Microsoft Innovation Podcast
If you want to get your ideas or questions featured on an episode, please leave us a voicemail: https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/voicemail/Dive into the future of work with the "Microsoft Innovation Podcast," exploring the intersection of People, Business, Technology, and AI. Engage with expert guests—including thought leaders from Microsoft, industry innovators, and community specialists—who are redefining the world with advancements in AI, Cloud technologies, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and beyond.Every episode delivers a blend of in-depth discussions, practical insights, and actionable strategies tailored for professionals driving enablement and innovation. Join us across our five shows:The P...
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From Prompts to Goals: How AI Now Writes Full Documents
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM </p><p>This episode tracks how Manbhawan Prasad and the Word team are evolving Copilot from simple prompt-based help to goal-based “agent mode” that can plan and edit documents directly. You will hear practical, enterprise-focused examples: using SharePoint knowledge as authoritative context, reducing blank-page inertia, mirroring customer language from emails and meeting transcripts, and using AI as an always-on reviewer for structure, clarity, and accuracy. </p><p>👉️ <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/800 <br/> <br/><b>🎙️ What you’ll learn</b> </p>Shift from...
Stop Chasing OKRs: Solve the Real Business Puzzle
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>This episode challenges goal-driven thinking in an AI-enabled world through a conversation with Radhika Dutt. The discussion explores why OKRs and vanity metrics often fail, especially when AI accelerates optimisation without understanding. The core insight is a shift from goal setting to puzzle setting. By framing problems clearly, staying in the discomfort, and learning through small experiments, teams can build products that create long-term value. Practical examples show how this mindset helped recover stalled growth, improve trust, and reduce churn while keeping hu...
Building Copilot Habits That Actually Stick
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>Amelia Hernandez Osorio explores practical ways organisations can build lasting Copilot habits, strengthen internal communities and drive effective AI adoption. Amelia shares her journey through web technologies, SharePoint, cloud transformation and Microsoft 365 adoption, offering guidance on behaviour change, team enablement and identifying meaningful Copilot use cases that improve daily work. </p><p><b>👉 Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/798 </p><p>🎙️<b>What you’ll learn </b> </p>How to help teams build sustainable Copilot habits How internal communities strengthen adoption...
AI Risks You’re Ignoring and How to Fix Them
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>Craig Taylor shares practical, real‑world guidance on cybersecurity, AI risks, and behaviour change inside organisations. He explains why positive reinforcement outperforms punishment, how biases appear in AI systems, and why zero‑trust matters for companies of all sizes. The conversation offers pragmatic, people‑centred steps to strengthen cyber literacy, reduce insider risk, and navigate emerging threats such as deepfakes and social engineering. </p><p>👉 <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/797 </p><p><b>🎙️ What you’ll learn</b> </p>How to streng...
Your AI Intern: Unlocking Daily Productivity with Copilot
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>In this episode, Edine Olijve-Watkinson explores practical ways Microsoft 365 Copilot, Loop, Planner and emerging AI agents improve daily productivity, collaboration and decision making. It highlights real use cases, evolving tools and the shift toward AI supported workflows across organisations. </p><p>🎙️ <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/796</p><p><b>👉 What you’ll learn </b> </p><p>• How Microsoft 365 Copilot supports personal efficiency <br/>• How AI agents extend productivity across meetings and workflows <br/>• How Loop, Copilot pages and notebooks support f...
AI Agents in 2026: Govern Without Slowing Innovation
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>A focused conversation on why AI agents will define 2026, how governance must evolve, and the practical skills business and tech professionals need to stay relevant. The episode explores the shift from Power Platform governance to AI‑first governance, the rise of agent orchestration, and the critical importance of data security, testing, and prompt engineering. Listeners gain clear guidance on adapting their roles, scaling responsibly, and preparing for an agent‑driven future. </p><p>👉 <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/795 <b...
How AI Reveals Your True Leadership Style
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>This episode explores how AI can transform leadership by analysing real conversational behaviour, reducing bias and giving leaders immediate insight into their communication style. The discussion covers how leadership differs from management, why early‑career support is often missing, and how continuous feedback can shorten the development gap for new leaders. Listeners gain a practical view of how leadership intelligence works and what it means for team clarity, alignment and growth. <br/><br/>👉 <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/7...
AI Adoption That Actually Works
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>This episode with Michael Plettner explores how organisations move from AI curiosity to practical, business focused implementation. You will learn why user adoption and leadership support matter, how teams shift from generic Copilot use to targeted process improvement, and how the EU AI Act is pushing companies toward more mature and responsible AI practices. <br/> <br/><b>👉 Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/793 <br/> <br/>🎙️<b>What you’ll learn </b> </p>How to evaluate AI opportunities based on real business...
Governance That Accelerates Innovation
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM </p><p>John Rood shares how organisations can unlock real value from AI by balancing innovation, governance, and compliance. Learn why robust frameworks, practical training, and a bottom-up approach are key to sustainable AI adoption and risk management. </p><p>👉 <b>Full Show Notes</b> <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/792 </p><p><b>🎙️ What you’ll learn</b> </p>How to implement effective AI governance without stifling innovation Practical steps for building an AI management system The role of ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act in complianc...
Winning the Copilot Rollout: Adoption Tactics That Work
<p>Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM <br/> <br/>This episode explores practical ways to drive Copilot adoption across an organisation. Heather Severino shares clear guidance on identifying early champions, building cross functional readiness, reducing resistance, and designing effective training. She explains how tools such as Loop, Teams, Clipchamp and Copilot features support collaboration, productivity and engagement. The conversation provides a grounded look at how to help teams build confidence with AI and create sustained, secure and well supported usage.</p><p>🎙️ FULL SHOW NOTES <br/>https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/791</p><p><b>👉...
