# Phil Simon
> Phil Simon is a Notion and Claude geek, dynamic public speaker, award-winning author of 14 books, and founder of Racket Publishing.
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## Pages
- [Blog](https://www.philsimon.com/blog.md) - ​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 over 1,400 posts on low-code/no-code, the future of work, technology, platforms, communication, collaboration, AI, analytics, and other topics.
- [Book: Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.philsimon.com/book-low-code-no-code.md) - Phil Simon's 13th book explores how the future of business apps is more surprising and democratic than its past.
- [Book: The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/book-the-nine.md) - My magnum opus is an ambitious effort that explores the massive, irrevocable changes that are already approaching, why the workplace will never be the same, and what you can do to prepare for the inevitable. In 2024, it won two Axiom awards.
- [Book: The Visual Organization](https://www.philsimon.com/book-the-visual-organization.md) - We live in a world of Big Data, but far too few organizations and their employees are doing anything about it. My sixth book is the first to examine data visualization through the lens of extensive case studies.
- [Books](https://www.philsimon.com/books.md) - I have penned 14 non-fiction texts—five of which have won awards.
- [Home: Phil Simon](https://www.philsimon.com/phil-simon.md) - Phil Simon is a dynamic keynote speaker, lifelong geek, and the award-winning author of 14 books, most recently The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace.
- [Services: Notion Development](https://www.philsimon.com/services-notion-development.md) - I build bespoke systems that let companies, teams, departments, and groups solve problems and bring order to chaos. This page provides details on my philosophy, recent projects, and more.
- [Speaking: Client Praise](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-client-praise.md) - A few client plaudits about my speaking abilities.
- [Event Planners](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-event-planners.md) - A one-stop guide for conference and event organizers to ensure that the speaking gig goes smoothly as possible.
- [Speaking: In Action](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-in-action.md) - Dynamic talks on the future of work, communication, platforms, dataviz, analytics, trends, Big Data, and a bouillabaisse of other subjects.
- [Speaking: Popular Topics](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-popular-topics.md) - Popular Topics Dynamic, provocative, intelligent, and highly informative perspectives on today’s most critical business and technology issues. BOOK ME TO SPEAK 💬"Phil is able to distill the complex to more tactical and strategic thinking, making his presentations not only entertaining but also ope…
- [Speaking Topics: Citizen Developers and the Future of Software Development](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-citizen-developers-and-the-future-of-software-development.md) - Learn why the future of coding is no coding at all.
- [Speaking Topics: How to Fix Business Communication](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-how-to-fix-business-communication.md) - How we’re working just isn’t working.
- [Speaking Topics: Hybrid Project Management](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-hybrid-project-management.md) - A timely talk about how to handle the. complexities posed by the arrival of pervasive asynchronos work.
- [Speaking Topics: Proceed With Caution](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-proceed-with-caution.md) - Exploring the promise and peril of generative AI.
- [Speaking Topics: Reimagining Collaboration and the Future of Work](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-reimagining-collaboration.md) - In this timely talk based upon my award-winning book Reimagining Collaboration, I explain the massive communication and collaboration opportunity that COVID-19 presents to organizations—if they’re willing to embrace new tools and a new mind-set.
- [Speaking Topics: Successfully Adopting Microsoft Teams or Slack](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-successfully-adopting-microsoft-teams-or-slack.md) - A frank discussion on change management, adopting new tools, and overcoming resistance in the workplace.
- [Speaking Topics: The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-topics-the-nine.md) - Powerful and irrevocable are already reshaping the workplace. Learn how generative AI tools like ChatGPT, automation, blockchain, and other forces are reshaping the workplace.
- [Speaking: Webinars & Virtual Events](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking-webinars-virtual-events.md) - Organizations hire me to present highly personalized online content to their employees, customers, and prospects.
- [Speaking](https://www.philsimon.com/speaking.md) - I am a provocative, informative, and engaging keynote speaker. Over my career, I have riveted more than 40,000 people through more than 400 talks in eight countries on the future of work, collaboration, low-code/no-code, platforms, technology, analytics, Big Data, communication, and other topics.

## Posts
- [Parallels Between Ghostwriting and Notion Development](https://www.philsimon.com/parallels-notion-ghostwriting.md) - Thoughts about two ostensibily disparate services I provide.
- [Early Notion Worker Lessons](https://www.philsimon.com/early-notion-worker-lessons.md) - What I've learned noodling with this powerful new functionality.
- [The Acme of Tech Cluelessness](https://www.philsimon.com/tech-cluelessness.md) - A recent interaction with an ancient organization reminded me of a longstanding truism.
- [On AI, Automation, and Critical Thinking](https://www.philsimon.com/automation-critical-thinking.md) - Today's tools can build workable replacements, but always question their initial recommendations.
- [More Multimodal AI Adventures](https://www.philsimon.com/more-multimodal-ai-adventures.md) - Buoyed by my success in creating AI-generated audio files, I gave text-to-video a try.
- [Adventures in Multimodal AI](https://www.philsimon.com/adventures-in-multimodal-ai.md) - Thoughts on the transformative and unprecedented power of today's tools.
- [On Golf Clubs and AI Tools](https://www.philsimon.com/golf-clubs-and-ai-tools.md) - What should you do when a vendor's native features fail you and you despise manual work? Go to the bag.
- [Vibe Coding Band-Aids](https://www.philsimon.com/vibe-coding-band-aids.md) - Citizen developers can now access a powerful new tool when their existing applications don't work as expected.
- [No API? No Problem.](https://www.philsimon.com/no-api-no-problem.md) - Exploring a newish way that non-developers can use AI to efficiently answer complicated questions.
- [My Furniture Fiasco](https://www.philsimon.com/my-furniture-fiasco.md) - Enshittification is everywhere today, especially in customer service.
- [Which Software Vendors Will Survive the AI Disruption Tsunami?](https://www.philsimon.com/will-ai-kill-enterprise-systems.md) - Thoughts on the stickiness levels.
- [Thoughts on Zapier's Al Fluency Rubric](https://www.philsimon.com/thoughts-on-zapiers-al-fluency-rubric.md) - Impressive grids on employee expectations won't deliver results without proper employee training.
- [Two Claude Prompts for a Blurry World](https://www.philsimon.com/two-claude-prompts-for-a-blurry-world.md) - Tool demarcation is eroding. Ask AI a few early questions if you want to minimize rework.
- [Anthropic's New Feature Frenzy](https://www.philsimon.com/anthropic-new-feature-frenzy.md) - Can't keep up with the company's dizzying pace of innovation? Take some solace in the fact that you're hardly alone.
- [Claude: The Ultimate Utility Player](https://www.philsimon.com/claude-the-ultimate-utility-player.md) - My favorite AI tool helped me quickly solve four very different problems—all before 10 am one March morning.
- [A Simple Example of AI Agents in Action](https://www.philsimon.com/simple-ai-agent-example.md) - Powerful new tools make it easier than ever to overcome software vendors' deficiencies.
- [GoDaddy and Microsoft Failed Me. Then Came Claude.](https://www.philsimon.com/godaddy-and-microsoft-failed-me-claude.md) - Switching email hosting services neutered my intricate Outlook system. AI helped me find a new provider and reimagine how to prevent spam.
- [Multimodal Miscues](https://www.philsimon.com/ais-multimodal-miscues.md) - As my recent interactions with Gemini proved, newfangled AI chatbots continue to find fascinating ways to drop the ball.
- [Schwarzenegger's Titanic Appearance and Other Hallucinations](https://www.philsimon.com/schwarzenegger-hallucinations-titanic-ai.md) - A post on digital clones and AI's continued inability to separate fact from fiction.
- [Claude and Cardio](https://www.philsimon.com/claude-and-cardio.md) - Apple Health’s data visualizations are surprisingly basic, so I used AI to generate real insights into my workouts.
- [AI Agents: A Reality Check](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-agents-a-reality-check.md) - Are these autonomous actors ready for prime time? Let's look at some recent data.
- [On Claude Code and Stubbornness](https://www.philsimon.com/claude-code-and-stubbornness.md) - A few recent spam messages sent me down the agentic AI rabbit hole. The result: My first open-source GitHub repo.
- [The Evolution of Generative AI Use: A Look at the Data](https://www.philsimon.com/evolution-ai-use.md) - What the numbers tell us about how employees are using today's powerful new tools.
- [Life as an Analyst: Then and Now](https://www.philsimon.com/life-as-an-analyst-then-and-now.md) - A look at how the job has changed over my career.
- [Confidently Wrong](https://www.philsimon.com/confidently-wrong.md) - I asked Claude to evaluate my recent Claude Code activities. Its response infuriated me.
- [Looking for an Expert Tech Storyteller? Let's Chat.](https://www.philsimon.com/expert-tech-writer-available.md) - I'm searching for my next professional challenge.
- [The Enshittification of ChatGPT Begins Now](https://www.philsimon.com/enshittification-chatgpt.md) - Ads are just the beginning. It's a matter of when—not if—OpenAI's flagship product starts to suck.
- [The Enshittification of Tennis Viewing: An AI Infographic](https://www.philsimon.com/enshittification-tennis-viewing.md) - Explaining the madness that today's fans suffer when they try to watch a match.
- [Claude's Third Report Card](https://www.philsimon.com/claudes-third-report-card.md) - Did it bounce back from its first two substandard performances?
- [Proper Tools Optional: The AI Effect](https://www.philsimon.com/proper-tools-optional-the-ai-effect.md) - I examine how today's chatbots have closed the gap between product experts and citizen developers while dropping an early MTV reference.
- [Claude's Second Report Card](https://www.philsimon.com/claudes-second-report-card.md) - Could the powerful AI tool improve on its most recent performance?
- [An Easy Way to Keep Your Mac Apps Up to Date](https://www.philsimon.com/keep-your-mac-apps-up-to-date.md) - This app for your apps saves you time and minimizes the security risks that dated software poses.
- [I Asked Claude to Grade Its Recent Performance](https://www.philsimon.com/claude-performance.md) - The AI chatbot was refreshingly honest about its jaggedness.
- [AI Fails as a Seinfeld Fact-Checker](https://www.philsimon.com/mediocre-ai-fact-checking.md) - Large language models continue to hallucinate when quoting iconic TV shows.
- [Why I'm All In on Claude](https://www.philsimon.com/why-im-all-in-on-claude.md) - In my last post of the year, I make the case for backing this horse in the AI race.
- [The Case for Mundane AI](https://www.philsimon.com/the-case-for-mundane-ai.md) - Some of the most effective ways to use these newfangled tools are decidedly unsexy.
- [Email Is Not a System](https://www.philsimon.com/email-is-not-a-system.md) - A few thoughts on inertia and tech based on three decades in the trenches.
- [Solving the Notion Premature Notification Dilemma](https://www.philsimon.com/notion-premature-notification-dilemma.md) - Too soon? My new template solves a minor but nonetheless annoying database problem.
- [AI Giveth and Taketh Away](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-giveth-and-taketh-away.md) - I've seen oodles of statistics on AI this year, but one about productivity stands out.
- [Black Book Friday Sale](https://www.philsimon.com/black-book-friday-sale.md) - Time to pare down my excess book inventory.
- [The AI-Bayes Cocktail](https://www.philsimon.com/the-ai-bayes-cocktail.md) - A centuries-old mathematical formula and some new tech confirmed my hunch about a suspicious email.
- [AI Product Feature Amnesia](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-product-feature-amnesia.md) - A software vendor's not-so-smart companion does the unthinkable.
- [An Open Letter to Zoom Management](https://www.philsimon.com/open-letter-to-zoom-management.md) - The case to untangle today's most vexing and bloated Frankenstein app.
- [How AI Helps Me Understand My Author Royalty Statements](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-author-royalty-statements.md) - Thanks to today's tools, it's never been easier to derive insights from long, complicated PDFs and other unstructured data.
- [Superbloom](https://www.philsimon.com/superbloom.md) - A belated look at Nicholas Carr's timely new book.
- [How Not to Write Marketing Copy](https://www.philsimon.com/how-not-to-write-marketing-copy.md) - Revisiting the source of surprisingly toxic tech jargon and the perils of the single, bloated sentence.
- [Equal-Opportunity Hallucinator](https://www.philsimon.com/equal-opportunity-hallucinator.md) - Deloitte's irresponsible use of AI serves as a valuable and embarrassing reminder of its limitations.
- [A Case Study in No-Code Failure](https://www.philsimon.com/no-code-case-study-failure.md) - Tried-and-true organizational and human factors often cause new creations to falter.
- [On Employee Expenses, Lazy Managers, and AI Agents](https://www.philsimon.com/expenses-agents-lazy-managers.md) - Today's tech would have prevented a nasty dustup with my boss in 2000.
- [The AI Slop Paradox](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-slop-paradox.md) - Drivel is everywhere today, and the problem will only intensify. AI is both a cause and a solution.
- [AI Book Settlement Tracker](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-book-settlement-tracker.md) - This new Notion template lets authors track key information about their pirated works.
- [Maslow Revisited](https://www.philsimon.com/maslow-revisited.md) - Launching new AI features is all fine and dandy, but companies would do well to remember the basics.
- [Vibe Coding With Opal](https://www.philsimon.com/vibe-coding-opal.md) - Experiments with Google's new no-code app creator and why AI deniers are in for a wake-up call.
- [The Year's Laziest Marketing Email](https://www.philsimon.com/laziest-marketing-email.md) - If you're going to engage with potential customers, offer something other than a transparent, pathetic reminder that you exist.
- [Adiós, Algorithms. Hello, Email. Remember Me?](https://www.philsimon.com/adios-algorithms-hello-email.md) - My custom system for consuming information wasn't ideal. I solved the problem by reevaluating my relationship with my longtime foe.
- [The Flip Side of Forced System Migrations](https://www.philsimon.com/forced-system-migrations.md) - A sanguine post on the upside of tech change.
- [AI as an English-to-English Translator](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-english-to-english-translator.md) - Claude helped me solve a longstanding problem.
- [How I Use Notion](https://www.philsimon.com/how-i-use-notion.md) - The popular tool serves many simple purposes. Trust me, though. You're probably missing out on some less obvious ones.
- [Citation Sloths](https://www.philsimon.com/citation-sloths.md) - Quoting a stat in a post or video? Great. Respect your audience by bringing your receipts.
- [Battle of the LLMs](https://www.philsimon.com/battle-of-the-llms.md) - To answer a simple basketball question, I pitted Claude and ChatGPT-5 against each other. Let's see which tool won and what we can learn from the exercise.
- [ChatGPT-5 Still Makes Egregious Errors](https://www.philsimon.com/chatgpt-5-egregious-errors.md) - OpenAI's new model is supposed to represent an improvement over its predecessor. Maybe it is, but it's nowhere near perfect.
- [Moving From WordPress to Ghost: The Verdict](https://www.philsimon.com/ghost-wordpress-verdict.md) - The new content management system has rekindled my love of writing.
- [Will AI Make Us All Line Judges?](https://www.philsimon.com/will-ai-make-us-all-line-judges.md) - Not that long ago, the idea of a machine making tennis calls seemed far fetched. Now, thanks to a narrow form of AI, it's the norm.
- [The Nvidia Arrow](https://www.philsimon.com/the-nvidia-arrow.md) - What if we're looking at the relationship between company success and remote work wrong?
- [The AI Goldilocks Test](https://www.philsimon.com/the-ai-goldilocks-test.md) - Thoughts on the right way to use Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
- [One AI Tool, One Simple Question, Two Different Answers](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-answers.md) - A simple exercise undermines a fundamental, scary LLM limitation.
- [On Thermostats and AI Hallucinations](https://www.philsimon.com/on-thermostats-and-hallucinations.md) - A recent interaction with Claude left me profoundly perplexed.
- [The Forthcoming Wave of AI Mop-Up Jobs](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-mop-up.md) - Get your buckets ready. Plenty of rework is coming.
- [The Harold Baines AI Hallucination](https://www.philsimon.com/harold-baines.md) - A recent experiment only underscores the need to question LLMs' responses.
- [AI Dataviz Abominations](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-dataviz-abominations.md) - Claude knows a great many things, but it conveniently ignores the basics of creating simple charts.
- [AI's Promethean Moment](https://www.philsimon.com/ais-promethean-moment.md) - As a 2023 tragedy manifsted, we're not remotely prepared for what's here, never mind what's coming.
- [Lessons From My Accounting System's Sudden Crash](https://www.philsimon.com/accounting-accounting-fail.md) - A case study in how not to run a software company and the current limitations of AI.
- [Web Browsing Is About to Get Much More Interesting](https://www.philsimon.com/web-browsing-is-about-to-get-much-more-interesting.md) - Forget the marginal improvements we've seen over the past decade. Big changes are coming.
- [What Every Software Vendor Should Learn From This Glorious Ghost Alert](https://www.philsimon.com/glorious-ghost-alert.md) - Recent notifications from Google Gemini and Notion prove that they are generally a hot mess. There's hope, though: it's a fixable problem.
- [The Generative AI Tool That's Blowing My Mind](https://www.philsimon.com/the-generative-ai-tool-thats-blowing-my-mind.md) - Citizen developers' toolboxes just exploded. Arthur C. Clarke's words are ringing truer than ever.
- [I Asked AI How My Writing Has Evolved Since 2009. Here's What It Found.](https://www.philsimon.com/claude-ai-posts-discovery.md) - Claude weighs in on my nearly 1,500 blog my posts. Its findings were scary accurate.
- [How AI Eased My Recent Website Migration](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-ease-my-website-migration.md) - A long post about how our robot overlords saved me considerable time and money.
- [Why Most Niche Software Vendors Will Soon Perish](https://www.philsimon.com/why-most-niche-software-vendors-will-soon-perish.md) - AI is making many execs at smaller companies nervous. They should be.
- [20 Percent Off the Plus Plan](https://www.philsimon.com/20-percent-off-the-plus-plan.md) - A little promotion to celebrate the new site.
- [Moving Day](https://www.philsimon.com/the-next-chapter.md) - Some thoughts on where I'm taking my website—and what it means to you.
- [New Notion Template: Venture Capital & Investment Tracker](https://www.philsimon.com/notion-vc-investments.md) - A simple way to track investments, funding rounds, valuations, and much more.
- [AI's Continued Lack of Transparency and Consistency](https://www.philsimon.com/transparency-consistency.md) - Adventures in truly amazing, opaque software that makes basic errors.
- [The Joy of Diversification and New Endeavors](https://www.philsimon.com/joy.md) - I reflect on my decision to leave my teaching position and channel my inner Billy Beane.
- [Why You Should Read Ghostwriters' Previous Books Before Hiring Them](https://www.philsimon.com/ghostwriter.md) - Date before you get married.
- [New Notion Template: Manuscript Word-Count Tracker](https://www.philsimon.com/word-count-notion.md) - A simple way to track your progress as you write. Oh, and it's free.
- [The Better Collaboration Question](https://www.philsimon.com/better-collaboration.md) - A short post on a nuance of working together today.
- [Now Available: Two New Notion Templates](https://www.philsimon.com/new-notion-templates.md) - A detailed travel/packing tracker and a better notifications mousetrap are my latest creations.
- [October Tech Tips](https://www.philsimon.com/october-tech-tips.md) - A way to combat iPhone spam and some ways to save a few minutes every day.
- [Thank You for Spamming Me, Nobull](https://www.philsimon.com/nobull-spam.md) - The company's incessant spam made me make a long-overdue change.
- [Can AI Write in My Voice?](https://www.philsimon.com/can-ai-write-in-my-voice.md) - An experiment that conjures up images of teleported steak.
- [Now Available: New Speaking Gig Task Database](https://www.philsimon.com/new-speaking-gig-task-database.md) - I'm pleased to announce my fifth Notion product. Public speakers rejoice.
- [The Curiosity Dividend](https://www.philsimon.com/the-curiosity-dividend.md) - A post on the benefits of embracing the unknown.
- [Now Available: Custom Notion Development](https://www.philsimon.com/now-available-custom-notion-development.md) - Say goodbye to chaos-inducing spreadsheets and hello to a better way of life.
- [Now Available: Simple Notion CRM & Project Tracker](https://www.philsimon.com/simple-notion-crm.md) - I'm pleased to announce my second Notion product. Freelancers rejoice.
- [CrowdStrike Goes All Onion](https://www.philsimon.com/crowdstrike-goes-all-onion.md) - You just can’t make this stuff up.
- [The Case for a Regular Tech Audit](https://www.philsimon.com/tech-audit.md) - I'll take the benefits of curiosity over the costs of problem-solving.
- [The Miscellaneous Mindset](https://www.philsimon.com/the-miscellaneous-mindset.md) - A post on the benefits of not staying in your lane.
- [On AI, Psychedelics, and Spinal Tap](https://www.philsimon.com/psychedelics.md) - Maybe incoherent output isn't so worthless after all?
- [Three Freelancing Models](https://www.philsimon.com/three-freelancing-models.md) - Thoughts on a few ways to make a living for yourself.
- [Notion and Slack for ... Relationship Management?](https://www.philsimon.com/notion-slack-relationship-management.md) - Spreadsheets and group chats no longer cut it. The gap between work and personal applications is shrinking.
- [Does Writing a Book Resemble the Waterfall Method or Scrum? Yes.](https://www.philsimon.com/book-scrum.md) - A book is that rare breed of product that fuses two very different ways to build a mousetrap.
- [Episode 83: Slack at Scale With Ksenia Boyer](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-83-ksenia-boyer.md) - What's it like when a 23,000-person organization uses Slack? I was curious, so I had her on the show.
- [Meet RacketHub](https://www.philsimon.com/meet-rackethub.md) - Authors, coaches, ghostwriters, and publishers will benefit from Racket Publishing's insanely powerful, flexible, proven, and intuitive book management system.
- [Notion Formulas Based on Attachments](https://www.philsimon.com/notion-formulas-attachments.md) - Impossible? Think again.
- [Episode 82: A Personal Update](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-82-personal-update.md) - It's been a while since I've released an episode. Time for a quick update.
- [The Nine Wins Two Axiom Awards](https://www.philsimon.com/the-nine-wins-axiom-awards.md) - Some formal recognition on the new book.
- [Mac Power Hour](https://www.philsimon.com/mac-power-hour.md) - Sixty minutes with me will make you much more organized, productive, and sane while in front of your keyboard.
- [Tectonic Forces and Commerical Real Estate](https://www.philsimon.com/tectonic-forces-and-commerical-real-estate.md) - A fascinating 60 Minutes segment examines how some of The Nine are affecting offices.
- [Can AI Improve Atrocious Writing?](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-improve-atrocious-writing.md) - Yes, but that's the wrong question to ask.
- [The Dangerous Democratization of AI](https://www.philsimon.com/dangerous-democratization-ai.md) - Open-source software means many things—and some are downright terrifying.
- [The Amazon Coffee Rebellion](https://www.philsimon.com/amazon-coffee-rebellion.md) - It turns out that there's a ton of overlap between free joe and reinstating a booted CEO.
- [Department Names Don't Matter. Just Help Me.](https://www.philsimon.com/just-help-me.md) - More Apple issues are grinding my gears.
- [How Fancy Text Helps Me Identify Spam](https://www.philsimon.com/fancy-text-identify-spam.md) - Here's a simple way to weed out these bots and clowns.
- [On OpenAI and Employee Empowerment](https://www.philsimon.com/openai-and-employee-empowerment.md) - What happens when a dissatisfied board and a loyal workforce with white-hot skills collide? We're about to find out.
- [Speaker Sizzle Reel](https://www.philsimon.com/speaker-sizzle-reel.md) - Two minutes on what I offer to conference attendees and employees at private events.
- [Appearance on Turn the Lens](https://www.philsimon.com/turn-the-lens.md) - A wide-ranging chat about the new book.
- [The Notification Struggle Is Real](https://www.philsimon.com/notifications.md) - You'd think that receiving relevant in-app alerts would be easy—and you'd be wrong.
- [On AI, Priorities, and Product Development](https://www.philsimon.com/priorities.md) - Thoughts on ignoring a popular product's glaring weakness to pursue sexy new features.
- [Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace Wins 2023 NYC Big Book Award](https://www.philsimon.com/project-management-award.md) - Boom.
- [AI and Indolence](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-and-indolence.md) - A short post on spammers and laziness.
- [What I Really Want From AI](https://www.philsimon.com/what-i-really-want-from-ai.md) - In the name of all that is holy, can someone please invent a better computer diagnostic tool?
- [Not Just Hollywood: The Nine Are Coming for You, Too](https://www.philsimon.com/not-just-hollywood.md) - Thoughts on a few of the powerful forces colliding as we speak.
- [Outliers](https://www.philsimon.com/outliers.md) - Thoughts on parallels between emerging technologies from last decade and the WFH debate.
- [Why I'm All in on Notion](https://www.philsimon.com/why-im-all-in-on-notion.md) - Thoughts on my favorite no-code tool.
- [Power, Prestige TV, and Packages](https://www.philsimon.com/power-prestige-tv-packages.md) - The forces I describe in The Nine continue to collide. Get used to it.
- [Looking for My Next Ghostwriting Project](https://www.philsimon.com/next-ghostwriting-project.md) - Want to write a kick-ass book and need an experienced hand?
- [On Skiing, Spanish, and AI Hallucinations](https://www.philsimon.com/skiing-spanish-ai-hallucinations.md) - I put the buzzy new chatbot Claude to the test.
- [Episode 81: Build a Better Business Book With Josh Bernoff](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-81-josh-bernoff.md) - We unpack this exciting new book and how authors sometimes struggle with collaboration.
- [Overcoming FOBE and the Multi-Tool Problem](https://www.philsimon.com/overcoming-fobe.md) - You may use a variety of low-code/no-code apps. Think about ways to track them cohesively.
- [Low-Code Lessons From My Website Overhaul](https://www.philsimon.com/low-code-lessons-website-overhaul.md) - Thoughts on spaghetti architecture, citizen developers, subtraction, and simplicity.
- [Episode 80: Saying No With Dr. Vanessa Patrick](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-80-vanessa-patrick.md) - A chat with the author about priorities, being assertive, and how we collaborate with others.
- [AI Is Everywhere](https://www.philsimon.com/ai-is-everywhere.md) - The hype cycle is on overdrive.
- [Episode 79: No-Code in the Enteprise With Teresa Cintra](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-79-teresa-cintra.md) - A chat about the burgeoning citizen development movement.
- [Book Review: Wonder Boy](https://www.philsimon.com/book-review-wonder-boy.md) - A look at the life and times of one of the era's most ambitious entrepreneurs.
- [Forces Are Colliding](https://www.philsimon.com/forces-are-colliding.md) - Moonlighting in the age of AI.
- [Collaboration, AI, and the Long Game](https://www.philsimon.com/thoughts-on-large-language-models-ai.md) - Thoughts on giving people a pass.
- [The Nine: Audiobook Updates](https://www.philsimon.com/the-nine-audiobook-updates.md) - The last domino has fallen.
- [Employee Empowerment and Pity City](https://www.philsimon.com/employee-empowerment-and-pity-city.md) - Times have changed, but MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen never got the memo.
- [Publication of The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/publication-the-nine.md) - Book #14 is out.
- [Episode 78: The Empathy Advantage With Chris Shipley](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-78-chris-shipley.md) - Chris and I talk about a number of interesting work-related issues, including where we go from here.
- [Custom Editions of The Nine Available](https://www.philsimon.com/custom-editions-the-nine-available.md) - Reaching customers, prospects, and employees through a bespoke version of my new book.
- [Episode 77: Audio Excerpt From The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-77-audio-excerpt-from-the-nine.md) - Here are 13 minutes from my forthcoming book.
- [Excerpt From The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/excerpt-from-the-nine.md) - ChatGPT is all the rage, but generative AI is a powerful force. It is so much more than a single tool.
- [Reimagining Collaboration Wins Axiom Award](https://www.philsimon.com/reimagining-collaboration-axiom-award.md) - My 2020 book has taken home some additional hardware.
- [Trailer for The Nine](https://www.philsimon.com/trailer-for-the-nine.md) - What's my next book about in under two minutes? Watch to find out.
- [Episode 76: The Good Enough Job With Simone Stolzoff](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-76-simone-stolzoff.md) - I talk with the first-time author about his forthcoming book and how we can balance work and meaningful lives.
- [Can ChatGPT improve collaboration?](https://www.philsimon.com/can-chatgpt-improve-collaboration.md) - My head is spinning with possibilities.
- [Following the AI Money](https://www.philsimon.com/following-the-ai-money.md) - A tried-and-true rule of thumb suggests that big things are on the horizon.
- [From Big to Small](https://www.philsimon.com/from-big-to-small.md) - There's an interesting shift taking place in the labor market.
- [Why I Don't Write With ChatGPT](https://www.philsimon.com/why-i-dont-write-with-chatgpt.md) - Thoughts on the generative AI tool that's taking the world by storm.
- [Looking for Case Studies for My Next Book](https://www.philsimon.com/nine-case-studies.md) - Would you like to contribute to The Nine?
- [Announcing Book #14](https://www.philsimon.com/announcing-book-14.md) - Number 14 will look at a number of key forces that are already reshaping the workplace.
- [Korean and Chinese Translations of Low-Code/No-Code Coming](https://www.philsimon.com/korean-chinese-translations-of-low-code-no-code-coming.md) - I'm pleased to announce the two translations of my new book.
- [Episode 75: Citizen Development at Scale With Amtrak's Michael McCullough](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-75-michael-mccullough.md) - An interesting chat with a guy doing fascinating things in the low-code world.
- [On ChatGPT, Duplicability, and Citizen Development](https://www.philsimon.com/chatgpt-duplicability-citizen-development.md) - Thoughts on the AI tool that's all the rage today.
- [Is There a Difference Between Citizen Developers and Subject Matter Experts?](https://www.philsimon.com/subject-matter-experts-citizen-developers.md) - In this post, I answer this question.
- [On Amoeba and Notion](https://www.philsimon.com/on-amoeba-and-notion.md) - Low-code and no-code tools don't fall neatly into a single category.
- [Thoughts on Citizen Developers and Author Choices](https://www.philsimon.com/citizen-developers-and-author-choices.md) - Why I specifically avoided a few key topics in the new book.
- [Characteristics of the Modern Citizen Developer](https://www.philsimon.com/characteristics-of-the-modern-citizen-developer.md) - A quick infographic to answer Seinfeld's immortal question, Who are these people?
- [Excerpt From Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.philsimon.com/excerpt-low-code-no-code.md) - Enjoy Chapter 1 from my forthcoming opus.
- [Custom Editions of Low-Code/No-Code Available](https://www.philsimon.com/custom-editions-low-code-no-code.md) - Reaching customers, prospects, and employees through a bespoke version of my new book.
- [What's the Difference Between Low-Code and No-Code Tools?](https://www.philsimon.com/difference-between-low-code-and-no-code-tools.md) - A short video on essential definitions.
- [Episode 74: Audio Excerpt From Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-74.md) - Here's Chapter 1 of my new opus.
- [How to Switch LC/NC Vendors](https://www.philsimon.com/low-code-breakup.md) - Thoughts on saying goodbye to one and hello to another.
- [Episode 73: Building a No-Code Company With Jon Darbyshire](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-73-jon-darbyshire.md) - The SmartSuite CEO and co-founder pops by to talk about the industry, his company, and the future of low-code/no-code.
- [Publication of Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.philsimon.com/publication-low-code.md) - Book number 13 is now out. Boom.
- [The Virtuous Cycle of Citizen Developers](https://www.philsimon.com/virtuous-cycle-citizen-developers.md) - Growth begets further growth. It worked for Facebook, and it's working for citizen developers, too.
- [Episode 72: Making No-Code Happen With Chaya Gutnick and Avi Hercenberg](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-72-avi-hercenberg-chaya-gutnick.md) - I sit down with two experts for a bit of role-play.
- [Book Trailer for Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.philsimon.com/trailer-low-code-no-code.md) - What's the new book about in two minutes?
- [Kind of a Big Deal](https://www.philsimon.com/kind-of-a-big-deal.md) - Make no mistake: Low-code/no-code has arrived.
- [Low-Code/No-Code Table of Contents](https://www.philsimon.com/low-code-no-code-table-of-contents.md) - A high-level overview of the new opus.
- [Episode 71: Intelligent Automation With Josh Snow](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-71-josh-snow.md) - An interesting chat with an Aussie who automates and improves processes for a living.
- [Professional Scribes vs. Amateur Writers](https://www.philsimon.com/professional-scribes-vs-amateur-writers.md) - Thoughts on how these two groups approach the craft of penning a book.
- [Episode 70: Geeking Out in Notion With Jenny Blake](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-70-jenny-blake.md) - I think that I've found my sister from another mother. Is that a thing?
- [Looking to Profile a Few Citizen Developers for the New Book](https://www.philsimon.com/profile-citizen-developers.md) - If you're a power LC/NC user, we should talk.
- [Announcing My 13th Book](https://www.philsimon.com/13th-book-low-code.md) - Low-Code/No-Code: Citizen Developers and the Surprising Future of Business Applications drops in early November.
- [Episode 69: Next-Level Slack With Christine McHone](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-69-christine-mchone.md) - What does it mean to be Slack capability leader?
- [Episode 68: Covering the Workplace With Lizzy Lawrence](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-68-lizzy-lawrence.md) - The Protocol journalist joins me to talk about her fascinating beat.
- [Cluelessness in Virginia](https://www.philsimon.com/cluelessness-in-virginia.md) - The pendulum has swung towards employees. LinkedIn management understands as much, but one governor never got the memo.
- [Custom Editions of Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace Now Available](https://www.philsimon.com/custom-editions-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - Reaching customers, prospects, partners, and employees through a bespoke version of my new book.
- [Why Office Mandates—Even From Petulant Billionaires—Won't Fly](https://www.philsimon.com/office-mandates-musk.md) - Thoughts on Tesla, Twilio, and proximity bias.
- [Publication of Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/publication-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - Number 12 is now out. Boom.
- [Episode 67: Building a Second Brain With Tiago Forte](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-67-tiago-forte.md) - The author joins me to talk about a host of interesting subjects.
- [Episode 66: Project Leadership With Anh Dao Pham](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-66-anh-dao-pham.md) - The author joins me to talk about Agile methods, whether PMs are necessities, and how to personalize projects.
- [Episode 65: Audio Excerpt From Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-65-pmhw-excerpt.md) - Listen to a few chapters from my new book.
- [Excerpt From Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/excerpt-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - Here's a sneak peak from book #12.
- [Episode 64: Team-Level Agreements and How the Future Works With Brian Elliott](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-64-brian-elliott.md) - Brian's back to talk about his new book How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams To Do The Best Work of Their Lives.
- [Book Trailer for Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/trailer-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - It's not a TikTok video, but here's a quick twerk-free video explaining my new book.
- [Episode 63: Managing Multiple Projects With Elizabeth Harrin](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-63-elizabeth-harrin.md) - A chat about sushi and spaghetti—among other things.
- [Win a Copy of Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/contest-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - I'm only asking for an honest review and a little love on social media.
- [Pre-Order Signed Copies of Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.philsimon.com/pre-order-signed-copies-of-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - We'll go old school today.
- [Announcing My 12th Book](https://www.philsimon.com/12th-book.md) - 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.
- [Episode 62: Reimagining the Office With Sabine Ehm of Locatee](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-62-sabine-ehm.md) - What does the future office look like? I was excited to find out as well.
- [Episode 61: Becoming Superhuman With Lucas Miller](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-61-lucas-miller.md) - Biology, communication, and productivity are on the menu today with this impressive dude.
- [Episode 60: Collective Deep Work With Dr. Laura Giurge](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-60-laura-giurge.md) - A dynamic conversation with an über-dynamic individual.
- [Episode 59: Suddenly Hybrid With Karin Reed](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-59-karin-reed.md) - The smart cookie drops big-time tips over course of the show.
- [Adiós, Spotify.](https://www.philsimon.com/adios-spotify.md) - Thoughts on platform perversion, The Church Lady, and doing the right thing, consequences be damned.
- [On Calendly Etiquette](https://www.philsimon.com/calendly-etiquette.md) - When egos, tech, and the desire for efficiency collide.
- [Simon's Laws of Interorganizational Communication and Collaboration](https://www.philsimon.com/interorganizational-communication-collaboration.md) - Project charters are meaningless unless people, you know, actually follow them. Sadly, this isn't always the case.
- [Episode 58: Talking Lanes With Sway's Denise Brouder](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-58-denise-brouder.md) - A chat about the future of work, the creator economy, web3, and the importance of incessantly asking why, and more.
- [On Piano Teachers, Windows XP, and Aversion to Change](https://www.philsimon.com/piano-teachers-windows-xp-and-aversion-to-change.md) - A trip to the Genius Bar brought back some interesting memories.
- [Does Your Prospective Employer Truly Embrace Remote Work?](https://www.philsimon.com/remote-work-future-employer.md) - In which I offer unsolicited advice to applicants trying to separate fact from fiction.
- [Episode 57: Employee Surveys Reimagined With Noah Pusey of Ripple Analytics](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-57-noah-pusey.md) - An interesting discussion about performance reviews—something that we typically hate more than trips to our dentist.
- [The Case for a Transparent Hiring Process](https://www.philsimon.com/transparent-hiring-process.md) - 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](https://www.philsimon.com/what-cd-sales-future-work.md) - In which I drop a panoply of music references and liken the idea of returning to an office to a nearly obsolete product.
- [Episode 56: Intentionality With Dr. Sahar Yousef of Berkeley and Josh Zerkel of Asana](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-56-dr-sahar-yousef-josh-zerkel.md) - I've got two guests this week. Power in numbers, baby.
- [Work Visualized: Before and After Covid](https://www.philsimon.com/work-visualized.md) - My attempt to succinctly sum up the massive changes that have taken place.
- [The Case for Author Experiments](https://www.philsimon.com/the-case-for-author-experiments.md) - Stuck on a title, subtitle, and cover for your book? Let data show you the way. Oh, and I compare myself to Brad Pitt.
- [Episode 55: Beyond Simple Screen Sharing With Till Pieper](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-55-till-pieper.md) - The Co-Screen co-founder and CEO talks to me about SAP, Slack, and the problems that his company aims to solve.
- [The Reimagining Collaboration Keynote Visualized](https://www.philsimon.com/reimagining-collaboration-keynote-visualized.md) - A cool visual arrived in my inbox this morning. I wasn't displeased.
- [On Hybrid Work, Book Figures, and da Vinci](https://www.philsimon.com/hybrid-work-da-vinci.md) - Employer flexibility is on the rise—and I don't see that trend abating.
- [Slack Continues Its Assault on Multi-Tasking and Manual Work](https://www.philsimon.com/slack-multi-tasking.md) - No, yesterday's updates won't eliminate multi-tasking. Make no mistake, though: Users will spend less time toggling between and among disparate applications.
- [Episode 54: Everything Is Configurable With Nick Iovacchini](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-54-nick-iovacchini.md) - A chat with the KettleOS CEO about technology, culture, HR, and cloud computing, and other subjects.
- [Announcing My New Author Marketing Course](https://www.philsimon.com/new-author-marketing-course.md) - 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.](https://www.philsimon.com/shackles.md) - Dan Pink was right in 2009. He still is.
- [Episode 53: Indirect Influence With Vanessa Bohns](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-53-vanessa-bohns.md) - Think that you should skip that meeting even if you're going to keep quiet? Maybe you shouldn't.
- [Episode 52: Despotic Taylorism With Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-52-christopher-mims.md) - A fascinating chat about several Amazon, logistics, and other critical topics.
- [Why I Never Describe Myself as Results-Oriented](https://www.philsimon.com/results-oriented.md) - Call me persnickety, but this trite phrase really grinds my gears.
- [Russian Edition of Reimagining Collaboration Coming](https://www.philsimon.com/russian-edition-of-reimagining-collaboration-coming.md) - The first of what I hope will be many.
- [Special Edition: Lightwerks Keynote Revisited](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/special-edition-lightwerks.md) - Allow me to introduce...myself.
- [Thoughts on Consultant Certifications](https://www.philsimon.com/consultant-certifications.md) - Despite what many software vendors claim, they are neither necessary nor sufficient to deliver the goods.
- [On Blocks and the Future of Collaboration and Productivity](https://www.philsimon.com/blocks-productivity-future-collaboration.md) - Virtual LEGOS and more collaborative documents will make Google Docs look quaint by comparison.
- [Episode 52: Talking Teams With Matt Wade](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-52-matt-wade.md) - My brother from another mother joins me today.
- [Slack and Its Ilk Shine a Light on Organizational Problems. Be Thankful.](https://www.philsimon.com/slack-transparency-problems.md) - Internal collaboration hubs can quickly manifest thorny cultural issues. That's exactly why some leaders oppose them. Big mistake.
- [Episode 51: Collaboration Overload With Professor Rob Cross](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-51-rob-cross.md) - The Babson professor explains why we waste so much time collaborating and how improve the way we work. You know, little things.
- [How Author Indecision Leads to Missed Opportunities](https://www.philsimon.com/authors-books-indecision.md) - Thoughts on the downsides of dithering while writing a topical business book—or paying someone to do it for you.
- [My Favorite Resources on the Future of Work](https://www.philsimon.com/future-of-work-resources.md) - How I stay current on this fascinating topic.
- [Episode 50: A Flux Mind-Set With April Rinne](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-50-april-rinne.md) - Change is on the docket today. Lots of change.
- [On Collaboration Tools, Interview Litmus Tests, and Higher Education](https://www.philsimon.com/higher-education-collaboration.md) - Flip the script and interview the interviewers.
- [Episode 49: The Challenges of Hybrid Work With Dr. Peter Cappelli](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-49-peter-cappelli.md) - Think that it's easy? Think again.
- [Solving Tool Overload and the Search Dilemma](https://www.philsimon.com/tool-overload.md) - More tech isn't the solution. Pick a lane and stay in it.
- [Thoughts on Slack Clips](https://www.philsimon.com/thoughts-on-slack-clips.md) - Another valuable edition—and feature that makes the comparison to e-mail even more absurd.
- [Episode 48: The Remote Oracle With Darren Murph of Gitlab](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-48-darren-murph.md) - Dude. Is. Smart.
- [Zillow, Location, and the Beginning of the End of Compensating Wage Differentials?](https://www.philsimon.com/zillow-location.md) - I dust off my old HR hat in today's post and drop a reference from The Wire.
- [Episode 47: The Whole-Person Workplace With Scott Behson](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-47-scott-behson.md) - The pandemic represents an opportunity for organizations for their employees.
- [Episode 46: The Collaborative Nature of Marketing With John Jantsch](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-46-john-jantsch.md) - Think that it's a solo act? Think again.
- [A Business Novel?](https://www.philsimon.com/a-business-novel.md) - Let me know if this direction is worth pursuing by voting in a quick poll.
- [The world of work isn’t returning to its pre-Covid state. Why should your tech?](https://www.philsimon.com/tech-pre-covid-state.md) - Yeah, we want things to return to normal. Tech-wise, however, that mind-set is a mistake.
- [Episode 45: Stories and Videos With Voodle CEO Forest Key](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-45-forest-key.md) - Why enterprise tech will soon be stealing from its consumer counterpart.
- [Episode 44: The Intersection of Design and Collaboration With Ring Central's Michael Peachey](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-44-michael-peachey.md) - I chat with a smart and humble dude.
- [Episode 43: Bridging the IT-Business Divide With Chris Fenning](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-43-chris-fenning.md) - Why it's essential to think about communication in non-binary terms.
- [How One Company Reimagined Collaboration](https://www.philsimon.com/how-one-company-reimagined-collaboration.md) - A simple—yet brilliant—strategy to tame notifications.
- [Episode 42: Chartering a New Future With Erin Grau](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-42-erin-grau.md) - Thoughts on a range of interesting topics.
- [Episode 41: Debugging People With Tandem CEO Rajiv Ayyangar](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-41-rajiv-ayyangar.md) - A thoughtful chat about productivity, presence, and Britney.
- [Reimagining Collaboration 10-Packs Available](https://www.philsimon.com/reimagining-collaboration-10-packs-available.md) - Get ten copies of the book for $100.
- [Episode 40: The Future Office With Chris Good](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-40-chris-good.md) - They days of cubicles and prosaic workplaces may be coming to an end.
- [Why I Don't Offer Turnkey Consulting Arrangements](https://www.philsimon.com/turnkey-consulting-arrangements.md) - Foolish is the soul who believes that successful change management involves a cookie-cutter approach.
- [Episode 39: Organizational Improv With Coonoor Behal](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-39-coonoor-behal.md) - We're pretty much all over the place in today's show.
- [Episode 38: Amazon Unbound With Brad Stone](https://www.philsimon.com/podcast/episode-38-brad-stone.md) - A fascinating chat with the author of two bestselling books on the company.

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