Alexandra Samuel

Alexandra Samuel is an authority on the digital workplace. A speaker and data journalist, she is the co-author of Remote, Inc: How To Thrive at Work….Wherever You Are (Harper Business, 2021) and the author of Work Smarter with Social Media (Harvard Business Review Press, 2015).

Alex's keynotes and trainings help organizations navigate the transition to the new hybrid workplace, which combines remote + office, and humans + AI.  Her writing on the workplace, business and technology appears frequently in The Wall Street Journal and The Harvard Business Review, and she is the AI columnist for JSTOR Daily.

The co-founder of groundbreaking digital agency Social Signal, Samuel creates data-driven flagship reports and workshops for companies like Google, Discovery and Sprinklr. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and works remotely from Vancouver, Canada.

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How to understand your own quirky brain—and recognize where it gives you a professional edge.What neurovariety means for your team, and how you and your colleagues can learn to recognize and appreciate the differences in how you think, perceive and communicate. How to choose the apps and AI tools that suit your unique working style, so that your work is easier and more enjoyable.Join a conversation about reinventing the workplace, and get insights that help you navigate this new world of work—so you have time for what matters most, including your life outside the office!

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Remote, Inc.

How to Thrive at Work...
Wherever You Are

by Robert C. Pozen & Alexandra Samuel

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,” and that entrepreneurial mindset will transform your experience of remote work.

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Work Smarter with Social Media

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.

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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.

ONLINE CLASS

Email Productivity:
Work Smarter with Your Inbox

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

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