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# Postal Vision 2020 Panel
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/postal-vision-2020-panel/
- Published: 2012-07-17T18:59:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-20T21:04:26.000Z
- Description: An interesting chat with Marshall Van Alstyne, Syed Hoda, Larry Weber, and Jeff Jarvis.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Platforms, The Age of the Platform, Video

I recently participated on a 47-minute panel at Postal Vision 2020 with Marshall Van Alstyne, Syed Hoda, Larry Weber, and Jeff Jarvis. The topic: how the USPS can embrace platform thinking. It's a lively discussion with some pretty smart cookies.

- Panel starts: 8 minutes in
- Q&A starts: 25:30 in. (Jeff says that he's playing Oprah, but he gives off a distinctly Donohue-type vibe.)

My favorite part occurs at the very end when Jeff refers to me as Dr. Platform. Maybe I'm learning something about branding after all.

Video courtesy of [Ursa Major Associates](https://www.ursamajorassociates.com/?ref=philsimon.com), copyright 2012.