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From Lean to Lead – A Consultant-Turned-Owner Story – Damien Lacey

Lean Six Sigma expert Damien Lacey shares how he transformed from consultant to owner, applying operational excellence principles to turn around a manufacturing business from within.

Chris McNulty

Jul 29, 20255 min read

The King of Data Migration Magic with Jordan (Uytterhagen)

Free your data from legacy systems and learn how to prepare for an AI‑driven future in this Polaris episode featuring Cadence Solutions CEO Jordan Utytterhagen.

Chris McNulty

Jul 23, 20257 min read

The Future of Copilot – The Magnificent Seven

This week’s Summer of Copilot article explores new features that could make Microsoft 365 Copilot even more powerful for business users. From a unified Copilot chat that follows you across Outlook, Teams, and Excel, to smart prompt templates that simplify complex requests, to the newly announced Copilot Memory for personalized AI responses – we cover it all. Other highlights include an AI meeting scheduler to automate calendar chaos, interactive “podcast-style” AI summaries.

Chris McNulty

Jul 21, 202515 min read

AI in Action: How New Copilot Features are Changing Content Management and Productivity

This post explores how AI tools like Copilot and SharePoint Autofill are transforming content management and productivity. Emphasizing human-centered adoption, it highlights practical strategies, user engagement, and recent advancements making AI integration smoother and more impactful for organizations.

Chris McNulty

Jul 13, 202517 min read

Synergy over Silos – the New Age of Knowledge

An eye-opening conversation with Gabe Karawani on how ClearPeople turns fragmented enterprise knowledge into a competitive advantage through integrated AI and smart knowledge management.

Chris McNulty

Jul 11, 20257 min read

Copilot Goes Ubiquitous

In Week 4 of my #SummerOfCopilot series on LinkedIn, we explored how AI is becoming embedded in the modern workplace, from the apps we use every day to the depths of our company intranet.

Chris McNulty

Jul 7, 202512 min read

Building Delight - Inside Microsoft Product Management

In our latest Polaris episode, I sat down with Sean Squires to demystify what product managers at Microsoft really do. We explored...

Chris McNulty

Jun 17, 20258 min read

AI-Powered SharePoint Updates: Faster Document Automation, Better Data – and Why You Should Care

SharePoint is getting smarter with AI, and it’s a big win for business. At a recent conference, Microsoft wowed the crowd by showing Autofill columns that use GPT-4 to auto-extract info or summaries from documents – no more manual data entry. They also unveiled a Sensitive Info AI model that finds things like emails & phone numbers in your files in seconds (great for compliance). These features are now generally available and affordable (about $0.005 per page, with 100 pages

Chris McNulty

Jun 10, 20259 min read

Lessons from Microsoft’s Recent Layoffs: A Synozur Perspective

Microsoft's recent layoffs highlight the intersection of innovation, empathy, and adaptation in a rapidly evolving business landscape, sparking important conversations about the future of work and corporate responsibility.

Chris McNulty

Jun 8, 20255 min read