Gratitude
The statistics are staggering. Forget that the US has become the laughingstock of the world with little to no coordinated response to…
Outsell Signature Event 2020 Theme Announced
If anyone had told us at the end of 2019 that the world as we knew it would be flipped on its head, we’d have laughed out loud. But by…
Virtual Whisperer 10 — Working Virtually… On and On and On
We haven’t hit the dog days of summer yet, but somehow this virtual working thing seems like it’s dragging on and on and on. While most of…
Companies Are Like Gardens
I was speaking with a CEO recently who described the evolution of her company’s senior leadership and how several members of a key cohort…
Outsell Case Study — Monetizing Data
We’ve been writing case studies about work we do with and for our clients, highlighting the various projects we do under the Outsell…
Say It Ain’t So — Mommy Got Fired?
I’d hate to be HUB right now. Yes, they’ve transferred 12,000 employees home, and no, I don’t know the bosses’ side of the picture. But…
Virtual Whisperer — Working Virtually… On and On and On
We haven’t hit the dog days of summer yet, but somehow this virtual working thing seems like it’s dragging on and on and on. While most of…
Outsell Case Study — Voice of Customer
We’re not huge fans of net promoter scores here at Outsell because they provide a number and not much else. We believe the best form of…
Outsell Case Study — Pricing Information Services
We’ve been writing about the Outsell Growth Framework, and we’ll continue the series with case studies that are important for executives…
Enough is Enough
After GDPR became law following data gatherers’ failure to regulate themselves, an outpouring of messages started to arrive day after day…
Virtual Whisperer 9 — Improv
I’m not sure if this is about working virtually or working in general, but I do know that over the last 10 weeks, COVID-19 has not only…
Outsell Growth Framework — Step 7
We’ve taken you through all the steps of the Outsell Growth Framework, a tried and true approach to growing a data, information, or…
Virtual Whisperer 8 — Can I Go on Vacation?
By the time you read this, we’ll be ending our eighth week of sheltering in place and heading into our ninth. We’ll be staring down the…
Step 6: dIPDL Measure and Manage
Your offerings are now in full production and your new offerings are scaling. An offering in the context of the Outsell Growth Framework…
Virtual Whisper 7 — Appreciating Simplicity
When we work from home, the trappings of visiting the office no longer really matter. As we head into sheltering in place for the 8th week…
Step 5: dIPDL Operate and Run
You’ve built a minimal viable product and then turned it into something that delivers happiness. Once your offering is past those two…
Outsell Predictions about F2F
We’ve been writing about the exhibitions space since 2013 — and even before that. This week I “dug out” some of our work, including the…
Virtual Whisperer 6 — Trust
In California, we’ve been sheltering in place since March 16, so we are now nearing the end of our fifth week. On the one hand, our lives…
Outsell Growth Framework — Step 3
Step 3: dIPDL Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Virtual Whisperer 4 — Hiring, Interviewing, and Ingenuity
Everyone’s now in our new work rhythms, and also realizing that we’ll be “sheltering in place” for at least another month. Some of our…
Virtual Whisperer 3 — Time Management, RASI, and Accountability
One of the things about working virtually is that accountability becomes crystal clear.
Virtual Whisperer 2 — Meeting and Communications Etiquette
One of the major challenges for virtual workers is communicating seamlessly without creating noise in the system. Many of the practices…
Virtual Whisperer — Working from Home Since 1992
I’ve been working virtually since 1992. The Outsell team has been working virtually since 1997, when our company began.
COVID-19 and Business Continuity Planning
The coronavirus outbreak is a stark reminder that we live in a world where seemingly anything can go wrong at a moment’s notice. CEOs and…
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