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From Output to Experience: Why Content Retention Matters in Publishing

In this episode of Insights XChange, Nikesh Gosalia is in conversation with Oliver Cocks, who works at the intersection of editorial strategy, product thinking and author experience at Springer Nature. ...Together, they explore how content retention is emerging as a key competitive strategy in publishing and what it takes to design more connected, efficient and author-centric publishing journeys.

Social media links

Nikesh Gosalia:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikeshgosalia/

https://x.com/NikeshGo

Oliver Cocks:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-cocks/

https://x.com/OliverCocksBMC

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Springer Nature | https://www.springernature.com/in
Syracuse University | https://www.syracuse.edu/

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Social media links

Nikesh Gosalia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikeshgosalia/ https://twitter.com/NikeshGo

Godwyns Onwuchekwa https://www.linkedin.com/in/godwyns/ https://x.com/godwyns

Timestamp Topic

00:00 Introduction
03:04 Alternate issues that need to be addressed in OA week such as equity, inclusivity, etc.
05:35 Incorporating the JEDI principles as foundational values within the OA movement
10:39 Godwyns’ personal journey and what shaped his current passions/LGBTQ activism and community engagement
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29:59 Practical steps that institutions publishers and researchers can take to democratize open access further and move beyond transactional models
38:23 Ruminations around specific policies or frameworks for integrating JEDI principles into OA publishing. What is the foreseeable impact?
45:21 Personal motivations to overcome challenges and keep focusing on inclusion as a passion

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