How to Simplify: Beat Complexity and Focus on What Matters

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 •
1-2 p.m. ET
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Executive Communications • Employee Communications • Internal Communications • HR Communications • Corporate Culture • Strategic Communications • Employee Engagement

AI is speeding up the pace of work — and the pile of tasks, meetings and reports that comes with it. “Workslop,” the busywork that creates motion without value, existed before AI. Now it’s growing faster. Communicators feel this twice: in their own workloads and in the volume of messages, meetings and recaps they set for everyone else. To simplify at scale, an organization needs a shared way of thinking about radical simplicity.

Join us on Dec. 2 for this FREE webinar where Axios HQ’s SVP of Smart Brevity, Jason Tomassini, and head of communications services, Uzra Khan, will share lessons from “Simplify,” the recent book by Axios founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz. You’ll learn how to simplify your own work — and how your organization works — as AI accelerates complexity.

They’ll cover how to:

  • Understand why organizational complexity happens and what it costs, backed by data and research.
  • Apply the Confront, Delete, Amplify framework to cut what doesn’t matter and protect time for what does.
  • Use AI as your Chief Simplicity Officer to audit meetings and challenge new commitments before you take them on.
  • Learn from case studies of leading organizations that have simplified how they work.
  • And much more.

Bonus Takeaway:

  • Prompt pack: AI prompts to help you simplify your work

Top reasons to attend this webinar

  • It’s FREE.
  • You’ll receive all the slides and handouts.
  • You’ll get access for you and your entire team to watch.
  • You’ll have access to the recording for 12 months.

PRESENTER

Jason Tomassini
Jason Tomassini

SVP, Communication Services—Axios HQ

Jason Tomassini is the SVP of Services at Axios HQ, leading a team of comms experts who support customers through Smart Brevity training and communications strategy.
Prior to HQ, Jason was...

  • A Vice President and Managing Director at The Atlantic, launching and growing the communications consultancy Long Dash.
  • A journalist for publications including The New York Times, Reuters, and Education Week.
  • A professor at American University, leading a graduate-level course on innovation and entrepreneurship in the media industry.

Moderator: Isis Simpson-Mersha, Reporter/Conference Producer, Ragan Communications READ BIO

Axios HQ

About Axios HQ

training, consulting and AI tools, Axios HQ helps companies communicate more clearly so they become more aligned and effective. Its team brings expertise from helping hundreds of companies adopt the principles of the best-selling books “Smart Brevity” and “Simplify,” which are based on the founders’ experience launching Politico and Axios. AxiosHQ.com

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

You should attend this FREE webinar if you spend at least a quarter of your time in any of these areas:

Internal Communications • Employee Communications • Executive Communications • HR Communications • Corporate Culture • Strategic Communications • Employee Engagement

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