Rick Parrish,

Rick Parrish

Vice President, Research Director

Rick is a research director in Forrester’s customer experience (CX) practice and the coordinator of research on customer obsession companywide. Rick's team conducts cutting-edge research and client engagements to help CX leaders improve CX quality reliably and efficiently. Rick’s own research focuses on government CX and corporate values strategies.

Consumer Marketing, CX, And Digital Leaders: How To Thrive Through Volatility In 2026 (US)
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Trend Report
April 13th, 2026
21 min read

To navigate market volatility, consumer business leaders must optimize their focus and spend, master change management, and ratchet up risk management discipline.

Consumer Marketing, CX, And Digital Leaders: How To Thrive Through Volatility (US), 2025
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Trend Report
March 27th, 2025
20 min read

To navigate market volatility, consumer business leaders must optimize their focus and spend, master change management, and ratchet up risk management discipline.

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Predictions 2026: Customer Experience – Mid-Year Check-In

Join “Mr. Prediction” Mike Proulx, VP, Research Director, as he leads an exciting interactive discussion with Forrester’s experts and your peers examining the status of Forrester’s 2026 predictions for customer experience.Key takeaways: See which predictions have come true or on track to come true, and the global factors triggering them. Uncover new insights into why some predictions haven’t or won’t come true in 2026 based on Forrester’s expert analysis. Prepare your team and organization for the second half of 2026 with a bonus prediction.Target audience level: all levels