Once again the Twitterverse is abuzz with the flapping of tiny wings of analysts leaving their homes.
It seems Bruce Temkin (right) is set to leave Forrester Research and it seems that others may also be on the move. I still don’t have any definite news on where the Customer Experience guru is headed, but Forrester Research will surely miss such a prolific publisher of quality research. He’s a good keynote speaker, too, and media-friendly. Quite the all-rounder.
I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
As is the way with these things, the rumour is that a bunch of analysts are about to up sticks, just as they did last summer when first best-selling author Charlene Li struck out on her own, then she was quickly joined by several other star analysts who now make up Altimeter Group. Similarly, Phil Fersht left Cognizant to form Horses for Sources, which was already the name of his popular sourcing blog that is powered by Phil’s LinkedIn group The BPO and Offshoring Best Practices Forum, now it became a powerful new force in global outsourcing as Phil was joined by a raft of industry heavyweights.
EDIT: Former Forrester Research analyst and current member of the Altimeter Group Ray Wang has pointed out on Twitter that Cliff Condon has confirmed Bruce’s departure via a comment on Victoria Bough’s blog. Boy, that was convoluted.
Still no news as to where Bruce is headed.
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Bruce left to set up his own company, Customer Experience Matters: http://experiencematters.wordpress.com/about/