This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
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We live in the era of Infinite Computing, in which computing resources (compute, storage and network) are becoming infinite for all practical purposes. The consequence is a massive shift in business best practices, or even their…
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Configure, price, quote (CPQ) software automates the quote-to-close process while providing an optimized experience to customers. These tools make it possible to configure products and offerings, help improve…
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Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) represents a suite of tools curated to empower, encourage, engage and manage the workforce across the customer service spectrum from contact center agents to supervisors and management. These tools sit squarely at…
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Misinformation, political agendas, transparency and questionable business practices have changed how consumers view social media channels, increasing the importance of how brands craft social strategies as…
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Delta Air Lines has migrated most of its technology infrastructure to the cloud and is starting to leverage generative AI (GenAI) for personalized pricing, digital concierge services, and optimizing the customer experience.
The 100-year-old…
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Lowe’s has laid the groundwork and is starting to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) throughout its operations, including instore experiences across multiple channels and back-end supply chain processes. The plan is to invest in…
Market Description
The revenue platforms sector continues to be a crowded one, even as consolidation begins to enter into the equation. Although these solutions started out as tools for improving on the foundational limitations of legacy sales automation systems, they have…
Market Description
The revenue platforms sector continues to be a crowded one, even as consolidation begins to enter into the equation. Although these solutions started out as tools for improving on the foundational limitations of legacy sales automation systems, they have…
Executive Summary
Over the past year, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has ushered in a new era of automation and productivity. Almost every business leader can see the impacts and disruption ahead. Organizations will need digital tools adoption, AI skills training,…
Executive Summary
Nearly all industries are being disrupted by multiple factors these days. Big changes such as the shifts to subscription/retention economic models, the impact of AI, and the need to deal with rising costs have necessitated a new perspective on growth. No…
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A few select software vendors are taking a thoughtful approach to ethical and responsible generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) offerings, and Adobe is one of them.
With its set of GenAI offerings, first introduced in March 2023, Adobe is…
Market Description
AI-powered B2B marketing automation tools have transformed the industry by delivering highly personalized, targeted, and creative customer journeys. These tools, especially beneficial for larger enterprises, leverage AI to segment data, identify…
Customer Story Spotlight
Scotts Miracle-Gro’s three-year strategic plan aims to drive an average of 3% annual growth, with retail expansion and direct-to-consumer channels playing a big role. Consumer and user experience at the world’s…
Market Description
AI-powered B2B marketing automation tools have transformed the industry by delivering highly personalized, targeted, and creative customer journeys. These tools, especially beneficial for larger enterprises, leverage AI to segment data, identify…
Executive Summary
The revenue platforms market continues to evolve rapidly. This is due to several factors—namely that most businesses are continuing to transform their business models to better support a “retention-focusedâ€&…
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Perspectives on customer success have been evolving over the past several years. As we find ourselves more entrenched than ever in the “retention” and “…
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Rivian has new models planned and a $5 billion partnership with Volkswagen Group that may enable the electric vehicle maker to emerge as a top software-defined vehicle provider. The journey for Rivian’s integrated vehicle stack…
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For Ian Cole, chief innovation officer of Give Kids The World Village (GKWV), returns on technology investments are measured in smiles. GKWV is an 89-acre nonprofit “storybook” resort in Kissimmee, Florida, that…
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Virginie Nowak, Group Chief Customer Experience Officer at Access Bank PLC, had an interesting problem to solve: How do you maintain and improve customer experience (CX) at a bank with multiple touchpoints and employee turnover in an emerging…
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A digital transformation target platform is an enterprise-class suite of technology capabilities aimed at addressing most of the needs of organizations that are reorganizing around strategic new digital products…
Executive Summary
One of the largest opportunities for digital transformation is the digitization of customer communications and document automation. Most organizations have been stymied by a patchwork of bespoke systems and legacy architecture traversing manual processes…
Executive Summary
One of the largest opportunities for digital transformation is the digitization of customer communications and document automation. Most organizations have been stymied by a patchwork of bespoke systems and legacy architecture traversing manual processes…
Customer Story Spotlight
Intuit may be the best example of the need to have a data strategy before tackling generative AI. The company, which has had to adapt to technology and economic shifts for 40 years, realized five years ago that data and AI would be fundamental to its…
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CVS Health has big plans to deliver health care to consumers across multiple touch points. Still, its success will depend on how it leverages data across its multiple touch points to deliver good customer experiences. CVS Health aims to improve…