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.

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Nikesh Gosalia:

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https://x.com/NikeshGo

Oliver Cocks:

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

https://x.com/OliverCocksBMC

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Thank you for listening! Here are links to some of the things that Oliver Cocks and Nikesh discussed in the podcast. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to drop a line at insightsxchange@cactusglobal.com.

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

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In this episode of Insights XChange, Nikesh Gosalia is in conversation with David Crotty, Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. They discuss how scale, consolidation and evolving business models are reshaping scholarly publishing and why long-term sustainability will depend on balancing quality, trust and author needs.

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Nikesh Gosalia:

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David Crotty:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-crotty-a009175/

Show notes:

Thank you for listening! Here are links to some of the things that David Crotty and Nikesh discussed in the podcast. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to drop a line at insightsxchange@cactusglobal.com.

The Scholarly Kitchen | https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | https://www.cshlpress.com/
Elsevier | https://www.elsevier.com/en-in
Wiley | https://www.wiley.com/en-in/
Oxford University Press | https://corp.oup.com/
The Brief | https://www.ce-strategy.com/the-brief/
When Is a Feature a Product, and a Product a Business? | https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/01/27/when-is-a-feature-a-product-and-a-product-a-business/
STM Integrity Hub | https://stm-assoc.org/what-we-do/strategic-areas/research-integrity/integrity-hub/
What Publishing Leaders Say About AI When They’re Not on Panels: A Pulse on All Things AI | https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/11/what-publishing-leaders-say-about-ai-when-theyre-not-on-panels/
The Nelson Memo | https://cactuslifesciences.com/the-nelson-memo-igniting-a-global-open-data-revolution/

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Doug Way, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kentucky, joins Nikesh Gosalia to unpack how academic libraries are evolving rethinking collections, metadata, AI and equity to better serve researchers, students, and communities in a time of constant change.

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Nikesh Gosalia:

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Doug Way:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-way-5b429913/

Show notes:

Thank you for listening! Here are links to some of the things that Doug Way and Nikesh discussed in the podcast. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to drop a line at insightsxchange@cactusglobal.com

UK Libraries Learning Lab | https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/learning-lab-internship
Oral History at the University of Kentucky | https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/louie-b-nunn-center-oral-history
Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence | https://caai.ai.uky.edu/
Open AI Whisper | https://openai.com/index/whisper/
Elevating Appalachian Voices in Library Collections | https://scholars.uky.edu/en/projects/the-mountains-seemed-empty-but-i-knew-they-werent-elevating-appal/
Throwing Back the Curtain: Getting Candid about Negotiating and the Value of the Library-Vendor Relationship | https://scholars.uky.edu/en/publications/throwing-back-the-curtain-getting-candid-about-negotiating-and-th/
Clarivate | https://clarivate.com/
Wiley | https://www.wiley.com/en-in/
Springer Nature | https://www.springernature.com/in
Elsevier | https://www.elsevier.com/en-in

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