Phil Simon
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I am much more of a fox than a hedgehog. No, I don’t blog every day, but it’s fair to say that I’m pretty prolific. On this site, you’ll find a boatload of posts on low-code/no-code, the future of work, higher education, technology, platforms, communication, collaboration, analytics, and other topics. They generally fall into the following buckets: insights, provocations, musings, predictions, and rants. I write more about big ideas than listicles and snackable content. I inject humor often into my posts and freakin’ despise jargon. Click here to see an interactive word cloud and treemap of my posts’ tags.
The Case for a Transparent Hiring Process
In my first post of the new year, I chime in with thoughts on how one can serve as a critical point of differentiation in the war for talent.
What CD Sales Teach Us About the Future of Work
In which I drop a panoply of music references and liken the idea of returning to an office to a nearly obsolete product.
Work Visualized: Before and After Covid
My attempt to succinctly sum up the massive changes that have taken place.
The Case for Author Experiments
Stuck on a title, subtitle, and cover for your book? Let data show you the way. Oh, and I compare myself to Brad Pitt.
The Reimagining Collaboration Keynote Visualized
A cool visual arrived in my inbox this morning. I wasn’t displeased.
On Hybrid Work, Book Figures, and da Vinci
Employer flexibility is on the rise—and I don’t see that trend abating.
Slack Continues Its Assault on Multi-Tasking and Manual Work
No, yesterday’s updates won’t eliminate multi-tasking. Make no mistake, though: Users will spend less time toggling between and among disparate applications.
Announcing My New Author Marketing Course
In The Author Flywheel, I open up my book of author hacks developed and refined over the past twelve years.
The Teaching Shackles Are Off. It Feels Amazing.
Dan Pink was right in 2009. He still is.
Why I Never Describe Myself as Results-Oriented
Call me persnickety, but this trite phrase really grinds my gears.