James McQuivey

Boston

Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research

Consumer behaviorist, employee psychology analyst. And I literally wrote the book on Digital Disruption. Tweets are mine, not employer's.

Articles

Your Return-to-Office Policy Isn't Working

1 month ago | forrester.com | James McQuivey

Your Return-to-Office (RTO) policy isn’t working today and it won’t ever work. At least if by work we mean a policy that satisfies the in-office preferences of the executive team without driving some of the best workers to distraction or worse. That’s because the policy itself can’t accomplish anything without the hard work necessary to develop and implement an approach to enforcement that you can maintain.
Embracing the future of work - will you stall or soar?

Dec 3, 2024 | business-reporter.co.uk | James McQuivey

As 2025 approaches, businesses stand at a critical crossroads. Will they meet the future of work head-on, or stall in the face of emerging challenges? The past few years have seen an ascent into a seemingly bright future of work, before a plummet into layoffs, burnout and disillusionment. But just when many thought the bottom had dropped out, we’re seeing faint signs of recovery – one that will propel companies forwards of they handle the critical choices up ahead correctly.
Lead A High-Performing Digital Team

Oct 23, 2024 | forrester.com | Dan Bieler |James McQuivey |Gina Bhawalkar

Digital business is still growing in importance. Forrester’s Digital Business Strategy Survey, 2024, highlights that the percentage of organizations stating that their digital strategy and/or initiatives have a major impact on their growth, or are the primary driver of their growth, has grown from 55% to 61% between 2023 and 2024.
Predictions 2025: Will You Stall Or Soar By Embracing The Future Of Work?

Oct 22, 2024 | forrester.com | James McQuivey |Lee Sustar |Seth Marrs

As 2025 approaches, businesses stand at a critical crossroads: Will they soar to new heights by embracing the future of work or stall in the face of emerging challenges? The last few years have been a roller-coaster ride, with a turbulent ascent into a seemingly bright future of work only to take a deep dive into the icy waters of layoffs, burnout, and disillusionment.
The Dawn Of The Age Of Agents

Jun 12, 2024 | forrester.com | Manuel Geitz |James McQuivey

What A Difference A Year MakesIt has been more than a year since I first wrote about GenAI-powered agents. At the time I wrote the blog, I cautioned leaders to pay attention to the ways in which GenAI will alter customer behavior, rather than solely focusing on what GenAI can do for the productivity of their enterprise.
Make Talent The Key To Your Success In An AI World

Jun 11, 2024 | forrester.com | James McQuivey |Simon Daniels |Charlie Dai

AI will change everything. I’m not saying this to be provocative, or to do the opposite in claiming that it’s all hype. There is nothing in that statement about AI but pure fact. AI will change things in the same way that electricity did and continues to do: It creates the conditions through which people can do old things better while also envisioning completely new things to do. Read that last sentence carefully, though, and you’ll see that AI is not the actual change agent.
Adoption of Cisco’s HyperShield Will Depend on AI, and Security Tooling Coexistence

Jun 11, 2024 | forrester.com | Andras Cser |James McQuivey |Jess Burn

Cisco has announced a new network and cloud security platform, called Hypershield. Hypershield offers autonomous and automatic network segmentation based on understanding network traffic patterns with AI. Hypershield provides:A modified and proprietary version of the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) based agent framework to act as not only as a traditional observation point but also as network policy enforcement point in Windows and Linux operating systems.
South Korean Bitcoin Premium Rises to 2.23% Amid Market Volatility

May 28, 2024 | wealthinsidermag.com | P. Gownder |James McQuivey

This week, bitcoin’s price briefly exceeded $70,000 per coin before declining after the movement of Mt Gox bitcoins, yet the premium for bitcoin in South Korea has significantly increased. Having fallen below the 1% range, the premium on South Korean exchanges has now climbed to 2.23%. Bitcoin Premium in South Korea Grows Bitcoin (BTC) saw […]
Page Sage Discusses John Scalzi with me

Jan 28, 2024 | jamesmcquivey.substack.com | James McQuivey

This week’s conversation starts with a quick intro explaining how I haven't made much progress on updating my custom GPTs for discussing books I read. Last week I mentioned I would spend some time working on creating additional custom GPTs with different conversation styles, personalities, and such. But, it turns out that Chat GPT is overwhelmed with users and has been limiting my access to the GPT 4 models my custom GPTs are based on.
Page Sage and I Discuss Ken Follett

Jan 20, 2024 | jamesmcquivey.substack.com | James McQuivey

I'm on the verge of reading The Armor of Light, book five in Ken Follet's Kingsbridge series, an epic saga that spans 500 years of history and itself took 35 years to publish. Ahead of reading that I recently read a shorter book of Follet's that I had overlooked before—A Place Called Freedom—and took the opportunity to discuss with Page Sage.