To many, the metaverse is the “next big thing”: an alternate reality where “real life” takes place. There is no doubt that VR, AR, and…

How are leaders measuring the impact of the return to the office — or lack thereof?

What if you had a crystal ball to look at the future of our industry: the future of data, the geopolitical situation, the economy, M&A, and…

The Outsell Leadership Community — our peer-to-peer networks of industry CEOs and MDs — successfully returned to in-person meetings this…

I was speaking with a former client yesterday who is coming back to the Outsell fold. This is a leading IM professional in a well-known…

I was reflecting on the anniversary of the iPhone this week as well as comments in the media from those who invented it, who said they were…

My colleague John Dick, Founder and CEO of Civic Science wrote last week in his must-read newsletter about how consumers loathe packaging…

The Outsell team is wrapping up our annual sizing season. To get an overview of the total industry and the 100+ segments we cover, look no…

It’s not hard to imagine why people distrust the government when you can’t get a straight answer to a straight question anymore these days…

One thing that constantly strikes me is how, in reporting a news story, the media leaves out pieces of the puzzle that actually inform the…

A few weeks ago, I wrote about burnout among leaders and their teams these past two years, now going on three. It’s real. Many leaders…

While Palantir’s stock price plummets and this darling of the data and analytics world hits new lows, I keep wondering why we aren’t seeing…

Our clients often ask us about “topics du jour” and their impact on their specific businesses, our industry, or both. With the pandemic, it…

I’ve written before about the importance of vacations, the art of unplugging, and why it’s so effective for leaders to disengage from their…

Has it really been two years since the pandemic started? Sometimes I feel like I’m experiencing a “time rollercoaster” — one day, it seems…

She Succeeds I was very pleased to be interviewed recently by the She Succeeds podcast, hosted by Meredith Vorndran. We talked about what success means in its various forms, including personal, business, health, and more. I discuss the creation of…

Outsell published an analysis this past week citing Nature’s widely circulated article about Sci-Hub. It described shockingly high usage of…

I’ve written before about economic willpower and our ability to put our money where our beliefs are. This is the only real way to help the…

What a moving target events have been since February 2020, when the world began to shut down and then the doors clamped shut with a bang —…

I will start this post by first saying that nothing going on in my world, or that of 99% of the leaders I’m speaking with, compares in any…

Words defy description of that feeling in the pit of my stomach. It is that awful gut feeling that a crazy man is driving the world to the…

How dismaying to see a text from my sister this morning about the FDIC innovation chief quitting because so many of his government…

On a day when Golf Digest decided to add me to its Butch Harmon tips email list, I also got a press release from NODOR in The Netherlands…

Imagine my gratification when a colleague showed me this article last weekend. Another colleague, Randy Giusto, and I have been…

It seems weird to start a year without some mention of COVID-19 in my blog, so I decided to tackle it again and share what we are seeing…