This document discusses disruptive customer experiences and the evolving customer decision journey. It notes that customer experience is defined by the emotions and thoughts generated from interactions between a brand and consumer. When a consumer becomes an advocate for a brand, it shows a memorable customer experience. The document then discusses how personas represent major user groups, how to collect and analyze customer data, and the need to map touchpoints to each step of the customer decision journey. It also notes how automation, personalization, contextualization, and innovation are changing the customer decision process and making it more independent. The document advocates for aligning communication and campaigns to the customer journey, with the right metrics for each phase.