Why I’m More Interested in AI Workflow Design Than Prompt Engineering 

The AI Conversation Feels Slightly Off to Me A huge amount of AI conversation today revolves around prompts. Every week there is a new framework, a new “best practices” thread, or another viral example showing how to phrase requests more effectively. After spending the last year building operational AI systems Read more

Five Agent Use Cases That Actually Fit Your Environment 

What Makes a Good First Agent Use Case The most common thing I hear when organizations start talking about AI agents is some version of this: we know we should be doing something here, but we do not know where to start.  Candidly, that is a reasonable place to be.  Read more

Building the Client Brain: Using Microsoft 365 to Turn Enterprise Data into Useful Intelligence

Turning Scattered Client Knowledge Into a Working Advantage Most organizations already have the information they need to work faster and make better decisions. The problem is that the information is scattered across emails, meetings, documents, tickets, spreadsheets, chats, and half-remembered project history. That creates a familiar issue. Teams spend too Read more

What Is an AI Agent and Why the Distinction Matters

Automation and Agents Are Not the Same Thing Most people use the words “AI agent” and “automation” as if they mean the same thing. They do not. That distinction matters when you are trying to put something into production that actually works. An automation follows a fixed path. You define Read more

Copilot Studio vs Azure Foundry vs Built-in Copilots: How to Choose

Not All Copilot Agents Are Created Equal Last week, we kicked off a breakdown of Microsoft’s expanding Copilot ecosystem, focusing on what the strategy means for organizations trying to adopt AI. This week, I’m keeping the momentum going by answering one of the most common questions I hear from clients, Read more