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Microsoft 365 customer questions – Future of Work Vision and Strategy
Question: We need to work on a Future of Work (FoW) Vision and Strategy, can you share a good framework for arriving at one and managing its implementation as well as Microsoft’s own Vision and Strategy for FoW? Answer: Now I cannot share what was provided for the second part of the question, but I…
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Writing with intent – new directions for InnerVentures
Blogging as a craft or pursuit is under pressure and being assailed from all sides. But writing will never go out of fashion, especially good writing, in business or in our personal lives. So it doesn’t matter what you call it and whether you believe blogging is dead, dying, or not. The point is to…
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Making your personal goals stick in 2022
I’m about to share how I do what is described in the headline. That’s not to say it’s guaranteed to work for you. But I’ve been doing this for at least the last 5 years and its starting to stick and work better and better for me. Maybe it helps you too or you get…
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How to view the guides developed on this site – PDF
I’ve just completed a new trend report and I am making it available for purchase and download as a PDF. I wanted to explain why and how best to consume it. I did cover the why on both the page where you can buy it and where I provided some background but here is a…
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21 essentials for the digital enterprise in 2021
I was asked a question the other day from someone wanting to know what would be required to become a fully digital company. Big question I know and I didn’t have much time in which to answer. I came up with a fast list. This is an attempt to remember and add to it but…
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Product led growth is not a panacea – it is a good start
Imagine not having to employ any sales or customer success people or adopt any of the tactics they use – because the product sells itself or gets utilised by users without any help. I’m being facetious, but in a nutshell that is the promise of product led growth.
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Microsoft 365 customer questions – Sales Productivity
I work in the business of dealing with customers questions on Microsoft 365 all the time (disclosure), either directly or indirectly. This is part of a series of posts where I share them if they can be of help to others. Where I can of course and naturally, not just the questions but the answers…
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Productivity is not about place and balanced views are required
If the outdated and ironic view in the DanelDoodle above does not seem familiar to you, then you have probably been living under a rock, in your living room perhaps. Or under your desk in the office 😬 It’s no secret many leaders equate being in the office with being productive. This Harvard Business Review…
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Hyperconnected business and driving the next level of productivity with collaborative apps
This title is not really mine and comes from some of the headline announcements at Microsoft Ignite which took place this week. I have an interest since I work there (disclosure) and write about these things, collaboration especially. In this post I want to unpack one of the themes and product announcements. The theme is…
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OuterVentures and the importance of diversity in experiences
This site and the focus of my writing is on InnerVentures which focus on adventures inside organisations and of the mind. But the latter in particular is enriched when it is combined with adventures outside. Outside of our usual circumstances and experiences and our usual habitat. This is especially the case considering the protracted limitations…
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Gartner survey of Board of Director intentions 2021 – Digital
Gartner has just published a press release with some data on the survey they conducted amongst 273 people serving as directors or members of corporate boards of directors in US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. I’ve highlighted two of the stats that stood out for me in the infographic. But first, for the one, I had to…
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The Kool Aid Acid Test for Culture
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test was a book written by Tom Wolfe way back in the day. The Acid Tests were parties at which everyone takes LSD (which was often put into the Kool-Aid they served) to “abandon the realities of the mundane world in search of a state of [intersubjectivity]”. Wolfe presents a…
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An employee experience update – thought leadership from Microsoft
Microsoft, with its Employee Experience Platform called Viva, is driving some serious thought leadership for the category and since I work there and picked up on this (disclosure), I thought I would share.
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A review of the new Microsoft Whiteboard
Naturally I used Microsoft Whiteboard for the review itself. I then exported an image of it and that is what you see above. This is not so much a feature overview since you can find that all here: Welcome to the new Whiteboard! That was the announcement post from a few days ago. This is…
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