Microsoft Innovation Podcast

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with AI as Your Ally


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Discover practical strategies with Dan Barber for overcoming imposter syndrome, building resilient tech teams, and leveraging AI as an ally. Learn how consulting skills, clear goals, and supportive cultures drive success in technology and AI-driven environments.

👉 Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/790

🎙️ What you’ll learn   

  • Apply actionable tools to overcome imposter syndrome 
  • Build and retain high-performing technology teams 
  • Use AI to boost confidence and productivity 
  • Strengthen consulting skills for business impact 
  • Foster cultures of trust, feedback, and continuous improvement 

Highlights 

  • “AI can help you with a blank canvas and turn a blank canvas into a starter for 10th, and get you moving, get you motivating, break that blank page sort of fear and anxiety that gets built up.”  
  • “Brag list is something I do myself and I also encourage others to do.” 
  • “You develop this network where you don’t have to be the font of all knowledge.” 
  • “Having that sensible conversation, I think we are losing that.” 
  • “You’re not just a developer. You are a consultant.” 
  • “If you don’t feel, if you feel like you’re just being managed, again, that just becomes you being a number again.”  
  • “Build the right culture, you have that mentality from everyone.” 
  • “If you have them all, it’s not going to make you motivated. It’s just going to bring you to break even, if you like.”  
  • “You’ve got to look at some of these other variables and they are, they’re so important, you know, and yes, they take time.”  
  • “Let’s rebuild your vision. Let’s realign to your vision.” 

🧰 Mentioned 

  • Microsoft Power Platform: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform  
  • Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us  
  • Dynamics: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us  
  • Business Central: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/products/business-central  
  • Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/  

✅Keywords   
ai, imposter syndrome, consulting skills, tech teams, power platform, business central, azure, dynamics, copilot, culture, feedback, continuous improvement 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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