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• Webinar Foster A Fruitful Collaboration Between Design And Agile Teams

  Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Eastern time (15:00-16:00 GMT) | Karine Cardona-Smits

  Design and agile teams can build better products faster — together. But even the best-intended teams can struggle to find common ground. During this webinar, we uncover the common challenges...

• Webinar Consumer Outlook On 2021

  Thursday, February 4, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Eastern time (16:00-16:40 GMT) | Anjali Lai, Martin Gill

  2020 will be remembered as a transformational year in world history; now, the decisions, actions, and innovations that occur in 2021 will set the trajectory for pandemic recovery and rebound that...

• 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 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their technology priorities for the age of the customer are facing an uphill battle against legacy systems and outdated technologies as they develop their...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 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 Best Practices In Indian Mobile Payment Apps

  January 21, 2021 | Arnav Gupta

  In 2019, Forrester conducted a Forrester Wave™ evaluation of Indian payment apps, assessing the functionality and user experience (UX) of the top Indian payment app providers. However, these apps...

• Report Marketers Versus Customers: Opposing Forces Erupt

  Reevaluate Your Fundamental Marketing Assumptions To Regain Customers' Faith

  January 20, 2021 | Melissa Parrish

  Marketers set out to be customer-focused with the best intentions. They build customer profiles and personalize interactions — but inadvertently create creepy and even harmful experiences. CMOs...

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  Playbook The User Experience Playbook For 2021

  Why And How To Master Experience Design

  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...

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• Report Anticipatory Experiences: The Challenges

  Anticipating Customers' Needs And Serving Them Proactively In Their Moments Is Extremely Difficult

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask

  Businesses believe they can deliver value to their customers and differentiate from their competition by anticipating customers' needs and acting on that information. Both aspects — anticipating...

• 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 Empowered Consumers Go Green

  Empowerment Drives The Sustainability Transformation

  January 19, 2021 | Anjali Lai, Salvatore Schiano

  The past 20 years has enabled consumers to buy more products from more places more cheaply, but consumers feel unfulfilled. The rapid escalation of self-centered experiences has ignored a core...

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  Webinar Listen Up: Use Podcasts To Engage Customers And Reach New Audiences

  January 19, 2021 | Collin Colburn, Sarah Dawson

  For marketers looking to connect with customers in new and trendy channels, podcasts may be a natural choice. But podcasts are a unique channel, and they require specific consideration before...

• 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 Five Practices To Succeed With Your Retail E-Commerce Strategy

  Processes: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  Retail e-commerce has well over two decades of experience under its belt, so digital retail businesses at all maturity stages have a fairly established set of best practices to follow. This report...

• Report A Post-Truth Climate Is Shaping Gen Z's Consumer Behaviors

  Now More Than Ever, The Next-Generation Consumer Expects Brands To Be Real, Be Respectful, And Represent

  January 14, 2021 | Mike Proulx

  Step aside, Millennials. CMOs have their sights set on the next generation of consumers and for good reason. Gen Z (born in or after 1997) is likely to form the majority of US consumers in just...