5 years, 4 months ago

Five Myths Of Digital Transformation

Since I first wrote about digital transformation back in 2012, the term has become wildly over-hyped. Since CEOs are now at least asking about digital transformation, and every technology vendor now claims expertise in digital transformation, it’…

5 years, 4 months ago

Make Your Brand “Voice” Loud and Clear.

(Forrester clients, read full report “Give Your Brand A Voice — Literally” here) Voice is marketing’s most significant paradigm shift this decade —one that has far-reaching implications for how brands engage customers and prospects. Read Fo…

5 years, 4 months ago

Seeking Magic Moments – Why It’s Time to Tune Up Your Digital Experience Stack

The legendary R&B singer and songwriter Ben E. King got it so right in the Drifters 1960 recording of “This Magic Moment.” The song is timeless because it tells a classic tale of a first kiss. And also captures a moment in time in words and song th…

5 years, 8 months ago

Fintech Has Grown Up

Having trekked between the ExCel convention center and central London for most of last week – Finovate Europe moved to this larger and more remote location from the historical Old Billingsgate Hall this year – I can’t help but think that the changed lo…

5 years, 8 months ago

Your Business Doesn’t Need A Digital Strategy!

Digitize Your Business Strategy Before It’s Too Late In 2018, every CEO wants to have a “digital strategy” – which means at least we’ve made some progress over the past five years! To solve what they perceive to be the immediate challenge, CEOs a…

5 years, 9 months ago

To Be A Platform, Or Not To Be A Platform?

That is the question! If you’re the CEO of your business, or maybe the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) responsible for digital business strategy, it’s the central question you need to be asking of your leadership team. A platform business can t…

5 years, 9 months ago

Mind The Gap: The Forrester Digital Business Benchmark 2018

Mind The Gap There’s a widening digital gap between digitally advanced companies and their less digitally mature counterparts. And the risk for companies just starting their digital journey is that they may have left it too late to catch up (see …

5 years, 10 months ago

#NRF2018’s Focus On Customer-Associate Engagement

At the packed NRF Big Show #NRF2018 in New York last week, many retailers looked at vendors touting new tech, including AI, AR/VR, and more, all in the name of improving customer experiences. But most of those same retailers know that, before leaping i…

5 years, 11 months ago

The Four New Rules of Business

Every business is different. But for all their differences, leading digital companies have some things in common that separate them from the rest. Over the five plus years I’ve been researching digital business, my colleagues and I have developed a num…

5 years, 11 months ago

The Four New Rules of Business

Every business is different. But for all their differences, leading digital companies have some things in common that separate them from the rest. Over the five plus years I’ve been researching digital business, my colleagues and I have developed a num…

6 years, 15 days ago

Predictions 2018: Customer-Obsessed, Data-Driven Retailers Will Thrive In 2018

In a world of hyper-adoption – and hyper-abandonment – successful retailing in 2018 comes down to obsessing about your customer’s experience. It’s a tall order: Digital and physical touchpoints now must work together flawlessly – yet also do what each …

6 years, 2 months ago

Luxury Brands Must Act Or Be Digitally Disenfranchised From Savvy Luxury Consumers

Luxury consumers around the world are embracing new technology and adding these digital touchpoints – including, of course, their smartphones – into their shopping behaviors. But overall, luxury brands have been far too slow to respond to their customers’ rising digital expectations. Luxury brands, tier one through to aspirational, are now scrambling to bolster their […]