Hello $Firstname AI Edition: Introduction and Forewords

Welcome to the audiobook edition of Hello $Firstname, the AI edition. In this opening episode, Rasmus Houlind reads the introduction to the updated edition of the book and explains why personalisation has changed so dramatically since the first edition. Generative AI has made the content challenge easier to solve, but it has also made the need for clear frameworks, shared language, and practical execution even more urgent. At the end of the introduction, Rasmus adds a short reflection on how agentic commerce, agentic personalisation, and agentic workflows are already changing how personalisation is perceived. You will also hear the forewords read by Scott Brinker, longtime martech analyst and editor of the Chief Martec blog, and Rupali Jain, Chief Product Officer at Optimizely. Together, they frame the book from the perspectives of martech, AI, customer experience, data, content, and digital experience management. This episode sets the stage for the full audiobook and introduces the core ambition of Hello $Firstname: to help marketers create more profitable, scalable, and meaningful personalised customer experiences. More resources from the Hello $Firstname universe You can buy the physical book here: https://amzn.eu/d/6jV4QZT  If the Amazon EU link does not work in your country, please search for 'Hello $Firstname: Profiting from Personalisation, AI Edition' on your local Amazon store. You can download the illustrations and models from the book here: https://www.omnichannelinstitute.com/en/resources  You can also learn more about the Personalisation Cards and Canvas, which help teams turn the Bowtie of Personalisation into practical use cases, here: https://www.omnichannelinstitute.com/en/personalizationcards