Bruce Temkin
Author Bio
Bruce Temkin leads the Qualtrics XM Institute and is widely viewed as an experience management (XM) visionary. He has helped executives across many of the world’s leading brands dramatically improve business results by engaging the hearts and minds of their employees, customers, and partners. Given his work in establishing the discipline of CX, Bruce is often referred to as the “Godfather of Customer Experience.” He co-founded and was the initial chair of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Prior to joining Qualtrics, Bruce ran Temkin Group, a renowned research and advisory firm, and was a VP at Forrester Research, where he led many parts of the research organization, including CX, eBusiness, financial services, and B2B. He was the most-read analyst at Forrester for 13 consecutive quarters.
Articles written by Bruce Temkin
Three phases for heading back to business
Originally published on Forbes.com I’ve studied human behavior for decades, examining how people respond to their environment as customers, employees, and leaders. Humans are amazingly resilientâ...
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How Experience Management can keep a pulse on your supply chain
With the changing landscape around COVID-19, we’ve launched a free product to help organizations better understand the current and future risk to their supply chains. The Supply Continuity Pulse is ...
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Adjusting your CX program to deal with COVID-19
Given the spread of Coronavirus and the downturn in the economy, every organization needs to rethink how it operates. As Experience Management (XM) professionals, you can play an important role in hel...
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New Research: The ROI of Customer Experience
The XM Institute recently published a new report, The ROI of Customer Experience, 2019. It examines the connection between customer experience and loyalty across 20 U.S. consumer industries: Airlines,...
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The global state of experience management
Over the last year with Qualtrics, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with leaders around the world. As a matter of fact, I just returned home from sessions in Berlin, Munich, and Paris. Everywhere I ...
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Qualtrics XM Institute launches new CX benchmarks
Do you want to find out how your industry ranks for customer experience (CX)? Or perhaps you want to know what the average CX rating is for companies like your own to help benchmark your own performan...
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New XM Institute research: State of Customer Experience Management 2019
I’m particularly happy to announce a new research report, The State of CX Management, 2019. In the past, Temkin Group published similar research and we charged for the reports. One of the great thin...
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How Bruce Temkin shaped the CX profession - and how he’s doing the same for XM
For over 20 years, Bruce Temkin has been a central figure in the world of CX. From his influential thought leadership at Forrester, to founding the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA)...
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