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A great employee experience enables employees to focus on their most important work. Disruption has become the new norm, and empowering employees to grow and change is crucial for firms looking to be the disruptor, not the disrupted.

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Companies Have Agnosia About Experiences

Carlos Casanova 4 days ago
We found that agnosia quite nicely describes what is happening with companies’ efforts around experience. Their inability to identify you as the same individual after having repeatedly interacted with them as a customer and user and employee over a period of time, might cause you to question your sanity when interacting with them. 
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What Is The Future Of The Office?

What It Means March 16, 2023
As companies plan their future workplace strategies, what role should the physical office play? Vice President, Research Director James McQuivey and Vice President, Principal Analyst J. P. Gownder weigh in on this episode of What It Means.

CX APAC — Bold Focus

Drive success with CX and digital in 2023. Discover what to prioritize, where to invest, and what's on the cutting edge.

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Mastering Hybrid Meetings Is A Critical Priority

J.P. Gownder March 7, 2023
Employees are overwhelmed with meetings: back-to-back meetings; poorly run meetings; and just flat-out too many meetings. The frequency of meetings increased by 13% during the first year of the pandemic, and leaders tell us those meetings were sticky — they never fell off of calendars. Add in the complications caused by working in the messy […]
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Future Fit Organizations Learn To Win

Katy Tynan March 6, 2023
To survive and thrive in the future of work, organizations must evolve from “doing” to “learning” in every aspect of their business process.
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We Need To Talk More About Burnout In Cybersecurity

Jinan Budge February 14, 2023
Forrester predicted that in 2023, a Global 500 firm will be exposed for burning out its cybersecurity employees. In 2022, we saw at a very practical level in Australia that weaknesses in our cyberdefenses can impact society at mass levels. Impacts of breaches at Optus, Medibank, EnergyAustralia, and MyDeal include fines, exposure of millions of […]
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Publicis Groupe Brings Substance To Super Bowl LVII Commercials

Jay Pattisall February 13, 2023
Super Bowl LVII was full of firsts. The first Super Bowl matchup between two Black starting quarterbacks The first Super Bowl sibling rivalry, between Jason and Travis Kelce The first Super Bowl military flyover piloted by seven female naval aviators The first Super Bowl commercial debut by an agency holding company Global advertising firm Publicis […]
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Conquering Impostor Syndrome: How I’m Navigating The Trials And Tribulations Of Becoming A Principal Analyst At Forrester

Kelvin Gee February 13, 2023
Even with 20+ years of prior experience working on award-winning demand gen campaigns, I still had to overcome a sense of impostor syndrome in my first few weeks at Forrester. As I’ve moved through the onboarding process, and with the help of my fellow analysts, I’ve become more confident in my role and even more excited about my future at Forrester.

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Turn To Leading European Skill Clusters To Plug Digital Skill Gaps

Dan Bieler February 1, 2023
Forrester has evaluated 50 European metropolitan regions to help business and technology leaders plug their digital skill gaps.
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Five Proven Ways That DEX Tools Can Save You Money In 2023

Andrew Hewitt January 25, 2023
Will Companies Cut Back On DEX In 2023? Not The Smart Ones. Customers often ask whether companies will invest less in digital employee experience (DEX) in 2023 given the economic pressure. A few assumptions drive the question: DEX is not as high of a priority as other areas, such as customer experience. Companies only invest […]
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Navigating Anywhere-Work In 2023

J.P. Gownder January 17, 2023

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The Airline Industry Meltdown Proves The Business Case For Digital Employee Experience

Andrew Hewitt January 13, 2023
“Fasten Your Seat Belts. We’re Experiencing Some DEX Turbulence.” As I write this, I’m halfway over the Atlantic on my way back from visiting clients in Barcelona, Spain, where I’ve spent the last two days sharing my research on digital employee experience (DEX). The DEX market continues to be red-hot, with nearly one-third of decision-makers […]
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Slow Economy, Tight Talent Market? How To Navigate The 2023 Paradox

What It Means January 12, 2023
The current economic downturn is unlike others that have preceded it. Instead of becoming more abundant, talent will continue to be constrained. What should companies do — and what should they avoid doing — to navigate these unique challenges? Vice President, Principal Analyst Katy Tynan and Principal Analyst Betsy Summers explain as they break down Forrester’s 2023 future-of-work predictions.

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Are You Ready For Collaboration By Design?

David Johnson January 3, 2023
Knowing collaboration is important isn’t the same as knowing how to foster it. Leaders need to understand the psychological factors.
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Digital Workplace Trends To Watch Out For In 2023

Andrew Hewitt December 9, 2022
For leaders looking to improve digital employee experience in 2023, these five trends will be key.
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Identifying Your Critical Chat Integrations For Employee Enablement

William McKeon-White December 1, 2022
… Or, What We Should Plug Into Slack, Teams, And Other Chat Platforms Over the past decade, chat platforms have become a fixture of the workplace (yes, somehow it’s already been more than 10 years). This is due to them supporting rapid informal communication as well as their extensibility. For years, organizations have had success […]
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Automation’s Impact On The Future Of Jobs In APAC

What It Means November 10, 2022
Forrester forecasts that by 2040, 63 million jobs will be lost to automation across the five largest economies in APAC. Principal Analysts Michael O’Grady and Sam Higgins discuss the complex factors driving those numbers and the future of jobs in APAC overall.
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Predictions 2023: Public Sector Hesitancy Hinders Crisis Preparedness

Sam Higgins November 9, 2022
As governments gradually return to pre-pandemic ways of operating, they must gird themselves for an uncertain future.

CX EMEA — Bold Focus

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‘Tis The Season Of Open Enrollment, But Members Need More Information To Be Jolly

Natalie Schibell November 7, 2022
As open enrollment commences, health insurers face a major knowledge gap, preventing them from engaging their members.
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Predictions 2023: Recession Fears And Talent Constraints Make EX Listening Imperative

Katy Tynan November 2, 2022

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Low-Code Is Helping Technology Firms Build A Bridge To Get Over Developer Hiring Challenges

Jessica D'Oliveira October 27, 2022
Developer Demand Continues To Outgrow Available Talent The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 22.2% growth in application development and quality assurance testing demand in the next 10 years. Unfortunately, we are struggling to meet current demand to fill development needs. As tech companies continue to modernize through digitization, they are using unorthodox […]
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