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The Accelerated Customer Journey: How AI Is Compressing Time, Expanding Risk, and Redefining Leadership
CX Professional
Aug 24, 2026

The Accelerated Customer Journey: How AI Is Compressing Time, Expanding Risk, and Redefining Leadership

James McIntyre, CCXP, explores how AI is compressing the customer journey while creating new risks for trust, governance, and business performance.

Intermediate
AI AI in CX
Warmth Is Not Customer Experience: The Revenue Cost of Friction
CX Professional
Aug 24, 2026

Warmth Is Not Customer Experience: The Revenue Cost of Friction

This article challenges GCC organizations to look beyond hospitality and examine the operational friction that can erode customer loyalty and revenue. Balakrishna Murthy makes the case for treating friction as a financial measure and connecting CX performance more directly to business results.

Foundational
Culture
4 Pillars That Helped Me Prepare for CCXP
CCXP
Aug 10, 2026

4 Pillars That Helped Me Prepare for CCXP

Thao Nguyen, CCXP, shares strategies that helped her prepare to achieve success on examination day.

Intermediate
CCXP Preparation
Thinking About Becoming a Consultant? Consulting Isn't a Job. It's About Six Jobs.
CX Professional
Aug 6, 2026

Thinking About Becoming a Consultant? Consulting Isn't a Job. It's About Six Jobs.

Valerie Peck, CCXP, shares a candid look at the many roles consultants must play—and the business skills, financial planning, and self-awareness needed to turn expertise into a successful consultancy.

Intermediate
Consulting
Brands Can Outsource Operations. They Can't Outsource Accountability for the Customer Journey.
CX Professional
Aug 6, 2026

Brands Can Outsource Operations. They Can't Outsource Accountability for the Customer Journey.

Hadja Cherif, CCXP shares how the story of a delayed online purchase reveals why brands remain accountable for the customer journey—even when fulfillment depends on outside partners—and why coherent experiences matter for trust, loyalty, and business performance.

Intermediate
CX Governance
CX Day Is Coming on Tuesday, October 6th: How Will Your Organization Mark the Occasion?
CX Professional
Jul 30, 2026

CX Day Is Coming on Tuesday, October 6th: How Will Your Organization Mark the Occasion?

This article explores practical ways organizations have celebrated CX Day and offers guidance for planning activities that create lasting impact for customers, employees, and the business.

Foundational
THE LEAKY FACTORY  Why Your Churn Rate is a Rearview Mirror (& the Industrial Blueprint to prevent it)
CX Professional
Jul 20, 2026

THE LEAKY FACTORY Why Your Churn Rate is a Rearview Mirror (& the Industrial Blueprint to prevent it)

Oscar Magnani, CCXP, explores why churn is a lagging indicator—and how industrial and manufacturing organizations can use operational, behavioral, and financial signals to identify risk earlier, strengthen retention, and protect long-term customer value.

Intermediate
CX Measurement
Understanding Leading and Lagging Indicators in Customer Experience
CX Professional
Jul 15, 2026

Understanding Leading and Lagging Indicators in Customer Experience

This article explores the difference between leading and lagging indicators in customer experience, highlighting how operational, behavioural, contextual, and emotional signals can help CX teams predict outcomes and act before dissatisfaction affects loyalty, retention, or revenue.

Foundational
CX Fundamentals Measurement
All the Things
CX Professional
Jul 14, 2026

All the Things

Every CX team has a growing list of customer pain points, employee feedback, and improvement ideas, but not everything can happen at once. In this article, Lauren Feehrer, CCXP explores how Agile thinking can help CX leaders prioritize effectively, reduce overwhelm, and turn insight into meaningful progress.

Foundational
CX Fundamentals
Customer Experience Is Growing Up: Eight Signals from CX Leaders Advance 2026
CX Professional
Jun 30, 2026

Customer Experience Is Growing Up: Eight Signals from CX Leaders Advance 2026

After traveling from Vietnam to attend CX Leaders Advance 2026 in Toronto, Lily Hang, CCXP reflects on eight themes shaping the future of customer experience—from business leadership and AI governance to journey management, customer vulnerability, and proving business impact.

Intermediate
CX Leadership
When Everyone Has AI: The Future of Customer Experience After Personalization
CX Professional
Jun 16, 2026

When Everyone Has AI: The Future of Customer Experience After Personalization

As AI makes personalization commonplace, what will truly differentiate customer experiences? Rachel Cope, CCXP explores a future where trust, authenticity, ethics, and human values become more important than technology itself.

Intermediate
AI in CX Artificial Intelligence
Two CX professionals walk into a coffee shop…
CX Professional
Jun 16, 2026

Two CX professionals walk into a coffee shop…

Ayman van Bregt (Netherlands) and Marineuza (Portugal) are both on the CXPA Europe Council. They met in person for the first time over coffee — and the conversation went exactly where you'd expect. ________________________________________

Intermediate
Artificial Intelligence Career Development

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