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COMING SOON Working Neurosmart How to Work the Way You’re Wired to Find Focus and Feel Fulfilled A transformative guide to thriving at work in the AI era, revealing how to unlock your potential by working with your brain—not against it. Simon Acumen · April 6, 2027 Learn more
Insight from the expert that top business publications turn to for practical, engaging AI advice.
You can tap the power of AI while holding onto your humanity.
That's the message of Alexandra's regular AI features in The Wall Street Journal and The Harvard Business Review—and it's why audiences find her AI talks hopeful, encouraging and clear-eyed about the risks ahead.
From the big picture of what AI means for your organization to the practical steps that can move you forward today, Alex connects the opportunity of creating a new kind of workplace to the immediate challenge of learning a new way to work.
Which means she can point your organization to where the value is right now—and help you chart a course for the future. That future can include everything from making breakthroughs in your team's collaboration practices, to dramatically improving the well-being and satisfaction of every employee.
A Harvard-trained social scientist, technologist and journalist, Alexandra combines rigorous research with a practical and engaging approach to the latest developments in workplace AI.
She has helped leaders navigate the biggest workplace and technology transitions of the past two decades, from the rise of social media to the shift to hybrid and remote work.
Let Alexandra take you inside the AI transformations she shares with her audiences in The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. Connect with her today to help your organization navigate the biggest workplace transition of our lifetimes.
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ME + VIV
A NEW AI PODCAST FROM TVO
When technology journalist Alexandra Samuel found herself at a crossroads in life and work, she turned to—what else?—technology for answers. Me+Viv tells that story through the surprisingly human relationship between Alex and her custom AI assistant, Viv—equal parts coach, collaborator, and imaginary friend.
Me+Viv is now available from TVO podcasts, produced by Antica Productions.
Get all the subscription details at TVO podcasts.
Alex's books
Remote, Inc.
From Harper Business
You can thrive and excel when you’re working remotely, if you adopt the mindset, habits and tech tools of professionals who are even more productive outside the office. Learn to think like a business of one: the entrepreneurial mindset that will transform your experience of remote work.
Work Smarter with Social Media
From Harvard Business Press
From managing email to building a social media presence, making smart use of technology is essential to professional success in a digital world. But using all these tools can quickly lead to digital overload. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll find out how to use the social web to achieve your professional goals—without letting it overwhelm you.
Featured Clippings
How to be agents who use new AI tools, rather than subjects manipulated by them.Unlike with other tech tools, working with generative AI is closer to collaborating with humans. Here's how to treat ChatGPT as a colleague — and when not to.Offices are re-opening—which means it's time for managers to rethink their approach to remote work. This story takes business leaders through their key decisions in the months ahead.
Learn with Alex
Remote Work Foundations
LINKEDIN LEARNING
How do you support employees who are struggling to make the most of remote or hybrid work?
How do you help the people who joined your team after the pandemic transition, or who never got trained on the ins and outs of remote work?
How can you fine-tune your own remote work experience so that it feels sustainable and satisfying, rather than improvised?
Remote Work Foundations offers a practical, engaging way to level up your remote experience, or support your remote employees.
Work Smarter with Your Inbox
SkillShare
Join me for this 40-minute online Skillshare class, where I share my step-by-step process to handle email efficiently and effectively. Stop spending time in your inbox and start spending time on the things that matter. You’ll learn how to:
- Use automated filters to make your email work for you
- Create a flexible folder system to stay organized
- Integrate your new email system into your existing workflow
Check it out today and get 3 months of free access to Skillshare's premium content by following this sign-up link.