The Intelligence Age

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• Learn about Jeremiah’s businesses - the Prima Dona and Towards Arcadia  
• Jeremiah is co-founder and COO of Earning The Negronis. 
• Check out Jeremiah and Dona Sakar’s Model 47: A Startup Storybook 
• How Jeremiah handles banking transactions or funds transfer  
• Jeremiah’s hobbies, family life and the activities he enjoys the most outside work. 
• Career journey and learning experiences of Jeremiah before joining Microsoft 
• The beginning of Jeremiah’s journey into working at Microsoft 
• Key roles, responsibilities and what lead Jeremiah to where he is right now. 
• The outcome in improving user experience 
• What is UNESCO and what does it do to help and protect the community? 
• Jeremiah’s involvement, discoveries and experience as the previous Director of the Airband Initiative team. 
• The importance and impact of Airband Initiative 
• Find out more about Microsoft AppSource. 
• Jeremiah’s role and responsibilities in his current position in Microsoft AppSource  
• What are the opportunities available for partners?  
• Recommendations and advise to people using this Microsoft AppSource platform 
• An overview of what Partner Contribution Indicators (PCI) is? 
• The implementation, how does it work and what are the criteria of PCI 
• How is PCI coming within Microsoft? 

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• Juan Antonio Tomás talks about life in Madrid, Spain 
• A conversation about Juan’s Xpp.dev podcast - how it started 
• How Juan enjoys life when not working 
• Talks about Juan’s hobbies 
• Juan as a Beer collector 
• Professional career and educational background  
• As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Technical Lead 
• Juan’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• How Juan’s journey started and who nominated him to become a Microsoft MVP 
• A discussion about Juan’s blog - how he helps the community 
• Talks about Juan’s passion for sharing his knowledge with people 
• Dynamics Saturday community event - Juan as a speaker  

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• Talks about what Brian Hodel does when not working – what’s keeping him busy these days? 
• Brian’s story about how he started having an interest in technology.  
• Talks about Brian’s career background - before Power Platform. 
• How Brain’s involvement with Power Platform happened? 
• Brian talks about how he discovered Microsoft Licensing. 
• Brian shared his thoughts about Info Path. 
• What lead Brian to his current position? 
• Brian’s journey with Power Platform and Power Apps? 
• How Brian discovers the technology? 
• What are Brian’s future plans with app development? 
• What is ORBIT application - what it does? 
• The impact to customers in using the software?  
• How they handle the adoption of ORBIT application. 
• What's been the impact of COVID19 with the new software, ORBIT application – what are the new opportunities? 
• The Microsoft products Brian’s is using in building ORBIT Applications. 
• Find out how ORBIT application work? 
• A discussion about the importance of ORBIT application 
• What is Lean Six Sigma? 
• How useful is Lean Six Sigma? 
• Is Lean and Six Sigma the same? 
• How Lean Six sigma come together and how does Lean Six Sigma Work? 
• Is it too late for someone to learn more about Power Platform? 
• The Important skills people will need if they are considering working with Microsoft Power Platform. 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Introduction to Power Virtual Agents. 
• A discussion about the use cases Josh had seen with Power Virtual Agents. 
• Josh’s thoughts about why people and organizations should use Power Virtual Agents. 
• Discusses the benefits of using Power Virtual Agents. 
• Talks about the features available in Power Virtual Agents. 
• How and when did Josh start to have an interest in technology? 
• A conversation about Josh’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. 
• Josh’s involvement and contributions to the MVP community. 
• What did Josh discover after becoming a Microsoft MVP? 
• Where Josh got his social media name FlowAltDelete and how did it come about? 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Marc Schweigert’s family life and hobbies.  
• Hear the story about Marc’s unique Twitter handle.   
• How did Marc's journey to Microsoft happen?  
• Working with Microsoft for about 15+ years now - what was Marc’s favourite part of his role.  
• A discussion about the CAT team 
• What is Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices?  
• Learn How Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices work in an organization.  
• The basic common patterns and practices Marc learnt from their customers. 
• Talks about the importance of using Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices in an organization?  
• Where are PowerApps Patterns used?   
• What are the new features coming that Marc is excited about?  
• A discussion about Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence  
• Talks about Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit is.  
• Marc’s goal and what he is expecting?  
• The apps and tools that are available in the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit.  
• What are the benefits of the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit?  
• The role and responsibilities of the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit. 
• Limitations in using Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit.  
• Introduction to Express Route. 

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• Hamish Sheild talks about his family and what he does outside work.  
• The first podcast Hamish did with Mark Smith, also known as nz365guy.  
• A conversation about Hamish’s business - growth.  
• Hamish’s thoughts regarding Business Applications employment in New Zealand.  
• Discusses the opportunities available in Business Applications - Power Platform and Dynamics 365.  
• Discussions about how Hamish does business differently.   
• Talks about Hamish’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  
• A discussion about Hamish’s involvement in the MVP community.  
• Sprint by Jake Knapp – Hamish's book recommendation and why 

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• A discussion about with Scott as the CEO and co-founder of Customer Effective. 
• Scott’s role and responsibilities 
• Acquisition of Customer Effective by Hitachi in 2014 
• A conversation about how Scott handled the acquisition. 
• Discussions on how Scott prepared for the acquisition. 
• With new products available in the market, how did they stay focused on what they do as an organization? 
• Key things and lessons learned during the acquisition of Customer Effective 
• The process involved during the acquisition of Customer Effective 
• Discusses how Scott creates an effective culture within a team in an organization 
• Talks about the development of skills leadership and talents within Customer effective. 
• The importance of hiring people in an organization 
• Scott talks about what Scott is working on right now. 
• Talks about how they attract customers  
• How they make sure their product fits what their customers want or need? 
• Opportunities for ISVs, SI Partners, IV in relationship to Microsoft. 
• How they offer services and engage in big projects. 

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• Meet Adrià Ariste Santacreu and learn more about his life – family background. 
• Talks about what Adrià does when not working. 
• A conversation about the educational and career background of Adrià. 
• Adrià’s thoughts about the changes in Dynamics 365. 
• A discussion about what Adrià thinks on Dynamics 365 Finance running on a Dataverse. 
• Adrià as a co-host on a podcast 
• Where did this idea come from and how did it start? 
• Who are Adrià’s target audience? 
• Talks about Adrià’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. 

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• John Wiese's hobbies and interests.  
• Talks about John’s career background.  
• A brief introduction about John Wiese’s journey within Microsoft to his current role and what's involved.  
• John’s involvement with Surface Duo, Flutter Dev, Dart and Dynamics 365 Customer Insights  
• An overview of what Dynamics 365 Customer Insights is  
• What makes Dynamics 365 Consumer Insights so Powerful  
• Find out more about Microsoft Partner Training  
• A conversation about how customers use Customer Insights  
• Determine if customer Insights is best for your organization?  
• Explore all about Audience Insights and Engagement Insights  
• Learn about the Architecture of Customer Insights  
• Discusses how Machine Learning and AI fit into Dynamics 365 Customer Insights  
• Talks about Connectors available and the gaps.  
• Discover what's new in this wave release that John is excited about. 
• Examples of the use cases in the B2B as well as B2C   
• What does John see in Public Sector and NGO's when it comes to Customer Insights?  
• Customer Insights vs Azure Synapse 
• Introduction to Azure synapse 
• How do Azure synapse and customer insights work together? 

Resources Mentioned 

Customer Insights partner resources (including on-demand training videos/labs): https://aka.ms/CIPartner
Customer Insights videos: https://aka.ms/CITV
Customer Insights in Under 5: https://aka.ms/CIUnder5
Customer Insights docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/ai/customer-service-insights/overview 

Customer Insights Roadmap: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-cy/roadmap/overview/?group=dynamics-365&subgroup=dynamics-365-customer-insights
Azure Synapse overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/overview-what-is 

Flutter: https://flutter.dev
Surface Duo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-duo 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Joe Griffin talks about his interest in studying history as his hobby.  
• What does Joe do in tinkering?  
• Discusses Joe’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  
• A conversation about Joe’s involvement in the MVP community.  
• Talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and on the MVP community  
• How MVP events are run in the UK during the pandemic  
• Joe’s thoughts about taking Microsoft exams for certification.  
• What has changed when it comes to taking Microsoft exams? 

Other Resources

• SOLO Cloud Solutions: https://solocloud.co.uk  
• Bespoke Badger: https://www.virtualeventshub.com/  
• D365UG UK: https://www.d365ug.com/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=b62b1779-6dbe-4d1a-8625-745bbfab8716 

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith