Privacy Policy

Uses of Your Personal Information

We will only use your Personal Information in the way we specified when it was collected. We will not subsequently change the way your Personal Information is used without your consent. Some of the ways we may use your Personal Information include:

  • To process your orders and deliver the products and services that you have ordered.
  • To keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, software updates, software upgrades, system enhancements, special offers, and other information. This may occasionally include information from other technology companies about products and services that can add value to your NextChapter, LLC products.
  • To provide support and assistance for our products and services, including the provision of security patches.
  • To provide the ability to create personal profile areas and view protected content.
  • To provide the ability to contact you, and provide you with shipping and billing information.
  • To provide customer feedback and support.
  • To conduct questionnaires and surveys in order to provide better products and services to our customers and end users. Your completion of any questionnaires is voluntary.
  • To understand more about you, so we can personalize newsletters and websites to your preferences. For example, allow you the opportunity to request specific information on products and services that may be of interest.
  • To allow you to forward information to another individual such as a friend or co-worker. NextChapter, LLC does not store the personal information of the third party. We collect the information for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email.
  • If you choose to use our referral service to inform a colleague or friend, we will only ask for a contact name and email address. To meet contract obligations.

Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

We need your help in keeping the Personal Information you have shared with us accurate and up to date. Please notify us of any changes to your Personal Information.

Non-Personal/Anonymous Information Collection

In some instances, NextChapter, LLC may collect non-personal (aggregate or demographic) data through cookies, web logs, and web beacons. This information is used to better understand and improve the usability, performance, and effectiveness of the website. Please read the “Cookies” section below for more information.

In addition, by using some of our products or services, anonymous network information may be transmitted back to us such as: the health of our products and types of devices attached to the network. This information is transmitted back to us so we can determine how users are interacting with our products, to assist us with improving our products, and to provide alerts via the product as to available software updates/upgrades.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information to third parties for marketing purposes unless you have granted us permission to do so.

We may share your Personal Information within NextChapter, LLC or any of our worldwide subsidiaries for purposes of data processing or storage.
We may also share your Personal Information with business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents or contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction, including processing orders, processing credit card transactions, hosting websites, hosting event and seminar registration and providing customer support. We only provide these third parties with the minimum amount of Personal Information necessary to complete the requested service or transaction, and the third parties are not permitted to use your Personal Information except for limited purpose of completing the requested service or transaction.
We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your Personal Information and other related information, if necessary. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
We may collect and possibly share Personal Information and any other additional information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of NextChapter, LLC’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
While navigating NextChapter, LLC’s web site you may be directed to content or functionality that is hosted by a third-party supplier, not on NextChapter, LLC’s web sites. When information is collected on behalf of NextChapter, LLC exclusively, NextChapter, LLC’s privacy policy will be referenced on the site and will govern how your information is used. For other, non-NextChapter, LLC sites, the site owner’s privacy policy will be referenced. It is NextChapter, LLC’s practice to require such suppliers to handle information in a manner consistent with NextChapter, LLC’s privacy and security policies.
We will ask for your consent before we use or share your information for any purpose other than the reason you provided it or as otherwise provided by this policy. In order to let us know your preferences, we will require an action on your part, such as checking the appropriate option, to indicate your consent.

Security of Your Personal Information

NextChapter, LLC is committed to protecting the Personal Information you share with us. We utilize a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organizational measures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

When we transfer sensitive personal data (for example, credit card information) over the Internet, we protect it using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology.
While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit. We recommend you to take every precaution in protecting your Personal Information when you are on the Internet. For example, change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers when creating passwords, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Cookies

Like many websites, NextChapter, LLC uses technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, which allow us to make your visit to our website easier, more efficient and more valuable by providing you with a customized experience and recognizing you when you return.

A cookie cannot read personal data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites; indeed, the only Personal Information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. Accepting the cookies used on our website may give us access to information about your browsing behavior, which we may use to personalize your experience and track user traffic patterns, and to merge this info when you register. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. You may browse most of NextChapter, LLC’s website without accepting cookies from NextChapter, LLC; however, some website functionality may be lost by disabling cookies on your computer. Other NextChapter, LLC. web pages, particularly those which require a login and password, require cookies and cannot be used when you have disabled cookies in your browser.
In addition, NextChapter, LLC uses web beacons in conjunction with cookies to understand user behavior. Web beacons are simply a convenient way of gathering basic statistics and managing cookies, and do not give away any extra information from your computer. Turning off your browser’s cookies will prevent web beacons from tracking your specific activity.
If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website or via HTML-formatted emails, you can set your browser to warn you before it accepts cookies or refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser.

Data Retention

NextChapter, LLC will not retain your Personal Information longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.

Linked Websites

Our websites may provide links to other third-party web sites which are outside our control and not covered by this policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites you visit.

Newsgroups/Forums

If you participate in a NextChapter, LLC discussion forum or chat room, you should be aware that the information you provide there will be made broadly available to others, potentially inside or outside NextChapter, LLC, who have access to that discussion forum or chat room. Also, please recognize that individual forums and chat rooms may have additional rules and conditions. Each participant’s opinion on a forum or chat room is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of NextChapter, LLC.

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Pranay belongs to the small group of writers and thinkers with an aptitude for and experience in both business and philosophy. He was admitted to oxford at the age of 15, graduated at 18 to become a commodities trader, and then returned to academia five years later to begin a research and teaching career as a philosopher. He now works as a philosophical consultant to business and a writer and editor. Pranay’s areas of expertise include intergenerational justice, with a particular focus on how changes in technology and society alter what it means to be human, and the practical application of philosophy to life and business. His work includes an edited volume on justice and climate change for cambridge university press, parts of the UN ipcc’s 5th assessment report, and many articles for leading non-academic publications. A passionate cricket fan, he also writes about the sport as a correspondent for ESPN.

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Paul is a bestselling and award-winning writer and editor with more than twenty years of research, writing, and editorial experience. His commercial writing work spans a wide range of genres, with an emphasis on thought leadership, organizational leadership, technology, and healthcare. In the last five years, paul’s projects have been serialized in a major national newspaper, reached the amazon non-fiction top 10, and been awarded the british medical association’s ‘psychiatry book of the year’ award. Paul trained as an academic historian of philosophy and spent fifteen years teaching and researching at leading universities in europe, the U.S., And asia. His research on stoic and platonic thought has been published by the leading academic presses in the world (including both oxford and cambridge university presses), and he continues to work as a writing coach and editor for senior historians and scientists. Paul is an honorary fellow in the faculty of humanities and social sciences at the university of liverpool.

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Organizational Transformation

This research area focuses on how organizations can adapt and transform in response to rapid technological advancements, market shifts, and changing societal expectations. We explore strategies for building agile, future-ready organizations that thrive in uncertainty.

Key Research Questions

  • How can organizations successfully implement transformation initiatives to remain competitive?
  • What role does culture play in fostering or inhibiting organizational transformation?
  • How can businesses balance short-term adaptability with long-term sustainability in their transformation efforts?

Focus Areas

  • Agile Organizations: Research into organizational structures and practices that enhance agility and responsiveness to change.
  • Cultural Transformation: Examining how organizational culture impacts the success of transformation efforts.
  • Sustainable Business Models: Investigating how businesses can transform for sustainability while maintaining profitability.

Innovation with AI and Digital Technologies

We focus on the intersection of human-centered innovation and cutting-edge technology, particularly the integration of AI and digital tools in business operations. This area investigates how organizations can leverage these technologies to drive transformation while maintaining ethical and sustainable practices.

Key Research Questions

  • How can AI be effectively integrated into leadership and decision-making processes?
  • What are the ethical implications of AI and digital technologies in business?
  • How can businesses use AI to enhance creativity, efficiency, and innovation without sacrificing human values?

Focus Areas

  • AI-Driven Leadership: Exploring how AI can support leadership and decision-making without replacing human judgment.
  • Ethics in AI: Investigating the ethical considerations of AI, including bias, transparency, and accountability.
  • Digital Transformation: Examining how businesses can harness digital tools to drive innovation and operational efficiency.

Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship

This area focuses on how entrepreneurs and corporate intrapreneurs can develop innovative, sustainable ventures. We examine how entrepreneurial ecosystems can be cultivated within both startups and established organizations, emphasizing agility and human-centered design.

Key Research Questions

  • How can entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning?
  • What strategies help balance entrepreneurial risk with sustainable, long-term growth?
  • How can organizations support intrapreneurship to drive internal innovation?

Focus Areas

  • Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Examining how entrepreneurs can build ventures that prioritize long-term success and societal impact.
  • Corporate Intrapreneurship: Studying how organizations can create environments where internal innovation thrives.
  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Research into the systems and networks that support entrepreneurial success in various industries.

Transformational Leadership

Research in this area explores how leadership can drive change and foster innovation while maintaining a human-centered, mindful approach. We focus on strategies that enable leaders to navigate complexity and uncertainty in the digital age.

Key Research Questions

  • How can mindful leadership inspire long-term, sustainable change in organizations?
  • What leadership traits are most effective in driving innovation and organizational agility?
  • How do leaders balance human-centered leadership with technology-driven decision-making?

Focus Areas

  • Mindful Leadership: Research into leadership practices that emphasize mindfulness, empathy, and purpose in decision-making.
  • Leadership in the Digital Age: Exploring how digital transformation impacts leadership styles and strategies.
  • Adaptive Leadership: Investigating how leaders can remain flexible and responsive to rapid technological and market changes.