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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397: Generative AI: Lessons Learned

The CX Cast 14 hours ago
How should CX professionals use generative AI? Forrester VP, Principal Analyst Martha Bennett joins for a follow-up discussion to chat about the evolution and current state of genAI, busting myths and addressing real-world CX applications. 
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396: Guerilla CX

The CX Cast March 18, 2025
Guerilla CX is “swift, creative, and often low-cost tactics that make the most of rightsized data and foster experimentation and learning to create memorable moments that act as a catalyst for CX and EX transformation.” VP, Principal Analyst Joana de Quintanilha returns to explain why guerilla CX tactics need to be in every CX practitioner’s back pocket, as well as how deploying these tactics might lead to big impact on CX and internal customer-focused culture.
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395: Practitioner Stories: Embracing Journey Centricity At Nissan

The CX Cast March 11, 2025
Since 2018, Nissan has been on a path to transform its legacy systems and operating model to make customer journeys the center of value creation and create a best-in-class integrated customer journey. Jivesh Juneja, Customer Journey Director at Nissan, joins the CX Cast to discuss Nissan’s journey from embracing customer journey mapping to scaling out journey management and adopting a journey-centric operating model.
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394: Getting Stakeholder Buy-In For Customer Research Pt. 2 

The CX Cast March 4, 2025
Forrester identifies the firms that are helping businesses diagnose customer problems, develop a plan to solve those issues, and build the infrastructure needed to execute a CX transformation. That effort is led by Principal Analyst Judy Weader, who joins us to unpack her recent evaluation of the CX strategy consulting services market.
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393: How To Pick A CX Strategy Consulting Partner

The CX Cast February 25, 2025
In her recent evaluation of CX strategy consulting services providers, Forrester Principal Analyst Judy Weader identified the most significant ones and researched, analyzed, and scored them. Judy joins us to unpick the CX strategy consulting services market.
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392: Evaluating Customer Feedback Management Platforms

The CX Cast February 18, 2025
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.