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Artificial Persuasion: The Invisible Brand

Leading Blog

A survey of 4500 people in 2017 by Forrester Research found that some 36 percent of adults say they actually prefer using digital customer service—including bots—over interacting with a human.”. Chatbots: “There is a growing willingness among many of us to deal directly with machines.

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2018 Workforce Forecast | Herman Group

Chart Your Course

“According to Randstad Sourceright’s 2017 Talent Trends survey, a majority (84 percent) of C-suite executives and human capital leaders believe AI and robotics will have an impact on the workplace in the next three to five years.” © Copyright 1998-2017 by The Herman Group of Companies, Inc., all rights reserved.

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How Digital Natives Are Changing B2B Purchasing

Harvard Business Review

A 2017 Forrester Research study indicates that digital natives prefer short bursts of information, often in visual formats, and they think phone calls are tedious and disruptive. The youngest in this cohort have a particularly strong preference for social media as a source of information.

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business Review

According to Forrester’s Global Business Technographics Workforce Recontact Survey 2017 , just 30% of global information workers at healthcare providers indicated they’ve received training on how to protect workplace data, and only 38% are even aware of their company’s security policies.

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

To learn more about the flexible workforce, download the June 2017 commissioned study Address Critical Skill Gaps With On-Demand Knowledge conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Catalant Technologies.

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Your Mobile Strategy Can’t Just Be About Phones

Harvard Business Review

.” Today, opportunities for mobile connection are everywhere: BI Intelligence predicts that 75% of all shipped cars will be connected by 2020, and IHS Markit predicts that 130 million smart home devices will be shipped worldwide in 2017.

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Rethinking Marketing Measurement from the Ground Up - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GOOGLE ANALYTICS 360 SUITE

Harvard Business Review

By 2017, 89 percent of marketers expect customer experience to be their primary differentiator, according to a recent Gartner study. This means there are three questions marketers should be asking: Is our brand useful to consumers at every touch point? How can we measure our usefulness? How can we be even more useful tomorrow?