CustomerThink: The Boring Truth: Why Financial Stress Is Making Reliability the Ultimate Marketing Feature
This article was written by Greg Kihlström for CustomerThink. If your customer stays with you in a downturn, is it because they love your brand? Or…
MarTech: When AI agents become the customer
This article was written by Greg Kihlström for MarTech. Agentic AI is intermediating the consumer-brand relationship, changing how products are discovered, evaluated and purchased.
Confident Nonsense: Garbage In, Polished Garbage Out
AI doesn’t correct bad data. It does produce confident output built on whatever you feed it. Because of this, most “AI failures” are actually upstream data…
A Look Forward to 2026, Part 3: Why Humanity Wins in the Age of AI
As we enter 2026, the omnipresence of artificial intelligence will continue to transform it from a cutting-edge advantage into a mere operational baseline. As every competitor…
A Look Forward to 2026, Part 2: Silos’ Last Stand, Agents Rise, and Governance Rules
While consumers demand authenticity and emotion in 2026, the engine room of the enterprise is undergoing a ruthless architectural overhaul. The old Silicon Valley mandate to…
CMSWire: The CX Teams Moving Fastest Are Rewriting How AI Research Works
This article was written by Greg Kihlström for CMSWire. As customer expectations accelerate, CX leaders are turning to synthetic research and agentic AI to test experiences…
A Look Forward to 2026, Part 1: Why Authenticity and Agents Will Rule the Future
The core prediction is this: the “new brand currency” will be nothing less than unvarnished authenticity. This shift mandates a re-evaluation of human capital, where employees…
CMSWire: Cyber Week 2025: The Rise of Agentic Commerce and the Surgical Shopper
The story isn’t declining foot traffic — it’s the rise of informed, AI-empowered buyers who expect certainty and value in every interaction. This article was written…
