Leadership

Derrick Feldmann 

Researcher, Author and Advisor

Managing Director, ISG Research

Managing Director, Ad Council Research Institute

Visiting Research Fellow, Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Derrick Feldmann is an internationally recognized researcher and advisor focused on social issues and public behavior.

For more than two decades, his work has examined how knowledge, attitudes, and cultural shifts influence decision-making across sectors and regions. He has led or advised on dozens of national and global research initiatives annually, building a substantial body of evidence on how institutions engage with complex social issues.

Derrick advises foundations, multinational institutions, and corporate leaders navigating moments of reputational, cultural, and systemic change. His research informs executive decision-making, long-term strategy, and public-facing initiatives grounded in independent evidence. His insights are sought by organizations and media globally, and his work is regularly cited as a reliable source of data on today’s social issues. 

He is the author of three books: The Corporate Social Mind: How Companies Lead Social Change From the Inside Out, published by Fast Company Press, Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change and Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement.

Feldmann currently splits his time between ISG and the Ad Council Research Institute, where he oversees public research studies on pressing issues affecting Americans. He is a Visiting Research Fellow and teacher at the Skoll Centre’s Impact Lab at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, an Ad Council Advisory Committee member, recent Chair of the Board of Visitors at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, and is a frequent writer, podcast guest and regular contributor to various publications.

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“Independent insight is the foundation of leadership in complex social environments..”

- Derrick Feldmann