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Insights and practical applications from the FlexPoint Consulting team around business transformation, technology modernization, process optimization, and more.
Copilot Catalyst Lesson 5: Culture is Contagious; So Is Resistance
AI adoption expert Steven McPhee discusses how direct reports follow what leaders model, so one skeptical VP can meaningfully slow down AI adoption. That's why we learned to cross-pollinate teams, share real stories, and work across departments.
Copilot Catalyst Lesson 4: You Get Three Chances to Make a First Impression
Steven McPhee shares the sobering insight that three good experiences create an advocate, while three bad experiences will create a vocal skeptic who stalls momentum across entire departments. That's why we engineer deliberate quick wins in AI adoption.
Copilot Catalyst Lesson 3: Teach People to Fish, Don't Give Them Cool Tips
Steven McPhee shares the insight that AI moves too fast for feature-based training to stay relevant, but fluency compounds forever. That's why we stopped teaching "click here, prompt this" and started teaching exploration, error recovery, and peer learning.
Copilot Catalyst Lesson 2: Sprint Beats Marathon
Steven McPhee shares practical takeaways from rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot. This includes learning to start with a short, high-energy sprint, then pivoting to measured reinforcement.
Copilot Catalyst Lesson 1: Leaders Go First, or Nothing Goes Anywhere
Steven McPhee shares how enthusiasm cascades down from leaders’ own experimentation in Copilot adoption. Instead of a handful of high performers lobbying for a broader rollout, executives lead the charge and tell the story that keeps the investments flowing.
Enterprise Copilot Catalyst: Eight Things We Learned
Steven McPhee summarizes eight lessons learned from rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to a pilot group of twenty leaders. These aren’t theory or best practices. Just what actually worked.
Identifying and Sourcing Key Metrics to Drive Progress
Building on learnings from a recent Inflect podcast, Kim Ehrman shares how to define desired metrics vividly enough to collaborate with Analytics and IT teams to create or gain access to them.