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Phil Simon

Arizona
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Covers:  WFH, Zoom, Slack, collaboration, apple, platforms, it business management, small business, big data, communications, business news, business technology, publishing, disruption,
Dynamic keynote speaker, tech & collaboration guru, & 14-time author. The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace is out now.

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Phil Simon’s Biography

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Phil Simon is a frequent keynote speaker, recognized technology authority, and college professor-for-hire. He is the award-winning author of ten books, most recently Slack For Dummies and Zoom For Dummies. He consults organizations on matters related to communications, strategy, data, and technology. His contributions have appeared in The Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and many other sites.

Phil Simon’s Journalist Portfolio

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Why Big Data In The Enterprise Is Mostly Lip Service - InformationWeek

Why Big Data In The Enterprise Is Mostly Lip Service - InformationWeek

These days, it's not hard to find surveys, polls, and reports saying that "most" organizations are embracing …

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4 Ways to Embrace Big Data

4 Ways to Embrace Big Data

Here's a handful of useful tools to collect the kind of data you need to make better business decisions.

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CNBC Appearance on Big Data Download

CNBC Appearance on Big Data Download

On April 9th of 2013, I appeared the CNBC/Yahoo! Finance show Big Data Download. I spoke about Big Data, heal…

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The next big thing in 'big data' jobs: Dataviz

The next big thing in 'big data' jobs: Dataviz

Short for data visualization, it's the art (and science) of putting numbers into graphics that are easy to un…

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The next big thing in 'big data' jobs: Dataviz

The next big thing in 'big data' jobs: Dataviz

Short for data visualization, it's the art (and science) of putting numbers into graphics that are easy to un…

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The Visual Organization - New book by Phil Simon | ZDNet

The Visual Organization - New book by Phil Simon | ZDNet

Summary: It's not enough for firms to create competencies around big data and data science. Organizations mus…

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Why All Authors Should Try Notion

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By Phil Simon, Jane Friedman
| Jane Friedman
Today’s post is by author and workplace collaboration expert Phil Simon. If I’ve learned anything about authors and publishing professionals over the past 17 years, it’s that exhibit astonishing loyalty to their favorite tools. For example, Scrivener aficionados swear that they’ll never revert to Microsoft Word. Try getting a professional designer today to swap out Adobe InDesign for QuarkXPress. See how that goes. I understand authors’ loyalty to their tried-and-true tools.
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How will AI impact work? 4 questions we should be asking

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By Phil Simon
| MSN Verified
The current labor market is, in a word, weird. Announcements of mass layoffs seem to come daily, especially from tech companies. Demand for US tech jobs isn’t abating, though. Oh, and then there’s the elephant in the room: All of this is happening against a backdrop of AI that began last November with the launch of ChatGPT. Will generative AI affect employee empowerment and dispersed workforces?
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How will AI impact work? 4 questions we should be asking

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By Phil Simon
| MSN Verified
The current labor market is, in a word, weird. Announcements of mass layoffs seem to come daily, especially from tech companies. Demand for US tech jobs isn’t abating, though. Oh, and then there’s the elephant in the room: All of this is happening against a backdrop of AI that began last November with the launch of ChatGPT. Will generative AI affect employee empowerment and dispersed workforces?
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, a million years ago.

How is social media changing news?

Everyone is becoming a journalist, in a way. Still, there's a great deal to be said for those with proper writing and journalistic skills.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

MacBook Pro, WordPress, social networks, MS Word.