Enterprises are increasingly focusing on delivering enhanced experience to all their stakeholders (customers, employees, partners, and society). While the center of focus remains customer experience, the pandemic put a spotlight on Employee Experience (EX), resulting in increased investments. The pandemic also resulted in long lasting changes in consumer behavior and expectations from brands making enterprises take a more holistic view of experience management within their organizations. As enterprises chart their journey toward offering differentiated experiences, they will have to evolve their offerings and messaging based on the future envisioned state of the target stakeholders. Principles of human-led design will play a greater role in designing responsible and inclusive experiences of the future.
In this report, we explore the trends governing the interactive experience design market, examine the impact of the pandemic on experience design, and present a framework for the future of experience design. This report in divided into the following three sections: