PHIL SIMON
Phil Simon
We’ll go old school today.
Category: Project Management
“Most of the work of project management is correctly prioritizing things and leading the team in carrying them out.”
—Scott Berkun
Category: Project Management
Announcing My 12th Book
We never managed projects all that well when we worked in the same place at the same time. Remote and hybrid workplaces make things even more challenging. Fortunately, we can take steps to improve our batting averages.
Simon’s Laws of Interorganizational Communication and Collaboration
Project charters are meaningless unless people, you know, actually follow them. Sadly, this isn’t always the case.
On Blocks and the Future of Collaboration and Productivity
Virtual LEGOS and more collaborative documents will make Google Docs look quaint by comparison.
How Author Indecision Leads to Missed Opportunities
Thoughts on the downsides of dithering while writing a topical business book—or paying someone to do it for you.
Three Challenges That I’ve Faced as a Writer
Being a professional scribe isn’t all puppy dogs and ice cream.
Using Slack to Ghostwrite a Book: A Case Study
Add a few apps and make the flexible collaboration hub is ideal for this type of project.
Thoughts on the Hertz Debacle
$32M doesn’t get you what you think when you hire large consulting firms.
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of Why New Systems Fail
A decade ago, my first book hit the shelves.
Reflections on Supervising More Than 100 Capstone Projects
Thoughts on some of my students’ best work.