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This episode explores how Copilot supports innovation, decision making and practical AI adoption across organisations. Amal Hosni Viteri shares her journey from development and DevOps into innovation leadership, describing how AI enhances productivity, reduces operational effort and helps teams focus on their specialities. She highlights the value of context‑aware tools, ethical use of AI and making technology accessible in Spanish‑speaking communities.

🎙️ Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/779

👉 What you’ll learn

• How to position Copilot as a partner, not a replacement
• How AI supports faster decision making and operational efficiency
• How to introduce responsible and ethical AI practices
• How developers can use Copilot for ideation and code reviews
• How to support AI adoption in multilingual and emerging markets

✅ Highlights

• “Copilot is very nice in the context and knowledge about the context.”
• “Innovation is a goal for the organisations.”
• “Copilot is a partner for management, optimisation and automation.”
• “I changed my mind and work with the know about more for Copilot.”
• “The people is scared and oh my gosh in my first meet with Copilot.”
• “AI is only time you feel scared. I lost my work with AI.”
• “I try to review and double check because it’s not my mind.”
• “It prepares my day or organise my e‑mail and it’s a little work for me.”
• “I use Copilot with my team in GitHub for share many code lines.”
• “I think the innovation is not only technology. It is the process.”

🧰 Mentioned

• Microsoft 365 — https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365
• Copilot — https://www.microsoft.com/copilot
• Teams — https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams
• Microsoft communities in Colombia — https://techcommunity.microsoft.com
• Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7

✅ Keywords
copilot, microsoft 365, innovation, devops, scrum, github, automation, spanish, teams, sharepoint, ai adoption, context aware ai

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James Diekman explores how AI and automation are reshaping project management, compliance, and business innovation. Learn practical strategies for embedding AI in workflows, managing risk, and building future-ready teams. Gain insights from real-world government and enterprise projects, with a focus on responsible, efficient, and scalable technology adoption.

🎙️ What you’ll learn

• Identify where AI agents can streamline project management and reporting
• Apply responsible AI frameworks and assurance models in regulated sectors
• Build and test project-specific tools using low-code and AI platforms
• Integrate legal and compliance checks into AI solution delivery
• Develop a continuous improvement approach for AI adoption in your organisation

✅ Highlights

• “Roles like project coordinator will get transformed into AI agents or chat bots.”
• “Setting up a project brain for each project will transform quite a bit.”
• “We’re seeing a big appetite for AI, especially in New South Wales.”
• “Every AI solution for New South Wales government must go through an AI assurance framework assessment.”
• “You can ask the same question multiple times and get different answers.”
• “Legal teams are starting to use these technologies to enhance their workflows.”
• “There’s a real opportunity for cybersecurity firms to invest in red teaming for AI.”
• “If you don’t build AI into your processes, companies will get left behind.”
• “We use Copilot, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot for development and proposals.”
• “Don’t just build a chatbot for everything—map your organisation’s processes first.”
• “A dedicated team or working group should constantly prioritise and build AI capabilities.”
• “Government, you can’t really get wrong either. It can’t be hallucinating.”

🧰 Mentioned

• Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us
• GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
• Cursor: https://cursor.com/
• Windsurf: https://windsurf.com/
• Microsoft Responsible AI Framework: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai

✅Keywords
ai, project management, automation, power platform, azure, dynamics 365, responsible ai, assurance framework, legal compliance, user acceptance testing, low-code, cybersecurity

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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AI is transforming business and society, but most professionals underestimate its impact. Oliver Hartwich explores how culture, education, and practical skills shape our ability to harness AI’s full potential. Learn why curiosity, deep knowledge, and adaptability matter more than ever.

🎙️ What you’ll learn

• How to build practical AI skills for any profession
• Why cultural attitudes affect AI adoption and opportunity
• The importance of deep education in an AI-driven world
• How to experiment and prompt effectively with AI tools
• Strategies for thriving as technology evolves

✅ Highlights

• “Most people really don’t quite know, don’t quite understand what’s happening.”
• “The potential is enormous. We’re just at the beginning of this curve.”
• “Geography doesn’t matter anymore. What’s preventing us is culture.”
• “AI can just get a lot done and a lot faster done.”
• “General purpose technologies are quite rare.”
• “Technology has a wonderful potential to solve some of our problems.”
• “You need deep knowledge. The better educated you are, the more you will get out of AI.”
• “AI works really well for mid-career professionals who already know what they’re doing.”
• “Universities are almost giving up on fighting AI.”
• “Society will fracture between people who know how to use this for their own advantage and others who may not.”
• “AI amplifies what’s already there. It makes some punchier, perhaps it will make dumb people dumber and smart people smarter.”
• “Quantum computing will be completely different.”

🧰 Mentioned

• DeepMind: https://deepmind.google/
• Claude: https://claude.ai/
• Xero: https://www.xero.com/ca/

✅Keywords
ai, technology, productivity, education, culture, regulation, quantum computing, deepmind, chatgpt, xero, skills, opportunity

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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