{"id":92447,"date":"2026-02-05T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/?page_id=92447"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:20:00","slug":"how-ai-changes-your-customers-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/how-ai-changes-your-customers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI Changes Your Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Intro to How AI Changes Your Customers\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1139406256?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>The greatest disruption in the history of marketing isn\u2019t coming for your job.<br \/>\n<em><strong>It\u2019s coming for your customer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Artificial Intelligence is changing the way people think, feel, decide, and connect. Your next customer will be less patient, more trusting of machines, less loyal to brands, and possibly searching for meaning in new and unexpected places.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t understand these shifts, your marketing playbook will be obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>In this fast-paced new talk, bestselling author and futurist Mark Schaefer takes you on a deep, human-centered journey through the new realities of consumer behavior in the age of AI.<\/p>\n<p>Through fresh research, vivid stories, and a marketer\u2019s practical lens, you\u2019ll explore how AI is reshaping core human capacities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deep Thinking<\/strong> \u2013 Why mental shortcuts are multiplying, and how to stand out in a world of shallow attention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Empathy<\/strong> \u2013 How automation changes our capacity to care, and the surprising ways brands can still create emotional resonance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confidence and Agency<\/strong> \u2013 When decisions are outsourced to machines, how do you keep customers feeling in control?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose and Meaning<\/strong> \u2013 Why AI is disrupting our \u201cwhy,\u201d and where your brand can help people rediscover it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connection and Belonging<\/strong> \u2013 Building community when humans prefer their bots.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision Making<\/strong> \u2013 Understanding the new role of algorithms in every customer choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92467\" src=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-21-at-4.33.3.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-21-at-4.33.3.webp 896w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-21-at-4.33.3-300x109.webp 300w, https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-11-21-at-4.33.3-768x279.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(You can find hundreds of real audience comments <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwschaefer\/likes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking HERE!<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get this party started, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"global-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/booking-inquiry\/\">I want Mark to speak at my event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greatest disruption in the history of marketing isn\u2019t coming for your job. 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