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Isabelle Zdatny

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Isabelle is an XM Catalyst with the Qualtrics XM Institute. She helps large organizations design and operate successful experience management (XM) programs by producing industry thought leadership, developing and delivering training, consulting with companies, and speaking on key XM topics and trends. She currently leads the XM Institute’s research into how companies identify, design, and deploy innovative new experiences. Other areas of expertise include digital CX design, metrics management, consumer psychology and emotions, and behavioral economics. Prior to its acquisition in 2018, Isabelle spent five years working at Temkin Group – a research, consulting, and training firm dedicated to helping many of the world’s largest brands accelerate their experience transformation efforts. Isabelle is a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) and a graduate from Wellesley College.

Articles attributed to Isabelle Zdatny


How to incorporate three categories of AI into your XM efforts

While artificial intelligence (AI) promises to reshape Experience Management (XM) efforts, turning its potential into reality remains a challenge for organizations, many of whom remain stuck in “pil...

By Isabelle Zdatny


Maturing your Experience Management program

Your Experience Management (XM) program has the potential to transform the way you do business. Learn how to mature your program, expand your capabilities, and increase the economic and strategic valu...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Juliana Holterhaus


Contact center trends 2025: The three big shifts shaping customer experience

Contact centers are the bastions of customer expectations and customer satisfaction. They thrive with the right tools but – as our 2025 Contact Center Trends research shows – only if those tools...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Leonie Brown


The Five Levels of Technology Maturity for XM Programs

This is the third article in XM Institute’s series on XM Technology. In the first article, Introducing the Four Technology Pillars of an Effective XM Platform, we outlined the critical role an Ex...

By Cecelia Herbert, Isabelle Zdatny, Juliana Holterhaus


The Technological Capabilities that Power an XM Platform

This is the second article in XM Institute’s series on XM Technology. In the first article, Introducing the Four Technology Pillars of an Effective XM Platform, we explored how Experience Managem...

By Cecelia Herbert, Isabelle Zdatny, Juliana Holterhaus


Introducing the Four Technology Pillars of an Effective XM Platform

This is the first article in XM Institute’s series on XM Technology. In this post, we will be exploring how Experience Management (XM) can help organizations navigate today’s increasingly uncer...

By Cecelia Herbert, Isabelle Zdatny


5 easy steps to integrate digital channels into your CX program

Digital channels, such as websites and apps, have become one of – if not the – main interface between organizations and their customers. To succeed in this digital-first environment, customer expe...

By Isabelle Zdatny


The 4 keys to driving action with NPS feedback

Companies often struggle to decode customer feedback, which can make it challenging for leaders to take clear action. While Net Promoter Score® isn’t a quick fix, we’ve identified four key skills...

By Isabelle Zdatny


The State of B2B Customer Experience Management, 2024

Building a successful customer experience (CX) program isn’t easy for any organization, however B2B (business-to-business) firms have a variety of extra complexities to contend with, including:  ...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Talia Quaadgras


How Building Trust Improves Patient Experiences at Healthcare Organizations

In this XM Discussion, we’ll be talking about how healthcare organizations can improve patient experiences by focusing on building patient trust. Trust is absolutely foundational to all relationship...

By Isabelle Zdatny


How the National Library of Medicine Uses Experimentation to Explore AI Applications

Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has seemed to dominate nearly every single business discussion. And while AI does have the potential to revolutionize how organ...

By Isabelle Zdatny


Exploring Success, Effort, and Emotion for 23 Industries (2019-2023)

Every year, as part of our annual US consumer study of 10,000 consumers, we ask respondents to evaluate their recent interactions with hundreds of organizations across 20+ industries across the three ...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Talia Quaadgras


NPS Starts to Stabilize in the Wake of the Pandemic

Net Promoter Score(R) (NPS) is one of the most popular customer experience measurements, with 70% of CX programs using it as a core metric.1 So as part of our annual U.S. Consumer Study, we track the...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Talia Quaadgras


The State of the XM Profession, 2024

Experience Management (XM) professionals are excited about the future of the discipline, with nearly 80% of respondents saying they feel optimistic about the value of XM in 2024 and beyond. In this bl...

By Isabelle Zdatny, Talia Quaadgras


Getting Started: Integrating Digital into Your CX Efforts

Digital channels have become one of – if not the – main interface between organizations and their customers. To succeed in this digital-first environment, customer experience (CX) programs must th...

By Isabelle Zdatny