On Collaboration, Seinfeld, and Chinese Food

Yeah, the three are intimately related.

May 26, 2021 1-min read

I spend way too much time thinking about Seinfeld, collaboration, and how the two collide.

To this end, it dawned upon me today that getting people to use Slack, Zoom, Teams, or another internal collaboration hub in lieu of email reminds me of this classic Seinfeld.

Simon Says: Use the fork.

We stick to our ways, even when far superior methods exist. Yeah, change is hard.

How Not to Start a Book On the Parallels Between Collaboration Hubs and Smartphones

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