What It Means: A Forrester Podcast

If you think mainframes are dying or dead, this is the podcast episode for you. Senior Analyst Brent Ellis shares new data and insights on the current state and future of mainframes.

Many B2B companies’ revenue processes lack a key ingredient: customer value. Without it, efforts to grow will ultimately falter. This week on What It Means, Principal Analysts Amy Hawthorne and Rick Bradberry discuss how companies can begin transforming their revenue processes to better serve customers.

After years of underinvestment in management training, the era of AI brings an intriguing question: Can human managers be replaced by AI? Vice President and Principal Analyst Katy Tynan joins the podcast to provide her perspective.

As the hype surrounding generative AI yields to pragmatism, how can marketers take their genAI efforts from experimentation to excellence? VP and Principal Analyst Jay Pattisall and Principal Analyst Lisa Gately share advice on this week’s episode of What It Means.

Hybrid work is now the norm for many office jobs, but management styles haven’t quite caught up, says Senior Analyst Angelina Gennis. On this week’s podcast episode, she explains what it means to manage well in a post-pandemic work world.

What skills and competencies will B2B marketers need most to succeed in the future? In this episode, Principal Analyst Naomi Marr and VP and Principal Analyst Katy Tynan discuss what’s driving the need for new technical and human skills and how to close the gap.

As all marketing becomes digital marketing, the need for specialized digital agencies will shrink. What’s in store for the agency landscape, agency jobs, and the marketers who work with agencies? VP and Principal Analyst Jay Pattisall weighs in on this week’s podcast episode.

Customer advocacy initiatives often leave a key question unanswered: How do customers benefit? On this episode of What It Means, VPs and Principal Analysts Laura Ramos and Amy Bills explain how B2B companies can get more value from customer advocacy by understanding what motivates customers to participate.

Trust is paramount in high-stakes B2B buying relationships. How can B2B companies build and maintain trust among buyers? VP and Principal Analyst Ian Bruce explains on this episode of What It Means.

How is the growing disconnect between tech leaders and clinicians contributing to burnout? Find out as Senior Analyst Shannon Germain Farraher explores the current and future state of technology in clinical settings.  

How will generative AI impact infrastructure plans? What regulatory issues will tech leaders have to grapple with? Hear Forrester’s technology analysts discuss their predictions for the latest tech trends in 2024.

Nothing can slow the AI revolution — except perhaps a shortage of the chips AI relies on. In this episode, Glenn O'Donnell discusses how ongoing chip shortages could impact your AI plans.

The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, wrapped up last month to mixed reviews. In this episode, Senior Analyst Abhijit Sunil discusses what he saw at the event and some of the key takeaways for business and technology leaders.

Generative AI is poised to upend every aspect of search marketing. In this episode of What It Means, Senior Analyst Nikhil Lai explains the rapid changes that search marketers need to prepare for now.

Many revenue enablement leaders are simultaneously intimidated and intrigued by AI, particularly generative AI (genAI). The sooner they embrace it, the sooner they can help make sellers and other customer-facing roles more effective. Vice President and Principal Analyst Peter Ostrow shares advice for getting started with AI this week on What It Means.

Generative AI will make B2B sales, marketing, and product teams more prolific in 2024 — but not always in ways that are desirable. VP and Principal Analyst Laura Ramos and Principal Analyst David Parry discuss this and other 2024 predictions for B2B teams on this week’s episode of What It Means.

Is generative AI coming for your job? Find out as VP and Principal Analyst J. P. Gownder and Principal Analyst Michael O'Grady discuss a new forecast on the impact of generative AI on jobs in the US.

Is it finally time for self-driving cars and trucks to achieve their long-held promise? Find out as Vice President and Research Director Pascal Matzke joins the podcast to discuss the current state and future outlook for autonomous vehicles.

Where will AI go next? That’s the biggest question of 2024. In this special episode, nine Forrester analysts discuss what’s behind our 2024 predictions for AI and what the implications will be.

What’s in store for tech leaders in the year ahead? Find out as Vice Presidents and Senior Research Directors Matthew Guarini and Fred Giron discuss Forrester’s 2024 predictions for technology leaders.

As B2B buyers contend with tighter budgets, they’re looking to an unexpected source to help them make the right purchase decisions: product experts from vendor companies. Vice President and Research Director Amy Hayes discusses this and other findings from Forrester’s new State Of Business Buying report this week on What It Means.

Customer experience (CX) leaders are positioned to win big with generative AI (genAI) in 2024. But there’s a caveat: They must identify and augment the right drivers of CX performance. Learn more about CX in 2024 in this episode featuring VP and Research Director Martin Gill and Principal Analyst Judy Weader.

Is the push to encourage AI across the enterprise introducing more risk? Principal Analyst Andrew Hewitt discusses the pros and cons of bring-your-own-AI (BYOAI) in this episode.

Despite economic pressure, B2B sales and marketing leaders are prioritizing investment in revenue operations. In this episode, Vice President and Principal Analyst Laura Cross and Principal Analyst Anthony McPartlin discuss what’s behind the rise of revenue operations in B2B organizations.

Zero Trust has evolved since its earliest iterations, but it’s never been more vital than it is today. In this episode, Principal Analyst David Holmes discusses the origins of Zero Trust and its future impact on driving business value.