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# On Collaboration, Seinfeld, and Chinese Food
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/collaboration-seinfeld/
- Published: 2021-05-26T22:20:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-01T20:36:27.000Z
- Description: Yeah, the three are intimately related.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Collaboration, Future of Work, Microsoft Teams, Reimagining Collaboration, Seinfeld, Slack, Zoom

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](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/communication/slack-and-change-management/).