CX Forum
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This year’s event dives deep into the convergence of brand experience, CX, and AI. Marketing leaders will gain new strategies, frameworks, and advice for earning loyalty and trust.

What if CX leaders could stop guessing what stakeholders want and instead ask a single structured prompt: “If you knew __ about customers, what would you do?” In this episode, we dig into the benefits of asking this question with Senior Analyst Colleen Fazio.

Journey mapping creates insight, but results depend on the skills behind it. This blog breaks down the journey management capabilities CX leaders need — and how certification at CX Forum West helps build them.

Most financial services firms are still optimizing traditional web interfaces even as advice is shifting to conversational and agentic environments. A recent CX Cast episode examines the conversational strategies some banks are implementing as customers begin to embrace agentic in finance.

As AI absorbs execution at scale, creativity returns to its highest value. The brands that win will automate production while doubling down on insight, narrative, and the judgment that protects meaning.

Focused networking through the special programs at Forrester’s CX Forum West creates relationships that expand and sharpen perspectives, driving meaningful impact well beyond the event itself.

As AI accelerates customer expectations, legacy CX playbooks are losing their effectiveness. Organizations are discovering they need a sharper, more modern skill set to drive clarity and alignment. Read this blog to uncover the five capabilities CX leaders need now — and how to build them at CX Forum West.

CX leadership demands more than functional expertise. It requires curiosity to uncover what others overlook, courage to ask bold questions, and communication that connects CX work to business outcomes. Angelina Gennis talks with Principal Analyst, Judy Weader and VP, Principal Analyst, Katy Tynan, about how leaders at every level build influence and move organizations toward […]

As the Shopify-OpenAI partnership appears to be ending, a new alliance may be set to dominate. Learn how it could unfold and what the implications may be.

At CX Forum West in San Francisco, CX leaders move from AI ambition to execution. Discover 10 can’t‑miss experiences designed to help you deploy technology with intent and build experiences that stand out in an increasingly automated world.

Headed to CX Forum West? This guide helps you make the most of San Francisco without overloading your schedule. From waterfront walks and great coffee to easy, conversation‑friendly dinners near the Embarcadero, see how the city’s setting supports reflection, connection, and momentum during the Forum.

OpenAI has nixed its instant-checkout functionality, which enabled shoppers to complete their orders directly in ChatGPT. Read what this shift means for merchants.

As every brand races to deploy the same AI tools, the differentiating factors will be the people using those tools and the experiences they create. Our 2026 CX events will equip you to build experiences that win trust and lasting loyalty.

The rise of AI marks a turning point for EX. Using new technology paired with strong ethical guardrails, leaders can detect sentiment, emotion, and friction across teams in near real time.

Back-to-back slide decks. Cameras off. A handful of questions at the end. For many CX leaders, that’s what a “strategy day” still looks like. Now think about those scenes in “Stranger Things” where the kids are huddled around a table playing Dungeons & Dragons. They’re all in. They argue (in a good way). They remember […]

In 2026, consumers will lean into a yearning for in-person experiences and connection. Events offer unmatched opportunities to deepen connections, build trust, and create memorable brand moments. Our latest CX Cast episode features Forrester VP of Global Events Tavar James on making the most of these experiences.

Explore Forrester’s latest research on brand safety and suitability for 2026. Learn how marketers can balance risk, relevance, and ROI with strategic frameworks and insights from 2025 trends.

Answer engines such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s AI Mode will deliver convenience to holiday shoppers. Brands: Provide resonant, technically sound, fresh content to improve your chances of persuading shoppers throughout their journeys on answer engines’ results pages.

Most organizations struggle to deliver relevant and valuable moments that resonate with their target audiences. To succeed, organizations must better understand consumer appetite for personalized interactions, define a vision, develop a strategy, audit their data, coordinate technology, and have a measurement plan.

Angelina and Martin explore the evolving landscape of AI trust in CX. They break down how European regulations, consumer confusion, and pop culture examples — such as virtual influencers and AI-generated bands — highlight challenges around transparency and authenticity. They also discuss how organizations can build trust in AI-powered experiences by focusing on empathy, transparency, and risk assessments.

The Misguided Pursuit Of Metrics Customer experience (CX) programs were designed to uncover insights, drive improvements, and enhance outcomes for customers while fueling business performance. Yet many have veered off course. Instead of improving experiences, they’ve become fixated on maximizing survey scores, mistaking metrics for meaning. Survey scores are not like other business metrics. They […]

Dive into this Forrester blog to understand agentic commerce, conversational commerce, and genAI-augmented guided selling as the future of owned digital shopping experiences.