Frederic Giron

On October 14, 2021, Mohak Shroff, senior vice president of engineering at LinkedIn, published a blog post: China: Sunset of Localized Version of LinkedIn and Launch of New InJobs App Later This Year. It triggered multiple follow-up reports from major media outlets, with titles containing words like: LinkedIn to Shut Down Service in China Microsoft […]

Over the past decade, firms have poured significant resources into the digitization of their operations and the creation of new digital experience platforms to win, serve, and retain increasingly fickle customers. The result? Digital sameness for the most part. According to Forrester’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) — a study of 100,000 consumers and 300 […]

Learn how Standard Chartered's group CIO and his team continuously execute on the three key drivers of a future fit technology strategy: platforms, practices, and partners.

Learn the three hallmarks of the most customer-obsessed technology executives.

It's no surprise that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on Asia Pacific firms’ business and technology priorities. According to our latest survey, 26% of firms are in survival mode versus 16% that are in growth mode.

During a crisis, humanity prevails through unity, empathy, responsibility, and leadership. Read our five strategic recommendations for airline executives to focus on during the coronavirus pandemic.

Airlines have a major role to play in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic because they are part and fabric of this interconnected world, carrying people and cargo.

Better Late Than Never: There’s Still Time To Improve Your Pandemic Plans Companies are showing renewed interest in business continuity and revising their pandemic plans in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, federal banking regulators issued additional guidance to help banks and their customers cope with the financial fallout of the outbreak. And a review of the risk sections of the annual reports for the Fortune 50 showed that about half […]

Consumer energy will be a vital resource in 2020. We recap some of the predictions that our analysts in Singapore presented at a client event on November 19th.

Forrester's leading analysts share what to expect at our 2020 Predictions event in Singapore on November 19.

Key takeaways from EY’s Asia Pacific Blockchain Summit

On Thursday, October 24, Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, exhorted the country to “seize the opportunity” offered by blockchain technologies. In particular, he called to “clarify the main direction, increase investment, focus on a number of key core technologies, and accelerate the development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation.” I have […]

Can you imagine a digital-only bank that has served 100 million customers within four years since its establishment? Not to mention those 100 million customers are all un-/underserved by traditional banks. Tencent-backed WeBank has achieved this goal and has become the largest digital bank in the world. The secret sauces of WeBank are the tech-driven […]

Eight more digital-only banks are set to launch in Hong Kong by the end of 2020. Find out what sets them apart and what incumbent banks must do to compete in the region.

How airlines can connect the CX story to the money story.

On June 18, Facebook officially launched its Libra cryptocurrency project, which aims to leverage blockchain technologies to create a new stable cryptocurrency backed by a basket of fiat currencies. Facebook says its aim is to enable accessible and affordable digital payments for billions of people, including un-/underbanked people across the world. It aims to make […]

As leaders in the FS sector increasingly embrace customer-centric strategies, they will have to credibly connect the customer story to the money story. Otherwise, the legitimacy of often-heard CX slogans and promises can be easily challenged.

I love going to Japan, where everything works flawlessly and where customer obsession, or “omotenashi,” is deeply engrained into the culture of every institution: This is where, for instance, train operators apologize when their trains leave the platform 25 seconds earlier than scheduled. It’s also an economy stifled by a widespread risk-averse culture, a shrinking […]

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” — the Red Queen, Through The Looking-Glass I was reminded of this quote from Lewis Carroll’s book when analyzing the results […]