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Put Simplify to work
You have the book by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz. Here are three ways to use it, from the AI prompts in its pages to coach-led training for your team.
Three ways to start
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Get the Simplify Prompts
16 AI prompts from the book. Paste one into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot and it finds what to cut from your week.
Learn about our trainings
Coach-led sessions that take a whole team through Confront, Delete and Amplify together.
The Simplify AI prompts
Start with the prompts
Each of the 16 prompts turns one idea from Simplify into an instruction for the assistant you already use.
Why it matters: Most AI adds to the pile. These prompts ask it what you can stop doing.
Confront
5 promptsSee where your time really goes.
Delete
4 promptsCut the meetings, email and reports that never should have reached you.
Amplify
2 promptsFind the work only you can do and hand off the rest.
Create
4 promptsSpend the time you get back on better ideas.
Plus one you save once, which questions every new commitment before it reaches your calendar.
Get all 16 promptsOne is open to try before you share your email.
Simplify training
Bring Simplify to your team
Our coaches take teams through the same Confront, Delete, Amplify method the book teaches, in three formats.
The big picture: Reading alone changes one calendar. Training gives a whole team a shared way to decide what is worth doing.
Program 1
Simplify Fundamentals
60 minutesUp to 100 attendeesIntroduce the basics of a Simplify mindset to everyone in one session.
Best for: A whole organization at once
- Attendees bring last week's calendar
- Quoted per session, not per person
Program 2
Simplify Workshop
2.5 hoursUp to 15 attendeesYour team leaves with aligned priorities and a kill list.
Best for: One team that needs to align
- Two weeks out, attendees send us their top three priorities
- One week out, a 30-minute prep call with the team leader
Program 3
Simplify for Management
Two-day bootcampUp to 15 attendeesManagers learn to run leaner, more focused teams.
Best for: Managers running teams
- Four modules: time, talent, feedback and communications
- Built on the same Confront, Delete, Amplify method
Each program is quoted per session, not per person.
How it starts
Three steps take your team from the book to a session with our coaches.
Tell us about your team
Share your team's size and what it is working on through our Talk to us page.
Get a recommendation and a quote
We match one of the three programs to your team and send a quote per session.
Your coaches run it
The Workshop starts two weeks out, when attendees send their top three priorities.
Team and bulk orders
Copies that come with the authors
Team orders start at 25 copies. Larger orders add live sessions with Jim, Mike and Roy.
25+ copies
Bulk pricingVolume pricing for team reads, onboarding programs and leadership development.
50+ copies
Plus a virtual briefingA virtual briefing call with one author. Jim, Mike or Roy applies the Simplify framework to your organization's challenges.
250+ copies
Plus all three authorsAll three authors join a virtual session with your team for a deep-dive Simplify workshop tailored to your organization.
500+ copies
Plus an in-person session1 or more authors come to you for an in-person session with your leadership team. Travel costs are the responsibility of the purchasing organization.
To ask about bulk orders or speaking opportunities, email simplify@axios.com.
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Our coaches have run Smart Brevity programs for bp, J&J MedTech, CSX, Yahoo! and Combe.
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