" align="alignnone" width="600"] Courtesy of Benny Notheis[/caption] We're proud to be making our 4th appearance at BPMNEXT this year. I believe -? along with Keith Swen
Austin Tech Through the Eyes of its Fathers #SXSW
Three legends of Austin's Tech Economy came to SXSW Interactive this year to hold forth on how Austin became Silicon Hills, and to talk about the future of tech in Austin.? It has become a popul
Want to win the Recruiting War? #SXSW Panel Shared Great Insights
Greg Barr, Managing Editor at the Austin Business Journal, attended our panel, "Can Austin Take Top Talent from Silicon Valley", and wrote a great piece on it in the ABJ .? Our panelists includ
#SXSW Sessions that Caught my Eye amid the Nerdpocalypse
As many of you may know, Austin is preparing for SXSW, and first up: SXSW-interactive on Friday.? With the conference comes more than 20,000 attendees and a similar number of "non-badged" attendee
#IBMInterconnect Early Takeaways
I am an IT guy at heart.? I will never be able to shake my upbringing as a system and network administrator, so my view of the world is skewed to include the simplest IT management, monitoring, suppo
#SXSW: Can Austin Take Top Talent from Silicon Valley?
In a panel discussion at SXSW-interactive this year , four passionate high-tech execs are going to debate whether you can take top talent from Silicon Valley.? While the title focuses on "Austin" th
Networking in the Digital Age - a Few Thoughts
A few weeks ago I participated in a session called "networking in the digital age" at IBM's Interconnect conference and I thought I'd share some thoughts in a more coherent way here, to a broade
Announcing #Brazos Portal 1.13.1
[Note from Scott:? this is the best Brazos Portal release yet, and in this post, David outlines all of the enhancements we?re bringing to Brazos Portal thanks to the collaboration of our many consul
Announcing: Brazos UI Enterprise 4.7.1
[Note from Scott:? this is the best Brazos release yet, and in this post, David outlines all of the enhancements we're bringing to Brazos UI thanks to the collaboration of our many consultants, d
Recommended Sessions for Thursday Feb 25th @ #IBMInterconnect 2016
The last day! Still a few good sessions to catch! 8:30am | 5737A Healthcare Insurance Claims Management and Self-INvoicing BPM Solution at Advancecare, Reef Ballroom D. Vitor Salvador of Advanc
Recommended Sessions for Wednesday Feb 24 @ #IBMInterconnect 2016
Wednesday's scheduled also has a couple of fantastic sessions from BP3, Kaiser, and Wells Fargo, as well as other customers.? Here's our recommended schedule for the day: 10:00am | 5021A Creatin
Recommended Sessions for Tuesday Feb 23 @ #IBMInterconnect 2016
And for Tuesday's sessions, our humble recommendations follow... I'll point out right at the top that you have some great options with a session presented by BP3's own Andrew Paier and Ivan Kornienko
Recommended Sessions for Monday Feb 22 @ #IBMInterconnect 2016
Continuing a tradition from previous years at Impact, we?re sharing our thoughts about the best sessions at IBM?s Interconnect conference. The conference is again spread across two hotels this year,
#IBMInterconnect: Mobile-Enabling Your Business Process Using Coach Views: Lessons Learned at Zion's Bank
There's nothing better than looking up a conference schedule and seeing a customer presenting, and calling out your product in the process - better yet, when it is a surprise! Zion's Bank is pres
