EP 131: CoreView @ ESPC: Day one Roundup with Kevin

Based on the successful ADKAR Podcast series from Office365Distilled, this workshop by Steve Dalby and Marijn Somers (MVP) looks at the practical sides of Adoption and Change. Focusing on communications and Key messages, Steve outlines the model developed by the boys that give you the tools to plan and build your communications around Awareness and Desire.  This model gets you 30% of the way forward in preparing the company for the change.

19 Nov 202214min

The boys reminisce about their last months of work and explain the issues, and effectively do what they do best… which is talk… after all, they are sitting at a bar enjoying a relaxing end-of-day drink…  Office365Distilled is about two guys standing at a bar talking crap… well this podcast is proving that definition right!Wendy, the dog, is active tonight and wants to get involved…We originally wanted to talk about loop… but Marijn decided he will play interviewer and keep the conversation technical, and we have the Life of a Consultant in action.So Steve tells the world about a current project to introduce MS Teams calling and migrating from SfB and the things that needed attention, and where the project needs to go to support Voice calling.  Some strategy discussions about how and what is planned next on the project.Marijn identifies that Steve was using a classic change strategy “Add Crappy Legacy tech to improve desire” The conversation continues, and Steve has worked out that over the last few months, his consultant's head has been in the game more than the boy’s thoughts initially.So welcome to the Marijn Somers live Interview…. Until they swap roles and Steve takes over.Subjects discussed in this EpisodeMS Teams Calling | Moving from Baseline security through Evolution to the ‘Rethink’ |  Use of OneDrive in the wrong way |  Loop is discussed but in the context of delaysThe future is discussed how long it now takes Microsoft to release new features… ...and eventually, Loop is discussed, which was the original topic agreed upon by the boys and whilst they both love the concept that an active component is available across several applications.  Some discussions occur about whether a Fluid File (the file type for Loop) should be saved centrally…And Finally, the podcast is turned over to the Càirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 edition which turns out t be a very welcome guest

14 Nov 20221h 8min

What can go wrong with introducing new features and functionality from the Microsoft365 set of applications?In this episode of Office365Distilled, Steve gives Marijn something to look forward to as he starts the podcast with a howl...Then the conversation turns to a lot of golden nuggets as areas of change risk are identified before moving to look at where people can be forced... or encouraged to do things differently.Enjoy everyone, and maybe we will see you at the MGM Grand in December at the great Las Vegas... the place on earth for conferences...

1 Nov 20221h 4min

Recorded live from The Ageas Bowl or, more specifically, the Hilton hotel at the Rose Bowl,  Southampton, Hampshire.It sounds like the record sleeve from a 1970 rock album, which is a good description of what Steve and Marijn did on a quiet Thursday afternoon during the Ignite 2022 Microsoft Conference Day at the South Coast Summit.  This podcast recorded live was a great success providing the audience that Marijn and Steve sometimes miss when recording in Steve’s office on a Tuesday evening.Check it out as the 100th birthday party edition takes shape, and the audience seems to bring out the worse in both of them, and secrets are revealed about how Offcie365Distilled.com is put together and the huge amount of hours that go into each episode to bring you the magic that is the Office365Distilled Podcast from Marijn Somers and Steve Dalby.

28 Okt 20221h 9min

Steve brings together his series of Wee Drams about preparing for Improvement with the final episode called Innovate everywhereInnovation is not always a ‘Giant Step for Mankind’. Sometimes Innovation is introverted and focused on a small audience.  We do learn that, of course, M365 innovation is driven by our own User Stories sent to Microsoft and if it is something that the user base needs, then it gets built.We take a quick check on the current status of MS Team changes as this podcast is recorded a few weeks ahead of Ignite 2022, when we do expect some large differences in terms of Mesh for Teams that will be across the enterprise but compare this to a change in Excel (check out EP99 of O365Distilled) that will be for very few people.Not every change is giant... many are small and focused.  But it is innovation, and we should be awaiting that something new in our own organisation feels like innovation that has value that needs to be managed as a change.

25 Sep 202215min

Microsoft IDEA structure for Digital transformation is supported by a web site and full program documentation.  Marijn starts with ‘I ‘ from I.D.E.A., the Microsoft Catalyst IDEA framework.‘I‘ stands for Inspire, and in this wee dram, he takes you through the 4 steps to success with inspiration and understanding of the customer’s expectations for the process, business expectations and what their next step might be.Look to the future and prepare for Marijn’s next Wee Dram on this subject... Design.

24 Sep 202215min

These notes will be short because this EP99 podcast is simple and focused on a single subject which for the boys is very rare...Talking about Excel and when excel was introduced to the market and how Steve and Marijn thought they would have a great case for moving people from Excel to SharePoint lists and find that maybe there are not many even no, specific reasons to drive users away from excel to M365 ListsThe session turns out to simply select the best examples of using Excel and M365 lists without saying one is better than the other....   It just shows that even the most experienced and best can make mistakes.Steve keeps asking the hard questions, which lead us to understand Lists more and their roles in the M365 ecosystem. The podcast’s ending is great because Gianni, who won the One Inch Party, sent over a great sample of Aberfeldy 16 year old, which was worth a taste  (he also sent over a sample of Cruach-Mhone from Bunnahabhain), all very much appreciated.

18 Sep 20221h 2min

The podcast where Steve has a great idea on site names and waffles on without a conclusion.Where Marijn says, ”Sorry, keep going I will interrupt you later”   and then  “ Hold on and let me continue”  and it is decided Marijn can interrupt as much as he likes but Steve has to do as he is told…Our Sponsor Braeburn Whisky for this episode gets a great mention https://braeburnwhisky.com/ The boys start on the Roadmap workshop that defines the order of products that will be released and feeds back to the team what order they will process the project.  Roadmap Strategy is required and agreed by the business… then the boys get stuck on questions around what the minimum settings are…  and Steve has a Daaa moment when he works out Marijn is right…Governance workshop takes frontstage and arguably the most important as so much is decided within this and getting then documented means you know so much about the project alreadyContent workshops are discussed that incorporate so much decision making…  The Elephant in the room ‘ Content Types’ hits the discussion with a few erm and aaass when Steve rounds out what is needed to get started and define the baselineThe content workshop identified so much about the future of the project, migration, Change and Adoption Taxonomy strategy and some search aspects of the project…Portals are mentioned and Wendy wants to get involved… she has something to say… and then Steve puts Marijn on the spot with portals.  It is agreed an Intranet is a portal and opens up a bunch of things to decide like audiences, Viva Connect etc. all associated with publishing content…Migration cannot be forgotten so they do list the things that is required to ensure migration takes place… then some workshop around servicing the M365 environment with the helpdesk etc.After tasting Isobel Gowdie a Linkwood 14 year old cask strength whisky from Cask88 https://cask88.com/witches/ Steve finishes with a few thoughts on the Vision workshops and suggests that Marijn is right but only if we accept there are more than one Vision workshops required to make this work and get it right….

8 Sep 20221h 8min