Reflection

Reflection

Anthea Stratigos Dec 13, 2024 3 min read

It’s always full throttle around here this time of year. Forget about making our lists and checking them twice and getting ready for…

What Matters Most

What Matters Most

Anthea Stratigos Dec 6, 2024 3 min read

I was all set to write about Thanksgiving. Then turned my attention to luxury brands and how they differentiate or don’t, diminish and…

What Matters Most

What Matters Most

Anthea Stratigos Dec 6, 2024 3 min read

I was all set to write about Thanksgiving. Then turned my attention to luxury brands and how they differentiate or don’t, diminish and…

Introducing Outsell’s New Segment Views

Introducing Outsell’s New Segment Views

Anthea Stratigos Nov 22, 2024 3 min read

It’s exciting to share the first releases of our new Outsell Intelligence suite, a set of market intelligence formats that replace our…

It’s About People

It’s About People

Anthea Stratigos Nov 15, 2024 3 min read

A couple of weeks ago we had a great members-only meeting, confidential and ‘behind closed doors’ about succession and the tips and tricks…

Democracy Won

Democracy Won

Anthea Stratigos Nov 8, 2024 4 min read

Once again, the pollsters, pundits, and press got it so wrong. They are the losers in this election. Just as they were in 2020 and 2016. It…

Outsell Q3/Q4 Sales Benchmark

Outsell Q3/Q4 Sales Benchmark

Anthea Stratigos Nov 1, 2024 4 min read

Once again, we ran our quarterly sales benchmark and industry performance remains sluggish. On one hand we heard at the Outsell Signature…

Where Is the Line?

Where Is the Line?

Anthea Stratigos Oct 25, 2024 3 min read

In late September, a colleague in the UK sent a link to an article about the Economist Group canceling an event focused on cancer within…

Succession

Succession

Anthea Stratigos Oct 18, 2024 3 min read

While the real-life version plays out in front of all of us — Rupert Murdoch’s family drama as non-fiction to Logan Roy’s fiction — I…

The A-Z of the 2024 Outsell Signature Event

The A-Z of the 2024 Outsell Signature Event

Anthea Stratigos Oct 11, 2024 3 min read

Our theme for this year’s Signature Event reflected the evolution of artificial intelligence technologies, and the move from hype to…

Keynotes — The Outsell Signature Event

Keynotes — The Outsell Signature Event

Anthea Stratigos Oct 4, 2024 2 min read

Three don’t-miss keynotes as a matter of fact. This year’s program for the Outsell Signature Event, co-produced with JEGI CLARITY is…

You’re Covered

You’re Covered

Anthea Stratigos Sep 27, 2024 3 min read

Last year at the Outsell Signature Event, we began a journey to intelligent work with a program that took us through the emerging world of…

Where There Is Smoke There Is Fire

Where There Is Smoke There Is Fire

Anthea Stratigos Sep 19, 2024 3 min read

How nice it was this week to see our very own David Worlock, honored by ALPSP, receiving the ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly…

Circle of Secrets

Circle of Secrets

Anthea Stratigos Sep 13, 2024 3 min read

While news continues to unfold about the licensing deals between big publishers and big tech, Wiley’s numbers and T&F’s are out there; and…

Oil & Water

Oil & Water

Anthea Stratigos Sep 6, 2024 3 min read

One can’t help but be startled by these headlines just a few days apart, let alone their irony.

Doing Things Backwards

Doing Things Backwards

Anthea Stratigos Aug 30, 2024 4 min read

It boggles my mind that our data is out there for all the world to see. The dark web runs amok with all kinds of, well, dark, bad things…

Soft Landing

Soft Landing

Anthea Stratigos Aug 23, 2024 6 min read

Life can be cruel. One moment you are staring at goats. The next you’re reading about the sudden departure of CEOs in industry who were…

Going to the Goats

Going to the Goats

Anthea Stratigos Aug 16, 2024 3 min read

Is it my imagination or has it been a weird week?

AI ROI

AI ROI

Anthea Stratigos Aug 9, 2024 3 min read

If I’d been a cheerleader and had some pom poms it would be great to turn that into a cheer. We need some cheer. The week ended and started…

Loving a Law Firm

Loving a Law Firm

Anthea Stratigos Aug 2, 2024 3 min read

There aren’t too many people who will fess up to loving their law firm let alone admitting they’ve worked with it forever. Moons ago, our…

Outsell Q2/Q3 Sales Benchmark

Outsell Q2/Q3 Sales Benchmark

Anthea Stratigos Jul 26, 2024 3 min read

Once again, we completed our quarterly benchmark on sales performance in our industry and the outlook for Q3. We’ve been doing this with…

Twists & Turns — The Geopolitical Outlook

Twists & Turns — The Geopolitical Outlook

Anthea Stratigos Jul 19, 2024 3 min read

In 2016 I had a conversation with a leader in the UK who asked me if I thought Trump had a chance becoming the Republican Presidential…

AI Hype to Reality

AI Hype to Reality

Anthea Stratigos Jul 12, 2024 3 min read

It’s inevitable with new technology. FT this morning calls it an AI bubble. Gartner’s hype cycle has its trough of disillusionment. Paul…

AI and Generative AI is Not Going Anywhere

AI and Generative AI is Not Going Anywhere

Anthea Stratigos Jul 5, 2024 3 min read

I woke up this morning to the Outsell Doorway reading that Strat7 named a new COO. Hah! Imposter. Strat7? Great name but man better to be…

OLC Themes — 2024 Spring Meetings

OLC Themes — 2024 Spring Meetings

Anthea Stratigos Jun 28, 2024 4 min read

Ahh for best laid plans to log-off for two weeks. My typical annual vacation schedule is fall. The tourists are back home, everyone’s…