The CX Cast

Does a CX team’s position in the organization affect its influence? Principal Analyst Judy Weader shares insights from recent survey data and qualitative research, revealing that there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. The placement of CX teams varies widely across different companies and industries, but organizational dynamics go beyond the org chart. The burden is on the CX leader to drive influence and flex with the nonlinear nature of CX maturity. Judy offers a decision-making framework to help organizations determine the best placement for their CX functions, emphasizing the role of executive sponsorship and the necessity for CX leaders to be proactive in their roles.

You don’t just manage, you lead. Managing the details of CX – execution, measurement, strategy – is crucial, but for you to truly succeed, you must lead your people to become customer-obsessed, empowered workers who understand and care about your customer’s outcomes.

Why should CX professionals care about brand experience (BX)? Forrester VP, Principal Analysts Dipanjan Chatterjee and Thomas Husson join the podcast to discuss the challenges organizations face in delivering a total experience and shed light on how BX can help drive growth.

CX transformation requires leaders to determine the specific employee behaviors that drive customer loyalty and shape the conditions that enable them to activate the entire workforce to demonstrate customer focus. In this episode, Angelina introduces a blueprint consisting of three key steps: 1) describing current and ideal culture; 2) assessing the current culture; and 3) leading culture change.

Employee feedback is part of a virtuous cycle of improving customer experience (CX) through employee empowerment and enablement that builds customer trust. But if you’re not building your CX strategy using this loop, you’re in a reactive cycle of EX-blind customer focus instead. Breaking the cycle begins with an effective employee listening strategy, followed by accountability at the leadership level to ensure that employee voice leads to appropriate action. Forrester Principal Analyst David Brodeur-Johnson joins us to discuss.

Most CX teams are too reliant on feedback (survey) data, leading to limited insights and even misinformed action. Forrester senior analyst Rich Saunders joins us to make the case for advanced analytics. He outlines the path forward – even for those intimidated by advanced analytics.

How should CX professionals use generative AI? Forrester VP, Principal Analyst Martha Bennett joins for a follow-up discussion to chat about the evolution and current state of genAI, busting myths and addressing real-world CX applications.

Guerilla CX is “swift, creative, and often low-cost tactics that make the most of rightsized data and foster experimentation and learning to create memorable moments that act as a catalyst for CX and EX transformation.” VP, Principal Analyst Joana de Quintanilha returns to explain why guerilla CX tactics need to be in every CX practitioner’s back pocket, as well as how deploying these tactics might lead to big impact on CX and internal customer-focused culture.

Since 2018, Nissan has been on a path to transform its legacy systems and operating model to make customer journeys the center of value creation and create a best-in-class integrated customer journey. Jivesh Juneja, Customer Journey Director at Nissan, joins the CX Cast to discuss Nissan’s journey from embracing customer journey mapping to scaling out journey management and adopting a journey-centric operating model.

Forrester identifies the firms that are helping businesses diagnose customer problems, develop a plan to solve those issues, and build the infrastructure needed to execute a CX transformation. That effort is led by Principal Analyst Judy Weader, who joins us to unpack her recent evaluation of the CX strategy consulting services market.

In her recent evaluation of CX strategy consulting services providers, Forrester Principal Analyst Judy Weader identified the most significant ones and researched, analyzed, and scored them. Judy joins us to unpick the CX strategy consulting services market.

In this episode of the CX Cast, Forrester Senior Analyst Colleen Fazio shares the findings of her report, The Forrester Wave™: Customer Feedback Management Solutions, Q4 2024. We talk about the importance of vendor services to help CX leaders leverage increasingly complex platforms, how to think about your organizational readiness, and the promise of GenAI.

In this episode of the CX Cast, Chris Lipman, Chief Customer Officer at E&, returns to discuss the innovative approach E& takes toward CX improvement through their "CX Change Factory." We discuss: How does E& identify and prioritize CX issues for resolution? What role does the "CX Change Factory" play in improving E&'s CX? How does E& measure the impact of the CX improvements on customer satisfaction and business outcomes? Listen to the full episode to hear more about “CX Change Factory's” role in improving CX and its impact on customer satisfaction and business results. See the Forrester report: Take A Strategic Approach To Prioritizing Customer... | Forrester

Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Forrester analysts Arielle Trzcinski and Shannon Germain Farraher team up with host Martin Gill to dive into Forrester’s 2025 healthcare predictions.

Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Martin is joined by Forrester VP, Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali to discuss how Forrester’s 2025 retail predictions came together.

Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies and technologies. This week, Forrester analysts Riccardo Pasto and Colleen Fazio join CX Cast host Martin Gill to discuss how Forrester’s 2025 Government predictions came together, and upcoming challenges to government CX.

Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies and technologies. In this episode, Forrester Research Directors David Hoffman, Oliwia Berdak, and CX Cast host Martin Gill team up to go over Forrester’s 2025 Financial Services predictions.

Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Senior Analyst Christina McAllister and CX Cast host Martin Gill team up to explain how Forrester’s 2025 CX predictions came together.

Martin and Angelina reflect on CX Cast successes in 2024 and give a glimpse into the exciting lineup for 2025.

Philips Healthcare is at the forefront of a dynamic market. Telemedicine, the lasting impact of the pandemic, the aging population, consumer access to healthcare data, and other factors are challenging old business models. Tina Lilje, Global Head of CX at Phillips Healthcare joins us to share how she and her team are embracing AI to enhance CX.