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A Q&A with Deetken Insight Partner Dara Frere
Dara Frere recently joined Deetken Insight as a Partner where she will apply her expertise to help lead and grow the team. We asked Dara about her background and what brought her to Deetken, as well as what she most enjoys about her work. Read on to learn more about...
Deetken Insight Names Dara Frere as Partner
Vancouver, B.C. – April 25, 2022 – Deetken Insight, a management consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver, is pleased to announce it has named Ms. Dara Frere as a partner with the firm. Dara brings to Deetken Insight more than 20 years of experience supporting...
Canadian LNG Could Help Stabilize Global Gas Markets, Including in Europe
By André Powell The threat of war in Ukraine has led to fears of gas shortages in Europe lest Russia limits its supply of natural gas to the continent. Russia supplies 40 percent of Europe’s gas, a third of which flows through pipelines in Ukraine. The U.S. has...
Case Study: Labour Market Information Study and Workforce Development Plan for BC Wood
In 2020, BC’s value-added wood sector was experiencing a number of key workforce challenges that were impacting employer profitability, including acute labour shortages, a lack of diversity and advancement and training opportunities. The BC Wood Specialties Group...
Deetken welcomes Zack Young to the team!
Deetken is pleased to welcome Zack Young to our team! Zack joins Deetken Insight as an associate. Originally from Ontario, Zack came to Vancouver to pursue a Master in Economics at Simon Fraser University (Class of 2022). Prior to joining Deetken, Zack worked as a...
Deetken welcomes Saskia Sidenfaden to the team!
Deetken is excited to welcome Saskia Sidenfaden to our team! Saskia joins Deetken as a Communications and Business Development Specialist. She is passionate about helping grow small and medium-sized businesses, using her skills in public relations, writing and...
Starting a Career Journey as a Research Intern at Deetken Insight
Noor Hussain is a second-year student in the University of Western Ontario’s Management and Organizational Studies Undergraduate program. Noor was a Research Intern with Deetken from May to August. Take a look at what Noor had to say about her experience! What did you...
Deetken welcomes Alp Deveci to the team!
Deetken is very pleased to welcome Alp Deveci to our team! Alp joins Deetken Insight as an Associate. Alp’s areas of interest include political economics, microeconomics, and genetic algorithms. Prior to joining Deetken, Alp worked as a Teaching Assistant where he...
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Deetken Insight – Senior Associate Deetken Insight is a management consultancy based in Vancouver. We provide specialized financial, economic, and business advisory services primarily to provincial,crown agencies and national government clients. At Deetken we are...
Reflections
Expertise in Outcome-based and Vested™ contracting & negotiations
Undertaking a major procurement can be one of the biggest challenges that an organization faces. Whether contracting a service provider to deliver cloud or telecom services, or outsourcing call centre or service desk operations, procuring effective service delivery...
An Inquiry into Gasoline and Diesel Prices in BC
In April 2019, the average price of regular gas in Vancouver had reached an unexplained high. As a result, in May 2019, the BC Provincial Government directed the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) to conduct an inquiry into retail gasoline and diesel prices in the...
Using Data Science to Understand Vancouver’s Evolving Business Landscape
June is a business owner ready to set up shop in Vancouver. She wants to know where in Vancouver her business is most likely to succeed … or to fail. Kris is an urban planner who would like a better understanding of how the business landscape has changed over time in...
Supporting natural gas development
The world’s demand for lower carbon energy is increasing, particularly in Asia. North American producers are uniquely positioned to help meet these needs. The continent has a significant supply of natural gas, one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels. This is enough...
Helping IT operations perform at their best
In today’s world, when our IT is not working as well as it should, our company can’t perform at its best. But when it’s doing its job, IT can be a key enabler, helping our company and our employees reach full potential. Yet, as critical as the technology is itself, it...
Supporting strategy around cloud computing
What are the benefits of adopting cloud services to the public sector? What new risks are introduced and how can they be mitigated? What do public sector organizations need to do to get ready to move to the cloud? What is unique about the BC context that vendors need...