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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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.

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…

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 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…

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

The NY Times reports 8 incidents on United of late and right about the same time its Premier members receive an email about safety from…

The NY Times reports 8 incidents on United of late and right about the same time its Premier members receive an email about safety from…

While the state of California decides that financial literacy is as important as cursive the rest of our world is figuring out win/loss and…

Late September, with economic clouds and headwinds in full tilt I wrote about the buying and selling climate for data and information…

Product Management Crossroads We have been analyzing and benchmarking the product management function in our industry for the last 20 plus years as the industry became software (tech) enabled and modern PM functions became the norm. We developed a methodology…

We have used Stern Strategy Group to source speakers from time to time and a week or so ago I received the wordle above with a note:

OpenAI introduced Sora last week and in and outside of Outsell the world was atwitter. My colleagues speculated about loss of CGI animation…

I read AP, Apple News (an aggregation of sources) the WSJ and have always believed in a balanced news diet. I try to avoid CNN/NYT/Fox as…

Out of sight out of mind. Measuring activities and not results. Counting hours vs. outcomes Be in the office or laid off. Hmmmmmm.

It’s easy to second guess a football game especially when on the losing side. Sunday’s play-off game began with an email from a colleague…

Now there’s more regulation to save us from ourselves. Seems like the new year always brings a spate of them. Keeps the legal & regulatory…

Late last year and early this, several of us were talking about the business climate in 2023. And we were perplexed by the feeling so…

As we head into 2024, here at Outsell we’re planning for big, exciting things. We’re working on several new product and service…

Wow. I came to work this week ready to blog about so many topics. OpenAI and news licensing and lawsuits? Data licensing drivers and to-dos…

’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.