The CX Cast

Many brands sell products through retailers. Forrester Senior Analyst Michelle Beeson joins the CX Cast this week to discuss how, now that we care more than ever about the customer experience, the brand and retailer partnership is more important than ever.

The right approach to building a journey atlas will ensure the resulting product is insightful and actionable. Susan McNulty, consultant in CX transformation, has worked in CX leadership roles across several industries. She offers her experiences and practical, easy-to-follow expertise on the journey atlas creation process.

Organizations rely on voice-of-the-customer (VoC) measurement teams to collect and share insights and metrics that drive employee and partner actions. Unfortunately, VoC programs tend to be neglected or misunderstood within organizations. Senior Analyst Colleen Fazio, who helps Forrester customers build VoC and customer experience (CX) measurement programs, joins the CX Cast to discuss challenges...

Journey -centricity leads to higher revenue, reduced costs, and better customer experience. VP, Principal Analyst Joana de Quintanilha joins the CX Cast this week to share the importance of journey centricity and how it can help organizations foster customer obsession.

How can CX and EX coexist in an organization? Can the right relationship between CX and EX management have a magnifying effect? Martin and Angelina talk through the model for shared management of (or collaboration between) CX and EX, with considerations for different existing organizational structures.

By 2050, your website could be a wasteland. VP and Principal Analyst Julie Ask joins the CX Cast this week to discuss how your current website must evolve to meet customer needs, and what this means for your CX strategy.

Brands today can reach consumers on more than 300 digital touchpoints, and that number is growing quickly. VP, Principal Analyst Julie Ask joins the CX Cast this week to discuss the complexity of the consumer digital touchpoint landscape, and how companies must navigate this to build a strong CX strategy.

Less than half of global CX leaders can prove the ROI of their CX initiatives. Rusty Warner joins the CX Cast to share the insights from his CX EMEA keynote, “How To Embrace Customer Lifetime Value.” He reveals how leading CX teams that demonstrate clear business value will be stronger than ever.

Phil Bonhard, head of experience design for homes and mortgages at Lloyds Banking Group, joins us for an inside view into the design team at Lloyds.

CX EMEA 2023 was packed with CX leaders who want clarity on how empathy can lead to action. Joana de Quintanilha joins the CX cast to share the insights that resonated most from her CX EMEA keynote, “Spark, Nurture, And Fire Up Empathy To Drive Innovation.” She offers a no-nonsense multi-step approach to build empathy into innovative customer experiences.

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This week we come live from Forrester's CX EMEA conference where we speak to some of the analysts presenting on emerging technology, ChatGPT, Cookieless marketing and more, as well as catch up with one of our keynote speakers, Phil Bonhard of Lloyds Banking Group, and hear what attendees from Shell and Capgemini took away from the event.

What motivates companies to develop accessibility programs? How have they changed since their inception, and what do they look like today? Principal Analyst Gina Bhawalkar drops in to chat about the current state of digital accessibility, including how it varies across industries and affects product development.

Forrester VP and Principal Analyst David Truog brings his expertise in emerging technologies to the CX Cast, discussing the current state of generative AI and its relationship to design.

Jenn Lang, VP Enterprise Customer Experience and Consumer Insights at TD, joins the Cast to talk about CX at TD and their journey towards building a more strategic and holistic view of customer experience.

What makes a CMO right-fit for the role, and effective as an individual? VP and Principal Analyst Shar VanBoskirk returns to the Cast to discuss what makes CMOs strategic and collaborative.

How can companies be truly customer obsessed? And what impact can that have on customer experience, ROI, and beyond? VP and Principal Analyst Shar VanBoskirk joins for a thorough examination into the concept and practice of customer obsession.

How do you provide value to your customers if you can't create it? VP Principal Analyst Maxie Schmidt is back on the cast this week to discuss the meaning of the value network, and how you can leverage this create the best possible experience for your customers.

The CX Cast's very own co-host, Angelina Gennis, chats with Martin about her research into how to define, assess, and change organizational culture.

How do you optimize CX in a new era of privacy? Forrester Principal Analyst Enza Iannopollo discusses the risks and concerns associated with sharing personal data.

Energy company Avangrid and UX research and design firm Blink return to discuss the role of design in creating quality experiences at Avangrid. Forrester Senior Analyst AJ Joplin guest hosts, joined by Avangrid’s Head of CX and Digital Transformation, Craig Paterson, and Blink’s Chief Design Officer, Geoff Harrison.

Energy company Avangrid and UX research and design firm Blink give a candid recounting of building the CX function at Avangrid. Forrester Senior Analyst Su Doyle guest hosts, joined by Avangrid’s Head of CX and Digital Transformation, Craig Paterson, and Blink’s Chief Design Officer, Geoff Harrison.

VP and Principal Analyst Thomas Husson and Researcher Melissa Chaudet join this week to share their research into the green consumer, touching on generational differences and the factors that contribute to them.

Forrester analyst Karine Cardona-Smits discusses the untapped potential of optimizing CX for a range of consumer mobility experiences such as ride-share.

Forrester analysts Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian and Pete Jacques explain how to establish an enterprise-wide CX measurement program to track the success of CX activities and demonstrate the ROI of improving CX.