Published in Outsell·5 days agoData Application Areas and the Palantir OpportunityWhile 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 a large information services firm in our industry nab it? Our industry is now mostly part of the software industry ecosystem, and we have seen firms…2 min read
Published in Outsell·May 6PE and Rising Interest RatesOur clients often ask us about “topics du jour” and their impact on their specific businesses, our industry, or both. With the pandemic, it was all about working remote, the return to the office, and now, working hybrid. Ditto for events, a high-profile topic we’ve been benchmarking and researching. Ditto…4 min read
Published in Outsell·Apr 28The Art of UnpluggingI’ve written before about the importance of vacations, the art of unplugging, and why it’s so effective for leaders to disengage from their companies each year. This past month, I really put this to the test: after nearly three years of little to no vacationing — thank you, pandemic —…4 min read
Published in Outsell·Apr 14We Can’t Wait to See You!Has it really been two years since the pandemic started? Sometimes I feel like I’m experiencing a “time rollercoaster” — one day, it seems like only yesterday that we all buckled in for COVID-19, and the next, it feels like this has been going on forever… Either way, one thing…2 min read
Published in Outsell·Apr 7She SucceedsI 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 to serve the information industry, the challenges of starting a new…2 min read
Published in Outsell·Mar 31When History RepeatsOutsell published an analysis this past week citing Nature’s widely circulated article about Sci-Hub. …2 min read
Published in Outsell·Mar 24Peace Over ProfitsI’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 causes we care most about. For a lot of us, right now, this is focused squarely on the murderous rampage going on in Ukraine…2 min read
Published in Outsell·Mar 17Announcing the Outsell Signature Event — Date Change!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 — all over the world, and almost at once! We moved to digital right away, and it was easier for us to do since…2 min read
Published in Outsell·Mar 10Now More Than EverI 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 way to the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine and the human suffering and toll being taken there. Like many I know, I am…4 min read
Published in Outsell·Mar 3What We Can DoWords 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 brink. I fear what this nut, who will go unnamed, will do when he is cornered like a rabid dog. I can…4 min read