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Welcome to the podcast! Today’s episode focuses on the hosts' origin stories in the BI and analytics field. They reminisce about their early careers, starting with one host's experience at Navision, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Another host joined Microsoft in 2004, where they bonded over a trip to Fargo, ND, and other shared experiences. A third host began with Access databases and later moved to SQL Server and Crystal Reports with Birmingham Council.

The hosts discussed their roles at Microsoft, emphasizing the big company discipline and how it shaped their careers. They explained how their Microsoft experience helped them in their current businesses, particularly in understanding competencies and building business cases.

Reconnecting randomly on a train, two hosts started working together again and formed Clearly Solutions in the US, focusing on Power BI and the Power Platform. They used the pandemic to improve their skills in these areas, which proved beneficial as cloud adoption accelerated.

They also touched on the future of jobs in their field with AI and automation, agreeing that while AI might automate some tasks, skilled professionals will still be needed to manage and implement these technologies. The episode concluded with a preview of the next topic: client motivations and their impact on projects.

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