Collaboration Simplified AI Podcast

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Collaboration Simplified AI Podcast episodes

May 30 Why AI Might Actually Make Human Skills More Valuable, Not Less — with Georgia Barnasa, Cognitive AI Architect at Microsoft
AI adoption is reshaping the workplace — but are people actually ready, and are the systems around them keeping up? In this episode, Shervin is joined by Georgia Barnasa, Microsoft Cognitive AI Architect based in Switzerland, to unpack what Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index really reveals about how organizations and individuals are navigating this shift.
From the role of manager support in driving AI readiness, to why authenticity may become the most valuable human skill in an AI-saturated world, this conversation goes deep on the human side of AI. Subscribe and leave a review to help others find the show!
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This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.
46 min
May 24 I Built an AI Command Center for My Entire Workday
Build your own AI-powered Personal Dashboard with Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Cowork. In this video, I’ll show you how I created a custom AI Command Center that helps me prioritize my day, focus on what matters most, and stay ahead of emails, meetings, projects, Teams chats, KPIs, overdue tasks, calendar load, and more with automatic hourly updates in one centralized view.
I’m Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, and in this step-by-step tutorial you’ll learn how to build a personalized productivity dashboard. I’m also sharing the exact prompts and recipe so you can customize it for your own workflow.
⏩ You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/kXP88J94BOE
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.
5 min
May 10 500 Million Have Copilot Chat — Most Only Use 10% | Learn How To Use The Other 90%
Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft as he talks about the major updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and why you should use it.
⏩ You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/fPnucwgIizg
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.
9 min
May 03 Go Beyond Copilot Agents with Copilot Cowork (Custom Skills Tutorial)
Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to automate your entire post-meeting workflow. Shervin uses Copilot Cowork to build a custom skill that gets all your meeting work done by creating documents and emails on your behalf.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CNWQjuoOzM0
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.
19 min
April 26 Copilot Now Lets You Choose Between Claude, ChatGPT, Or Both! (Full Tutorial)
Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to automate your entire post-meeting workflow. Shervin uses Copilot Cowork to build a custom skill that gets all your meeting work done by creating documents and emails on your behalf.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CtdUujOpNzI
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
© 2020–Present Collaboration Simplified. All rights reserved. Collaboration Simplified® is a registered trademark of Shervin Shaffie.
8 min
April 19 Build NEXT-LEVEL Copilot Agents with VS Code & GitHub Copilot
In this deep dive tutorial, you'll learn how to turn a basic Microsoft Copilot agent into a powerful agentic solution using VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Work IQ.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/TrZ6fKBENB8
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
28 min
April 12 Build Copilot Agents That Think Like Your Boss // Practice on AI, Impress Your Real Boss
Join Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, as he demonstrates how to build a Copilot agent that thinks like your boss and improves your work before they ever see it.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/_NWL-OfaV7M
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
14 min
April 05 NEW Copilot Cowork Automates 90% of Your Daily Tasks
Claude Cowork inspired it. Microsoft Copilot Cowork delivers agentic workflow to Microsoft 365—automate tasks across Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel with AI.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/CmcngCt7hhI
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
13 min
March 28 Is AI Authentic Enough? By a Microsoft Engineer
Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, sharing his thoughts around the question "Is AI Authentic Enough for People To Accept?"
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6 min
March 22 Which Works Best in a Copilot Agent — ChatGPT, Claude or Grok?
In this video, Shervin Shaffie, Copilot Principal Engineer at Microsoft, compares the latest models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI by running the same AI agent in Microsoft Copilot Studio three times, each time powered by a different LLM.
⏩ You can watch this Podcast as a video here: https://youtu.be/imhVISEduTo
This Podcast represents the opinions of Shervin Shaffie and his guests to the video and does not reflect the opinions of Microsoft, affiliates, or the companies with which this video's participants are affiliated with.
13 min