Phil Simon is probably the world's leading independent expert on workplace collaboration and tech. He is a frequent keynote speaker and the award-winning author of 14 books, most recently The Nine.
Communication
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Worth Magazine Message Not Received Feature
A nice one-pager on my new book.
Dataviz
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Disruption Visualized
An amazing and interactive graphic on how things change.
Big Data
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Big Data: Necessitating New Partnerships in New Media
The trend is unmistakeable.
Big Data
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Partners Can't Do It Alone: The Case for Removing Internal Obstacles
A few obstructionists in key places can derail even the most promising new tools, projects, and products.
Communication
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Cross-Platform Data-Driven Mobile Blah Blah Blah
Do you understand what this company does? Me neither.
Big Data
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A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part II
Don't see a documented case study? Big red flag.
Communication
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Jargon and the End of AOL
Surely there has to be a better, clearer way to announce this.
Announcements
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Too Big to Ignore: Chinese Version
Breaking through in Asia.
Communication
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Communication Failures at the Collision Conference
It's obvious that most technology professionals have a long ways to go.
Communication
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My MIT Sloan Management Review Interview
Are you part of the e-mail problem?
Communication
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A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part I
Thoughts on applying greater rigor during the vendor-selection process.
Faves
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The Long Term Has Never Been Shorter
Why we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Faves
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The First Rule of Platforms
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Platforms
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Marketplaces Are Not Platforms
Branding alone doesn't make it so.
Platforms
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Yahoo's Platform Problem
Unlike the Gang of Four, zero innovation comes from the outside.
Big Data
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Big Data: Preventing Big Failures
Thoughts on avoiding the pitfalls of traditional IT projects.
Book Reviews
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
A look at Jon Ronson's excellent new book.
Communication
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Recognizing My E-Mail Addiction
Explaining the project on which someone called me out on my e-mail torrents.