Expert Mode: Resisting the Siren Song of AI Speed for Enduring Customer Trust with Gina Bhawalkar, Forrester
Generative AI has unlocked a torrent of potential for content creation, personalization, and process automation. The temptation is to unleash this power, to accelerate every workflow, and to marvel at the sheer volume of output. But in this race for speed, we risk becoming incredibly efficient at producing forgettable,…
Agent identity is the control that most marketing organizations have not yet built. Martech Futurist | July 21, 2026
From Greg Kihlström on the Martech Fururist blog. A survey of enterprise deployments finds that identity is the control organizations are least likely to have put in place. Perimeter research finds the same requirement outside the firewall, where an agent reaching your site may belong to a customer, a…
Expert Mode: Marketing to Machines And The Rise of the AI Agent Persona with Forrester’s Chuck Gahun
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) isn’t merely an extension of SEO; it’s the emergence of a new persona—the AI agent—that demands its own unique approach, its own content strategy, and its own definition of value.
This Week in Marketing Technology, AI, and CX Podcasts | July 2, 2026
If there’s a single thread running through this week’s episodes, it’s the discipline required to turn AI ambition into durable value—and the growing consensus that speed, on its own, is not a strategy.
Forrester’s Gina Bhawalkar on building great CX with an AI-enabled workflow
Forrester Principal Analyst Gina Bhawalkar on building great CX with an AI-enabled design workflow — keeping human judgment, design systems, and trust central.
1 step (efficient action) forward, and 2 steps (brand differentiation & creativity) back. Martech Futurist | June 26, 2026
Originally posted on GregKihlstrom.com: Recent research and insights from HBR, Forrester, and MarketingProfs point at the same problem from different directions, and a product launch from Databricks adds a fourth angle. AI is everywhere in marketing now. Most organizations are aiming it at speed and cost savings, while the…
Forrester’s Chuck Gahun on AI agents as decision makers in the buyer’s journey
Today, we are at Forrester CX in New York City, and we’re going to talk about a fundamental shift in the customer journey: the rise of the AI agent as an influential, and in some cases, decision-making persona. This isn’t just about using AI in our marketing; it’s about…
The distance between AI capability and the ability to execute. Martech Futurist | June 22, 2026
The latest intelligence from Forrester, Gartner, HBR, and MarketingProfs converges on an uncomfortable truth for marketing leaders that I’ve discussed several times before in this series: AI adoption is accelerating faster than organizational readiness. The gap between what AI can do and what marketing teams are actually equipped to…
Agents now sit on both sides of the transaction. Martech Futurist | June 20, 2026
AI agents now sit on both sides of the transaction. They rank the information that shapes a purchase, they buy on a person’s behalf, and they sell inside answer engines and assistants. Forrester made the stakes plain for marketing leaders this week: brands market to machines as well as…
CMSWire: Forrester CX Forum East: Trust, Governance and Focus Emerge as CX’s New Priorities
This article was written by Greg Kihlström for CMSWire. The talk track is familiar across just about any marketing or customer experience event lately. AI will write your content, route your tickets, predict your churn and book the room before the guest knows they want it.
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