New SageNote: GenAI Discovery, the Spotlight Acquisition, and What AR Teams Should Do Next

SageNote SN0160 is now available for download Spotlight’s acquisition of Captivate Collective, announced on February 17, 2026, marks the first strategic add-on investment by the leading dedicated AR consultancy in its 14-year history. The target was not another analyst relations boutique. It was a Canadian customer marketing and advocacy firm. That choice tells you everything[…]

New SageNote: Building a DIY Critical Capabilities Scorecard When Gartner Doesn’t Publish One

We have published an extended and updated edition of our 2017 SageNote of the same name. The original note addressed a question that AR teams were already encountering eight years ago: what should you do when Gartner publishes a Magic Quadrant for your market but does not issue a companion Critical Capabilities report? The question[…]