The CX Cast

Research-based guidance on how to manage customer experience (CX) at any organization — an imperative that Forrester has been researching for over 20 years. Each week, Forrester analysts discuss key findings from their latest research on CX; analyze relevant topics in the news; or chat with CX professionals about how they’ve overcome prevalent challenges managing CX in their organizations.

Latest Episodes

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392: Evaluating Customer Feedback Management Platforms

The CX Cast 4 days ago
In this episode of the CX Cast, Forrester Senior Analyst Colleen Fazio shares the findings of her report,  The Forrester Wave™: Customer Feedback Management Solutions, Q4 2024. We talk about the importance of vendor services to help CX leaders leverage increasingly complex platforms, how to think about your organizational readiness, and the promise of GenAI.
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Episode 391: Practitioner Stories: Creating A CX Change Factory At E&

The CX Cast February 12, 2025
In this episode of the CX Cast, Chris Lipman, Chief Customer Officer at E&, returns to discuss the innovative approach E& takes toward CX improvement through their “CX Change Factory.” We discuss:   How does E& identify and prioritize CX issues for resolution?  What role does the “CX Change Factory” play in improving E&’s CX?  […]
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Episode 390: Forrester Predictions 2025: Healthcare

The CX Cast February 4, 2025
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Forrester analysts Arielle Trzcinski and Shannon Germain Farraher team up with host Martin Gill to dive into Forrester’s 2025 healthcare predictions.  
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389: Forrester Predictions 2025: Retail

The CX Cast January 28, 2025
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Martin is joined by Forrester VP, Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali to discuss how Forrester’s 2025 retail predictions came together.
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388: Forrester Predictions 2025: Government 

The CX Cast January 21, 2025
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies and technologies. This week, Forrester analysts Riccardo Pasto and Colleen Fazio join CX Cast host Martin Gill to discuss how Forrester’s 2025 Government predictions came together, and upcoming challenges to government CX.
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387: Forrester Predictions 2025: Financial Services

The CX Cast January 14, 2025
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies and technologies. In this episode, Forrester Research Directors David Hoffman, Oliwia Berdak, and CX Cast host Martin Gill team up to go over Forrester’s 2025 Financial Services predictions.
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386: Forrester Predictions 2025: Customer Experience

The CX Cast January 7, 2025
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Senior Analyst Christina McAllister and CX Cast host Martin Gill team up to explain how Forrester’s 2025 CX predictions came together.
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Cheers To 2024!

The CX Cast December 24, 2024
Martin and Angelina reflect on CX Cast successes in 2024 and give a glimpse into the exciting lineup for 2025. 
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385: Practitioner Stories: Designing Human-Centric AI Experiences At Phillips Healthcare

The CX Cast December 17, 2024
Philips Healthcare is at the forefront of a dynamic market. Telemedicine, the lasting impact of the pandemic, the aging population, consumer access to healthcare data, and other factors are challenging old business models. Tina Lilje, Global Head of CX at Phillips Healthcare joins us to share how she and her team are embracing AI to enhance CX.
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384: How Fujitsu Europe Scaled Its CX Transformation

The CX Cast December 10, 2024
Ben Phillips, Head of Fujitsu Europe’s Customer Experience Performance Center, joins the CX Cast to share how Fujitsu Europe has scaled its CX program in a complex, account-driven B2B services organization.
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383: Practitioner Stories: Verizon’s CX In The AI Revolution 

The CX Cast December 3, 2024
As Verizon consumer group’s first-ever Chief Customer Experience Officer, Brian Higgins accomplished a lot in just over a year. He joins the CX Cast to discuss his strategy to deliver best-in-class experiences across all consumer touch points while more efficiently serving customers.
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382: Journey Mapping Masterclass 4: Drive Gains From Journey Mapping

The CX Cast November 26, 2024
This is the final episode in our 4-part deep-dive on journey mapping with Forrester’s journey mapping expert, Joana de Quintanilha. In this installment, Martin, Angelina, and Joana delve into the final stages of journey mapping: focusing on demonstrating short-term wins and consolidating improvements. Joana highlights the importance of turning journey maps into dynamic tools that evolve over time and drive action. 
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381: Journey Mapping Masterclass 3: Validate The Journey

The CX Cast November 19, 2024
This is the third episode in a 4-part deep-dive on journey mapping with Forrester’s journey mapping expert, Joana de Quintanilha. In this installment, Martin, Angelina, and Joana discuss how to validate your journey map and gain stakeholder buy-in. Next week, we’ll conclude by diving into how we use these journey maps to drive and implement change in the business.
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380: Journey Mapping Masterclass 2: Workshop Your Journey

The CX Cast November 12, 2024
This is the second episode in a 4-part deep-dive on journey mapping with Forrester’s journey mapping expert, Joana de Quintanilha. In this installment, Joana digs into the journey map creation process, discussing the importance of planning journey mapping workshops and breaking down common challenges and best practices.
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379: Journey Mapping Masterclass 1: Frame The Effort

The CX Cast November 5, 2024
This is the first in a 4-episode deep-dive on journey mapping with our journey mapping expert, Joana de Quintanilha. In this episode, Joana gives an overview of the journey mapping effort, from scoping through to improving the customer experience itself.
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378: Practitioner Stories: Journey Management At Prudential

The CX Cast October 29, 2024
We continue our series on Prudential’s CX transformation by interviewing John Sciacchitano, VP, Head of Journey Management. He describes a framework of journey management that's sensitive to stakeholder and customer mindsets.
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377: How To Design Trustworthy AI Experiences

The CX Cast October 22, 2024
Eighty percent of UK consumers believe that firms should always disclose when they use AI, yet only 48% believe that AI powers self-driving cars. With such a mismatch between consumer expectations and knowledge, Enza Iannopollo, Forrester Principal Analyst, joins us to discuss how to use emerging EU legislation as a foundation to build trusted AI. 
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376: Practitioner Stories: People-Centric CX At eBay

The CX Cast October 15, 2024
CX leaders at large global organizations are developing new strategies to achieve better CX with AI while maintaining the well-being of frontline talent. Derek Allgood, Vice President of Global Customer Experience at eBay, joins us to elaborate on eBay’s CX capabilities, how he leverages a strong stakeholder network to solve CX problems at speed, and how he balances AI opportunities with care for employees.
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375: Practitioner Stories: Implementing NPS At e&  

The CX Cast October 8, 2024
In this episode of CX Cast, we sit down with Chris Lipman, Chief Customer Experience Officer at e&. Together, we delve into the nuances of leveraging Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS) to not only measure customer satisfaction but also drive meaningful business results.
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374: Feedback Is A Touchpoint, Too

The CX Cast October 1, 2024
Brands want customer feedback, and Forrester research shows that customers are willing to give it—when asked properly. But too often, brands will send out a never-ending stream of ill-timed, poorly designed surveys that even the most helpful customer declines to answer. Forrester VP, Principal Analyst Maxie Schmidt joins the podcast to argue the case for […]