Off a Cliff

Off a Cliff

Anthea Stratigos Apr 27, 2023 4 min read

So, my colleagues and I are standing back watching the stampede on generative technologies. We are seeing automation of knowledge and vast…

Buyer’s Pendulum

Buyer’s Pendulum

Anthea Stratigos Apr 20, 2023 3 min read

Having been in the business of advising buyers and sellers of data, information, and analytics solutions since 1998, let’s just say we have…

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe

Anthea Stratigos Apr 13, 2023 3 min read

The last few weeks were downright weird on the tech front, and it continues to make me nervous as we unleash technologies without some…

Slow Down

Slow Down

Anthea Stratigos Mar 30, 2023 4 min read

Once again, the technology curve is far ahead of most citizens, businesses, and governments’ abilities to keep up. Nothing shows that more…

Silicon Valley Way

Silicon Valley Way

Anthea Stratigos Mar 23, 2023 5 min read

Last week I was convinced the world had turned on its axis. Tuesday proved it true as atmospheric river #12 arrived on the 21st! Even…

Out of Power

Out of Power

Anthea Stratigos Mar 16, 2023 5 min read

Eleven atmospheric rivers later, I am now seven-going-on-eight nights without power. PG&E can’t restore it because the ground is too wet…

NPD + IRI = Circana

NPD + IRI = Circana

Anthea Stratigos Mar 8, 2023 3 min read

My colleague Randy Giusto and I often go round and round about branding and rebranding in this industry. I’ve written past posts about dos…

Zeros and Os

Zeros and Os

Anthea Stratigos Mar 1, 2023 3 min read

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ironies of machines versus people and how they work together or don’t. We’ve got chatbots providing…

Dark Money

Dark Money

Anthea Stratigos Feb 23, 2023 4 min read

What a shame yesterday to learn that one of my favorite leaders lost his job in a tussle with his PE owners during his “second bite at the…

Announcing Outsell’s Emerging 50 of 2023

Announcing Outsell’s Emerging 50 of 2023

Anthea Stratigos Feb 16, 2023 4 min read

Every year, we cover new companies with exciting solutions that are driving innovation in our industry. We call them the Outsell Emerging…

Breaking Glass

Breaking Glass

Anthea Stratigos Feb 9, 2023 3 min read

Celebrating Ann McLaughlin Korologos, 1941–2023

ChatGPT Out to Lunch

ChatGPT Out to Lunch

Anthea Stratigos Feb 2, 2023 2 min read

So it’s 6 am and I have a blog post to write. I figure I’ll start with ChatGPT since it’s all I’m hearing about and I need a break from bad…

Fixing Customer Data

Fixing Customer Data

Anthea Stratigos Jan 26, 2023 5 min read

It boggles my mind that so many enterprises don’t have their data and technology act together. After all, for more than two decades we’ve…

Wall Street Journal Nightmare

Wall Street Journal Nightmare

Anthea Stratigos Jan 17, 2023 5 min read

The nightmare went something like this:

Flexibility in Our Own Words

Flexibility in Our Own Words

Anthea Stratigos Jan 12, 2023 10 min read

Ah, more hand-wringing and agita over return-to-office mandates and remote work wars. From Bob Iger at Disney to Vanguard and Paycom…

Place Your Bets

Place Your Bets

Anthea Stratigos Jan 5, 2023 3 min read

I have never traveled for Christmas. Never in my life. Neither have I ever traveled for Thanksgiving. So, the notion of planes or trains or…

Celebrating Our Relationship with You

Celebrating Our Relationship with You

Anthea Stratigos Dec 15, 2022 3 min read

It isn’t often that I long for the good old days. I swore I’d never be one of those people — especially one of those old people — who…

Operating Benchmarks

Operating Benchmarks

Anthea Stratigos Dec 7, 2022 2 min read

Every quarter, we complete an industry benchmark for CEOs, their CFOs, and their boards to monitor companies’ health and provide critical…

Say Goodbye to RTO

Say Goodbye to RTO

Anthea Stratigos Nov 30, 2022 2 min read

My colleague made a startling observation yesterday. It was one of those obvious things that, when he pointed it out, made me say to…

Ask

Ask

Anthea Stratigos Nov 17, 2022 3 min read

It’s the fourth quarter and predictably demanding right now. We are following up from our own event, deep in our own planning, and…

PowerPoint Pet Peeves

PowerPoint Pet Peeves

Anthea Stratigos Nov 9, 2022 4 min read

Having just come off the Outsell Signature Event co-produced with JEGI Clarity, I’m reminded of PowerPoint and how it can be the bane of…

By Our Own Rules

By Our Own Rules

Anthea Stratigos Nov 3, 2022 3 min read

The proverbial ink had just dried on my last blog when my colleague sent this article citing McKinsey and LeanIn.org’s latest study. The…

Flexibility & DEI: The Keys to Building and Retaining Today’s Talent

Flexibility & DEI: The Keys to Building and Retaining Today’s Talent

Anthea Stratigos Oct 26, 2022 4 min read

We talked a lot about talent at the Outsell Signature Event — how to attract and keep it, and how to train, develop, and incentivize our…

Outsell Outlook 2023

Outsell Outlook 2023

Anthea Stratigos Oct 20, 2022 6 min read

As I wrote last week, we could have spent the entire Outsell Signature Event co-produced with JEGI CLARITY, discussing the 2023 outlook…

The Future Is Now

The Future Is Now

Anthea Stratigos Oct 13, 2022 3 min read

Wowzer! We were back together this week for our 25th annual Outsell Signature Event, co-produced with JEGI Clarity. Thank you to our…