Project Failure Files: Pushing Back on Reporting Overload
In Episode 91 of the Project Failure Files weekly webcast, Sharon and I discuss “Drowning in Reports” and the slow creep where project teams spend...
Category: Enterprise Collaboration
How SharePoint Became the Backbone of the Modern Enterprise
In 2001, Microsoft quietly launched SharePoint Portal Server alongside Windows SharePoint Team Services, a web-based platform that promised to bring order to the chaos...
Eighteen Months to Obsolete? Let’s Not Fire Ourselves Just Yet
Back in November, I wrote about whether AI is coming for your job. My conclusion was not that AI lacks capability, but that capability...
When Beliefs Form Social Topology
It is tempting to think of political attitudes or any set of beliefs as lone points on a scale. You are “for” or “against,”...
What the AI Shift Means for the Future of Work
It’s been a busy month at Microsoft. And a busy week. While on the road for 2 days in Memphis for another Community Days...
The AI Leadership Gap
Across industries, AI is creating a new divide. On one side are the companies moving fast—reorganizing, experimenting, and building confidence. On the other side...
Content Strategy: Internal Content Strategies
When it comes to internal communications, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises live in different worlds. The size of the team, available resources, and...
How to Make Collaboration Self-Sufficient in Your Organization
Collaboration is the lifeblood of modern organizations. But here’s the hard truth: most collaboration only thrives when someone is constantly tending it—nudging teams to...
3 Practical Steps to Improve Internal Communication
As I talk with clients about their usage and adoption of Microsoft 365 and related technologies, one of the fundamental problems I see over...
AI Eats Content—but Where’s It Getting the Calories?
Let’s get something out of the way: AI is not coming to save you from your messy content problem. I recently wrote a post...
