Category: Employee Experiences
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Empathy at Ramadan with Copilot

Working globally means you will sometimes step into spaces that aren’t your own. The question isn’t whether that feels uncomfortable, it’s how you respond. In this case, Copilot helped us build understanding very thoughtfully and with great care.
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Prompt happiness with positivi-Tea

International Happiness Day! This year’s theme explores the relationship between social media and happiness, highlighting the potential challenges for our wellbeing as well as ways we can all use tech for good. Now with AI.
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10+ years Working Out Loud

This is my reflection on a decade of showing up online without a plan, having the courage to learn in public and sharing creativity in the moment.
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Exit external Teams as Guest

Over the past 6 years, I have been granted Guest access to many Teams that spanned #MVP activities and #Microsoft consultancies. However, leaving them is like being in a casino with no doors or windows! As a Guest, you’re at the mercy of the Team owners. You can’t leave via the Teams client if the…
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Copilot adoption easier with Viva Engage

The original prose for this blog came from my effort and enthusiasm on writing a chapter for a book on the Viva Suite with three other MVPs. Just as we completed the first draft Copilot landed and knocked out half the Viva Suite with even more amazing features! So I put this to bed but…
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Working Out Loud

Image by Microsoft Designer One of the best life-hacks I learned is Working Out Loud (WOL) a concept that encourages sharing your ideas openly to build relationships, learn, and achieve goals. First introduced by Bryce Williams in 2010, IT Lead at pharma Lilly, Indiana US. He described it as a combination of “Observable Work” and “Narrating Your Work,”…
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Make basic digital skills a recommended new hire training

Visit …. Petition update · Let’s get more AWARENESS signatures for our petition · Change.org · Change.org and … Petition · Make basic digital skills a recommended new hire training. – United Kingdom · Change.org
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CRN Entrepreneur Award

That’s me with comedian and CRN awards host, Shappi Khorsandi. What would my younger self think? I have certainly blown her little socks off as this is no joke! 10 October 2024, I won CRN Women & Diversity in Channel Awards 2024 – Entrepreneur of the Year! I am as stunned as you are! Of…
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Viva Wayfinder – a new hire solution

If you have successfully deployed at least two Viva products eg., Viva Learning or Viva Insights this might be of interest to you. Watch the Power Platform call recording.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZy2OhrNovg&t=873s Slides LesleyCrook-VivaWayfinder_April2024.PowerPlatform.pptx Currently in private preview: Skills In Viva – Microsoft Learn
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Interconnectedness, a thriving & diverse relationship

My recent upskilling into honey tasting has really opened my eyes into how bees, hives and human ecosystems are so similar. See MVP’s Insights on Copilot for Our Lives and Startups – Microsoft Community Hub Interconnectedness refers to the state of having different parts or things connected or related to each other and can be applied…