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…

OOO and O

OOO and O

Anthea Stratigos May 31, 2024 1 min read

It’s that time of year. I’m signing off and taking a break. It’s also a good time to send a little reminder as we begin summertime: It’s ok…

What Are Your Hot Button Issues?

What Are Your Hot Button Issues?

Anthea Stratigos May 24, 2024 4 min read

One of the questions I’m asked often is “how are others using Outsell in ways I’m not.” Our clients get curious about their peers and…

A Virtuous Circle

A Virtuous Circle

Anthea Stratigos May 17, 2024 3 min read

Just when things start to get going, going starts to stop. The US economy in particular has been resilient but with gasoline over $6.00 a…

OpenAI and FT Licensing Deal: Old News, New Value

OpenAI and FT Licensing Deal: Old News, New Value

Anthea Stratigos May 10, 2024 7 min read

There are pieces we write that have industry-wide implications and this latest analysis about FT’s licensing deal with OpenAI is one of…

Lab-less Lab

Lab-less Lab

Anthea Stratigos May 3, 2024 4 min read

Thank you to all of you who have sent such kind notes acknowledging last week’s blog post celebrating our 30th year. You really know how to…

Happy 30th Outsell

Happy 30th Outsell

Anthea Stratigos Apr 26, 2024 16 min read

You could say this post took 30 years to write and it wouldn’t be completely wrong. This is a long-one so grab a cup of coffee and lean in.

Licensing Content to Big Tech

Licensing Content to Big Tech

Anthea Stratigos Apr 19, 2024 5 min read

It’s impossible to believe what’s coming out of Nike these days. First see-through baseball uniforms; and then women’s Olympic team garb…

OLC Winter Meeting Themes

OLC Winter Meeting Themes

Anthea Stratigos Apr 12, 2024 4 min read

Each year our Outsell Leadership Community members, largely CEOs, COOs, MDs & Presidents meet F2F in London and on the East Coast…

Virtual Whisperer 5 — Performance Management

Virtual Whisperer 5 — Performance Management

Anthea Stratigos Apr 9, 2024 6 min read

Virtual Whisperer 5 — Performance Management I wrote earlier about the irony of people’s performance showing even more in a virtual environment when they are on either end of the performance spectrum: outstanding or just so-so. How do we manage performance in this…

A Renaissance of the Trades

A Renaissance of the Trades

Anthea Stratigos Apr 5, 2024 3 min read

What a dizzying week. Sam Bankman-Fried gets the book thrown at him. (There is justice!) Inflation in developed economies is proving harder…