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• Report Improving CX Through Business Discipline Drives Growth

  The Vision Report In The CX Transformation Playbook

  January 25, 2021 | Harley Manning, Rick Parrish

  As power shifts from businesses to customers, more firms respond by transforming their customer experience (CX) in an effort to retain or gain market share. That's a rational response because CX...

• Report The Five Essential Steps To Plan Your CX Transformation

  The Strategy Report In The CX Transformation Playbook

  January 25, 2021 | Harley Manning, Sam Karpinski

  Customer experience (CX) transformations are huge, complex, and expensive. That's why, as a CX transformation leader, you need to craft a plan detailing why and how you want to transform your...

• Report The Three Customer Service Megatrends In 2021: Post-Pandemic Customer Service Excellence

  Vision: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 25, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of customer service to nurture customers, retain and increase their loyalty, and grow revenue. Customer service leaders are also accelerating...

• Report Reset Your Technology Foundation For Customer Engagement

  Beginner Level: Technology Practices For IT Transformation

  January 25, 2021 | Bobby Cameron, Brian Hopkins, Ted Schadler

  Companies just beginning to establish their technology priorities for the age of the customer are facing an uphill battle against legacy systems and outdated technologies as they develop their...

• Report The ROI Of CX Transformation

  The Business Case Report In The CX Transformation Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian, Sam Karpinski

  Customer experience (CX) transformation efforts bring benefits like increased customer retention and greater cross-sell opportunity. To get those benefits, CX leaders need to invest in areas like...

• Report How To Turn Process From A Hindrance Into A Help

  Beginner Level: Process Practices For IT Transformation

  January 22, 2021 | Margo Visitacion, Christopher Condo

  Technology leaders must establish customer-focused processes that maximize value delivered. Standing in their way are outdated organizational models, disconnected technology platforms, and legacy...

• Report The Five CRM Trends In 2021 That Will Shape Engagement, Relationships, And Revenue

  Vision: The CRM Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  In the age of the customer, customer experience (CX) is the only source of competitive differentiation. CRM has the power to transform customer relationships, but firms have only started to tap its...

• Report Create An Omnichannel Advertising Strategy Centered On Customer Experience

  Executive Overview: The Omnichannel Advertising Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Joanna O'Connell

  B2C marketers need to embrace omnichannel advertising strategies to orchestrate connected experiences that drive better results. How? By adopting a customer-obsessed planning and buying approach...

• Report Gear Up For Experience Design

  Tools And Technology: The User Experience Playbook

  January 21, 2021 | David Truog

  Companies investing in better user experience (UX) need tools for experience design (XD) but face a complex provider landscape spanning 19 categories of digital services and products. These tools...

• Report Agile And Design Teams: Better Together

  Improve CX And EX With Great Collaboration Between Designers And Developers

  January 21, 2021 | Karine Cardona-Smits

  Companies are adopting agile frameworks and adding designers to their delivery teams to improve digital experience development efforts. But these two constituencies don't rely on the same workflow,...

• Report Why And How To Master Experience Design

  Executive Overview: The User Experience Playbook

  January 21, 2021 | David Truog

  As customers gravitate to digital more than ever, companies are prioritizing user experience (UX). Why this response? Because experience quality can make or break a business, and the range from bad...

• Report Establish Your Experience Research Practice

  Beginner Level: Research Practices For CX Transformation

  January 21, 2021 | Kelly Price

  This report about experience research — one of the six competencies of customer experience (CX) — is for CX transformation leaders whose companies don't yet follow an effective and documented...

• Report Evolve Your Experience Research Practice

  Advanced Level: Research Practices For CX Transformation

  January 21, 2021 | Kelly Price

  This report about experience research — one of the six competencies of customer experience (CX) — is for experience research leaders who have scaled up their practice, so their companies: 1) follow...

• Report Scale Your Experience Research Practice

  Intermediate Level: Research Practices For CX Transformation

  January 21, 2021 | Kelly Price

  This report about experience research — one of the six competencies of customer experience (CX) — is for experience research leaders who have established a solid practice, so their companies...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Conversational AI Raised Efficacy But Not CX During The Pandemic In Asia

  January 20, 2021 | Vasupradha Srinivasan

  Most organizations see value in service automation, especially when managing a crisis. Many have also made significant investments in service automation as a way to improve efficiency and customer...

• Report Customer Service Shines Through The Crisis

  How Top Firms In Asia Pacific Differentiated With Customer Service For Better Customer Experiences

  January 19, 2021 | Amit Bhatia, Vasupradha Srinivasan

  As businesses coped with a string of crises in 2020, customer service was a crucial part of the response; sometimes, it was the only point of contact for customers in trouble. We interviewed three...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Contact Center Technologies For Customer Service, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin Customer Service

  January 19, 2021 | Kate Leggett, Ian Jacobs, Art Schoeller

  Customer service is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their performance in customer service, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Transform The Contact Center For Customer Service Excellence

  Executive Overview: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  Customer service is at a tipping point. Customers contact enterprises more often and via more channels; they shift between channels seamlessly and even use multiple channels simultaneously....

• Report Implement Effective Customer Service Metrics

  Benchmarks: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Ian Jacobs, Kate Leggett

  Customer service leaders can easily become distracted by the sheer volume of metrics available for tracking operational activities and may fail to deliver on key business goals. To keep customer...

• Report Now Tech: Virtual Healthcare Platforms, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 28 Virtual Healthcare Platform Providers

  January 14, 2021 | Arielle Trzcinski

  Healthcare organizations (HCOs) can use virtual care (VC) to increase the capacity of existing clinical teams, improve clinical outcomes and lower medical spend for patients and members, and defend...

• Report Optimize Your Human Risk Management Practices To Differentiate

  Advanced Level: People Practices For Cybersecurity And Privacy

  January 13, 2021 | Jinan Budge

  Firms at the advanced stage of cybersecurity and privacy maturity have likely built a positive reputation for responsible data use and enjoy strong employee morale. This report — the last of three...

• Report Establish Your Human Risk Management For Cybersecurity And Privacy Excellence

  Beginner Level: People Practices For Cybersecurity And Privacy

  January 13, 2021 | Jinan Budge

  If you're just starting your journey to cybersecurity and privacy maturity, you're not alone. If CIOs, chief information security officers (CISOs), and chief privacy officers (CPOs) establish...

• Report Elevate Your Human Risk Management Practices With Metrics

  Intermediate Level: People Practices For Cybersecurity And Privacy

  January 13, 2021 | Jinan Budge

  Firms at the intermediate phase of cybersecurity and privacy maturity begin to measure everything. With the right metrics in place in areas such policy effectiveness and employee skills...

• Report Research Overview: Technology And Software Services

  A Guide To Forrester's Application And Infrastructure Services Research

  January 12, 2021 | Amanda LeClair

  Tech and software services buyers face a complex landscape. Many services providers position as end-to-end digital transformation partners or the top partner for a specific platform, but when it...

• Report Drive Growth With Customer Trust And Build Brand Resilience

  Advanced Level: Technology Practices For Cybersecurity And Privacy

  January 11, 2021 | Amy DeMartine, Jeff Pollard, Stephanie Balaouras

  When customers trust you, they want to do more business with you. They're also willing to share more personal data with you and, often, to pay a premium for your products and services. This report...