PHIL SIMON
Thoughts on what you’re communicating to prospective employers.
Posts Tagged as: Jargon
Posts Tagged as: Jargon
Celebrating the Four-Year Anniversary of The Age of the Platform
Reflecting on the book that put me on the map.
How to Use Data to Evade Questions
AirBNB co-founder Brian Chesky’s master spin class.
7 Rules for Fixing Business Communication
Highlights from my talk at Collabosphere 2015.
Why Jargon Has Prevailed
Thoughts on consultants, MBAs, and the management “scientists.”
Advice to Startups: Stop Using the Word ‘Platform.’ Please.
Why simplicity and questions are far better stratagems.
Worth Magazine Message Not Received Feature
A nice one-pager on my new book.
Cross-Platform Data-Driven Mobile Blah Blah Blah
Do you understand what this company does? Me neither.
Jargon and the End of AOL
Surely there has to be a better, clearer way to announce this.
Communication Failures at the Collision Conference
It’s obvious that most technology professionals have a long ways to go.
What Is Jargon?
A 90-second video on what constitutes confusing language.
How to Speak Data to the Data-Challenged
Tips on communicating to everyday people without confusing them.
Mobile Security: Necessary but Insufficient
Manufacturers that want to move phones have to emphasize more than safety.
On Language and Reorganizations
I’ve seen worse jargon in my day, but this is near the top of the list.
Travails of a Technology Consultant #5: Scope Creep
Meet the clueless PM.