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.
Trends
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Technology and Unemployment
How are the two related?
Technology
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My Second IT Education
You learn so much by working with smart people.
Technology
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When It's Time to Abandon Ship
Why it's tough to get away from old standbys.
Communication
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Three Ways to Get a Rush From Your Writing
Check out my Men With Pens' guest post.
Consulting
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Mark McGwire, Project Management, and Coming Clean
Why don't people just fess up when caught?
Communication
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The Future of Reading, Part II
Next generation eReaders will be here sooner than later.
Consulting
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Disposable Workers, Newton's Third Law, and the Lock Down
Don't wait until the last minute to extend consultants and other key non-employees.
Communication
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Five Simple Cures for Writer's Block
In my last post of the year, I offer five simple solutions for the writer's biggest headache.
Communication
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Kranzberg Revisited: Too Much Technology?
I ask a series of questions about the actual and normative limits of technology.
Social Media
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When Business Intelligence and Social Networking Unite
The confluence between a relatively new technology and a more established one (BI).
Book Reviews
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Googled by Ken Auletta
This book challenges core assumptions held by so many and asks troubling questions about all things digital.
Book Reviews
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Eating the Dinosaur
My take on this a collection of twelve disparate essays about a wide range of topics.
Social Media
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My Social Media Experiment
Fed up with my recurrent VOIP problems, I have decided to take Comcast to task.
Publishing
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The Big Lebowski and the State of Book Publishing
Old Guard media institutions have been slow to embrace the digital age.
Social Media
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2009: A Year of Tensions and Technology
I can't help but be a little frightened about the implications of these stories.
Consulting
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Can Consultants Lead?
Three viewpoints on an interesting subject.
Consulting
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The Practice Mentality
Denial is a better way of getting through another day.
Consulting
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When Consultants Attack ... Other Consultants
Itβs unfortunate when consultants bicker. Read about why this still happens.