My colleague made a startling observation yesterday. It was one of those obvious things that, when he pointed it out, made me say to myself, “Of course!” It is nearly 2023. The world shut down nearly three years ago, when COVID began emerging about this time in 2019. Through all…

It’s the fourth quarter and predictably demanding right now. We are following up from our own event, deep in our own planning, and supporting clients who are deep in theirs. It’s the time of year when budgets must be spent, as 12/31 harkens the end of the year as we…

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 our existence. Probably never has more been written about a piece of software and how to use it (or not.) And never has a software program…

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 findings are not startling. Why can’t we seem to do anything about this? I posed three recommendations that came from McKinsey and several from speakers last week…

We talked a lot about talent at the Outsell Signature Event, co-produced with JEGI CLARITY— how to attract and keep it, and how to train, develop, and incentivize our teams. We also talked about culture and the return to office (or RTO as yet another acronym forms to augment WFH)…

As I wrote last week, we could have spent the entire Outsell Signature Event co-produced with JEGI CLARITY, discussing the 2023 outlook! This year more than ever, the geopolitical, economic, M&A, and talent outlooks are a tangled ball of yarn — the pieces are intertwined, jumbled and knotty. To smooth…

Wowzer! We were back together this week for our 25th annual Outsell Signature Event, co-produced with JEGI Clarity. Thank you to our partner, our sponsors — CCC, EY Parthenon, and SRI — and our amazing array of speakers. Virginia cooperated with wonderful sunny weather as CEOs, COOs, MDs, presidents, members…

With this week’s news abuzz about OPEC reducing output, I keep reading headlines about gas prices at the pump moving back up. Yes, BACK up! When did they ever go down, I wonder? The past 30 to 45 days here on the Central Coast, gas prices have been anything but…

It feels like every week there is a catastrophic event rattling us to our core: Putin ordering Ukraine’s invasion, fires in California, floods in Pakistan, drought in Europe, heinous mass shootings. And yesterday, Hurricane Ian winding its way through Cuba and into Florida, wreaking more devastation. Our hearts go out…