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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Oliver Cocks:

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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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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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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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Tim Flagg, CEO of the UK AI Council, joins Nikesh Gosalia to unpack what AI readiness really means from everyday AI literacy and apprenticeships to leadership mindset, ethics, governance and the UK’s narrow window of opportunity to lead in 2026.

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Tim Flagg:

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Vibe coding | https://cloud.google.com/discover/what-is-vibe-coding
Digital transformation | https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-digital-transformation
Open AI Prism | https://openai.com/prism/
Claude | https://claude.com/
LUMAscapes | https://lumapartners.com/lumascapes/

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Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM Kozhikode, joins Nikesh Gosalia to explore how AI is transforming higher education from teaching and learning to research to leadership and ethics. With a blend of global experience and philosophical insight, he shares why adaptability matters more than AI-savviness, how to preserve human wisdom in a tech-driven world and what it takes to build truly adaptive learning ecosystems.

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Prof. Debashis Chatterjee:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/debashischatterjee1/

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IIM Kozhikode | https://www.iimk.ac.in/
Harvard | https://www.harvard.edu/
INSEAD France | https://www.insead.edu/
Mahabharata | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mahabharata
ChatGPT | https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/
UCLA | https://www.ucla.edu/
IIT – Indian Institutes of Technology | https://www.iitsystem.ac.in/
Buddhi Vritti | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4649565/
Hridaya Vritti | https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hridayavritti
Karma Sutras (Book by Prof. Chatterjee) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57285420-karma-sutras
Krishna: The Seven Sense (Book by Prof. Chatterjee) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942255-krishna
One Minute Wisdom (Book by Prof. Chatterjee) | https://www.penguin.co.in/book/one-minute-wisdom/
Addis Ababa | https://www.britannica.com/place/Addis-Ababa

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In this episode of Insights Xchange, Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press, reflects on three decades in publishing and the accelerating shift toward open access. She discusses the Cambridge Open Equity Initiative, the role of journals and why equity must be central to the future of scholarly communication.

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Mandy Hill:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-hill-3068921/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Cambridge University Press (CUP) | https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress
Cambridge Open Equity Initiative | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-research/cambridge-open-equity-initiative
Publishers Association (UK) | https://www.publishers.org.uk/
Elsevier | https://www.elsevier.com/
Oxford University Press | https://academic.oup.com/
OA2020 Initiative | https://oa2020.org/
University of Cambridge – Open Research | https://www.openresearch.cam.ac.uk/

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A candid, clear-eyed look at open access with Colleen Campbell about how libraries are shifting from paying for reading to funding open publishing and why equity, transparency and author rights must anchor the transition.

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Colleen Campbell:

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Open Access | https://www.openaccess.nl/en
OA 2020 | https://oa2020.org/
Projekt Deal | https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements/projekt-deal
Transformative agreements | https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/
SANLiC | https://sanlic.ac.za/
One Nation One Subscription | https://onos.gov.in/
16th Berlin Open Access Conference | https://oa2020.org/b16-conference/
MIT Press Direct to Open | https://direct.mit.edu/books/pages/direct-to-open

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In this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with Will Schweitzer, CEO of Silverchair, to explore the rapidly changing landscape of scholarly publishing platforms. With decades of experience spanning product leadership, publishing strategy, and platform innovation, Will offers an unfiltered look at the industry’s most pressing challenges—and where true opportunity lies.

From the rise of non-human traffic and AI disruption to modularity myths, research integrity, and leadership in uncertain times—this episode explores how platforms can become strategic allies in a changing ecosystem. He also discusses Silverchair’s acquisition of ScholarOne, the tension between innovation and platform stability, and the challenges smaller publishers face in a complex, fast-moving ecosystem.

Join us for a sharp, insightful look at the future of scholarly infrastructure—grounded in real experience, not just theory.

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Will Schweitzer:

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

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Silverchair | https://www.silverchair.com/
SAGE Publishing | https://www.sagepub.com/
AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science | https://www.aaas.org/
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | https://lww.com/pages/default.aspx
American Psychological Association (APA) | https://www.apa.org/
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) | https://www.sspnet.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | https://www.aap.org
Potsdam Science Park (PSP) | https://potsdam-sciencepark.de/en/
Wolters Kluwer | https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en-in
NIH – National Institutes of Health | https://www.nih.gov/
NSF – National Science Foundation | https://www.nsf.gov/
Council of Science Editors | https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/
Company of Biologists | https://www.biologists.com/
Princeton University | https://www.princeton.edu/
Cloudflare | https://www.cloudflare.com/

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