InnerVentures

  • Considering Microsoft Teams as a Platform – get started with App templates

    In several foundational pieces I have written about Microsoft Teams as a Platform (disclosure). This post gets to some of the detail and focuses on a simple way to get started with use of App templates in Teams. This is a big focus of my work with customers at the moment and I give an…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • In an age of machines human organisations matter – an ode to joy

    There is an explosion of automation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning with many fearing job losses. In the attention economy we have proliferation of social media, questionable content, digital addiction, etc. Freedom of expression knows no bounds yet sensitivities are tested like never before. There are many benefits to adopting these tools and approaches and there…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • A synergy of forces shaping the future of work

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  • Accentures Technology Vision 2021

    From the article this 👇 “Small pilots and incremental scaling are an obsolete luxury, and the friction between research, development, and large-scale deployment must diminish or disappear.”

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  • Employee customer experience connection – infographic

    Sources Harvard Business Review: The Key to Happy Customers? Happy EmployeesJosh Bersin: The Massive Market Impact of Microsoft VivaGoogle Trends More here

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  • Employee Experience Platform – the birth of a category

    This week, Microsoft announced the launch of a new product called Viva (disclosure). Actually it is far more than a new product in many ways. It is also an attempt at consolidating technologies in the employee experience category as well as creating the category. It is also a shrewd leverage of the Teams as a…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • On Microsoft Teams and building digital ecosystems and platform businesses

    In a recent FT article (registration required) based on an interview with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, he makes the point that “Teams is on its way to becoming a digital platform as significant as the internet browser, or a computer operating system”. I work with customers on their use of Microsoft Teams (disclosure) day…

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  • Tech trends of 2021 number 31

    The title of this post is based on an article from Fast Company: Here are the top tech trends of 2021, according to 30 experts. I am adding to the 30. Note I excluded any reference to myself as an expert – I abhor the term. I wouldn’t call myself an expert but I have…

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  • Welcome to the adventures

    Thanks for visiting. This is a welcome post to orient you around this site and its core focus areas. Find out more about the owner of this site by going to the about page. If you look at the sidebar of full posts, a list of categories and tags will give you a better idea…

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  • Slack acquisition – this feels personal

    I only say that because of my experience with a similar acquisition (when Yammer was acquired by Microsoft – disclosure) and that I was there at the birth of Enterprise Social. I’ve written lots before (latest posts) and so feel with this vested interest and experience I can also have an opinion as everyone else…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Microsoft leading the Future of Work

    We’re in the middle of a massive uncontrolled experiment. Microsoft where I work (disclosure), is uniquely positioned to understand its impact on the future of work.​ That is because its technologies and the services it provides customers to support them are so intrinsic to the workplace. That has been the case for 30+ years building…

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  • InnerVentures in a doodle

    I’ve taken a short break from work and as you do when you have time, I’ve been thinking. For one, about this site, it’s activities and it’s purpose. I thought I would try and capture it in this doodle (DanelDoodle actually), which is in itself a function of many aspects of this site and my…

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  • Microsoft Teams as a Platform – the next frontier

    Microsoft Teams, with its 115M users, is way more than just chat or meetings. From this Geekwire article: “Meetings are important, but they are transactional. Work happens before meetings, during meetings, and after meetings. That ability to have the workflow completely stitched together is where Microsoft 365 really stands out. That reinforcing effect of Teams…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The future of work needs better insights and the path is clear

    The path with Microsoft that is, which is all I can talk about based on my experience (disclosure). I’m working with several customers to support adoption of Microsoft 365 technologies and a key part of this is what and how to measure the right impact of M365 on workplace productivity. At this time with COVID-19…

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