John Simons

Partner @BrunswickGroup
Previously @TIME, @WSJ, @AP, @FortuneMagazine,
@BlackEnterprise @USNews @NewAmerica

Proficient in Word

[Te-Ping Chen @tepingchen]

1/ Last month, my editor suggested I look into a piece on loneliness at work. The story is out today, and I hope you’ll read. After dozens of conversations with workers, companies & social scientists, here’s what I found:

[Northeastern CAMD @NU_CAMD]

@NUjournalism @thinksimons More: https://t.co/99kJ1vE2Ob

[TIME @TIME]

Capitalism and humanitarianism can coexist. Chobani's CEO is trying to prove it
https://t.co/YXmsw7lR87

[TIME @TIME]

“There are a lot of myths and misconceptions out there. But the fact is, we are growing."

Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness has beef with how the media portrays plant-based meat

https://t.co/aBRcXulDYe

[TIME @TIME]

Employers are increasingly giving workers phony job promotions to avoid paying overtime wages, according to new research https://t.co/LGyIf5u0MC

[John Simons @thinksimons]

Now that “woke” is a naughty four-letter word in business circles, here’s hoping that morality, fairness, inclusion, sustainability and human decency never go out of style… My thoughts on that @TIME.

https://t.co/FdR6rK1mL5

[John Simons @thinksimons]

DeGea would’ve stopped that!

[TIME @TIME]

"I hope Bob Iger has one foot out the door."

@abigaildisney spoke to TIME after Disney, the company her grandfather co-founded, replaced chief executive Bob Chapek with his predecessor Bob Iger https://t.co/7qEPfvjk3O

[John Simons @thinksimons]

Meet the other billionaire who's hellbent on fixing social media... from @andrewrchow https://t.co/ooVI9kxQLn

[TIME @TIME]

A slew of pay transparency laws across the country can help you negotiate for higher pay https://t.co/yj8gudL57L

[TIME @TIME]

The White House is cracking down on so-called “junk” fees from banks, airlines, cable companies, and other entities. Here's what that means for you https://t.co/T6F3YwDio5

[John Simons @thinksimons]

BREAKING: Twitter employees fire back against @elonmusk 's plan to oust 75% of the company's staff. @billyperrigo has the EXCLUSIVE @TIME ! https://t.co/OEGxWtWkre

[Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo]

New: Colombian official says the labor ministry will open an investigation into issues raised by outsourced TikTok moderators in a joint investigation between @TBIJ and @TIME.

"New ways of working bring new forms of exploitation [that] many of our young people are subjected to."

[John Simons @thinksimons]

Thanks to @TBIJ for teaming up with @TIME for this look at what it's like to be a poorly paid content moderator powering TikTok's rapid rise. Great work from @niamh_mcintyre @_RosieBradbury & @billyperrigo https://t.co/Q5mxW9ybnq

[TIME @TIME]

"Institutions and policymakers like to take action. Sometimes, the best action is no action. There is still time to halt the onward rush. Pulling back from an outmoded script will at least avoid further damage," writes Zachary Karabell https://t.co/SPqozEazWd

[Next Big Thing @NBTadventure]

This, this, this all the way: "I want people to be able to go see the world, to write the book, to go to culinary school AND work for us! The only way to bring back more of you is to give you your life back." - Mai Ton #CharterSummit @charterworks

[TIME @TIME]

Watch: "I believe that algorithms will appear over the next five or so years that will allow you to stitch together very, very bad viruses."

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares his biggest tech concerns at the TIME100 Leadership Forum in Singapore https://t.co/VkhTonVtlH

[John Simons @thinksimons]

Business closures, 10 days of mourning, and Queen Elizabeth II's funeral put the U.K. economy out of commission at a really bad time, writes @RealConstable @TIME https://t.co/kNHpkjiJcm

[John Simons @thinksimons]

.@AlanaSemuels reports! Apologies to both @alana and @AlanaSemuels! Where's that Twitter edit button???!!!

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What they were promised: high-paying tech jobs
What they got: Sub-standard training and lots of debt
And none of these students qualify for Biden’s loan forgiveness plan, @Alana reports @TIME https://t.co/jWhF4kcvCf

[John Simons @thinksimons]

What they were promised: high-paying tech jobs
What they got: Sub-standard training and lots of debt
And none of these students qualify for Biden’s loan forgiveness plan, @Alana reports @TIME https://t.co/jWhF4kcvCf