The AI Frontier Playbook
Episodes
Why AI Agents Will End the Attention Economy | David Rothschild, Microsoft Research
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real battle for AI isn't about productivity, but about who controls the market when your agent is the one doing the shopping?In this e...
Microsoft's Future of Work Report 2025: What Leaders Need to Know | Dr. Jenna Butler, Microsoft
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We gave people AI and no user manual. That's the problem Microsoft researcher Dr. Jenna Butler sees playing out in every organization right now.In thi...
The Death of the Workflow: What Agentic B2B Commerce Really Looks Like
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest obstacle to AI in your business isn’t the technology, but the way your systems were built to assume a human would always be clic...
Inside the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit for Developers | Sébastien Levert, Microsoft PPM
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if extending Microsoft 365 Copilot wasn’t about adding features, but about building real enterprise agents that act on your business systems?In...
Harnessing the Power of AI Collaboration | Simon Lacasse , Microsoft GBB
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if your next business team isn’t just made of humans, but also intelligent agents?In this episode of Mastering AI with the Experts, I sit down ...
How AI Is Failing Women (And How to Fix It Now) | Miri Rodriguez CEO Empressa.ai
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️Unlock the future of Inclusive AI: What does it truly take to build systems that are responsible and equitable from the ground up?In this essen...
The Future of Leadership Isn’t Human-Only | Kree Govender, Microsoft Leader
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI isn’t just changing how we work — it’s changing how we lead.But most leaders are still trying to apply old thinking to a very new game.Kree G...
Inside Microsoft Canada: Becoming a Frontier Sales Firm with AI, Ehsan Youssef, Microsoft VP
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s talking about AI in sales. But what does it actually look like to lead a modern sales organization that runs on it?Ehsan Youssef, Lead of...
Real-World AI Use Cases You Can Deploy Today| | Ben Vollmer, RSM US Product leader
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s talking about AI. But how do you go from personal productivity wins to real, enterprise-scale impact?Ben Vollmer has spent 30+ years help...
How Microsoft Is Rewriting Enterprise AI Adoption | Erin Chapple, Microsoft CVP
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s talking about AI. But how do you actually get it working across a 100,000-person organization?Erin Chapple breaks down how Microsoft is d...
We Were Promised Productivity. We Got More Work | Scott Hanselman, VP @Microsoft
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if AI isn’t here to replace us, but to remove the boring parts of our work? In this episode, Scott Hanselman shares a deeply human perspective ...
How AI Is Reshaping Retail — Fâtih Nâyebi, , VP of Data & AI at Aldo Group
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resources MentionedFâtih's website : https://fatihnayebi.com/Fâtih’s book: Foundation of Agents of AI for Retail :https://www.amazon.com/Found...
The Truth About AI, Data, and Human Connection - Dona Sarkar, Chief Troublemaker at Microsoft
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mastering AI with the Experts, I sit down with Dona Sarkar — Chief Troublemaker at Microsoft, global AI & accessibility leade...
Abram Jackson, Principal PM Lead for M365 Copilot — How AI Agents Are Changing Work
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Abram Jackson, Principal Product Manager Leadat Microsoft working on Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents, and extensibility...
Inside Microsoft’s Copilot Champs Program Secrets to Scalable AI Adoption
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mastering AI with the Experts, I sit down with Cadie Kneip, Senior Readiness Business Program Manager at Microsoft, to uncover the ...
How to Assess AI Maturity and Build Impactful AI Solutions with Neha Sharma
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mastering AI with the Expert, I sit down with Neha Sharma, Data & AI Specialist at Microsoft, to explore how organizations can ...
MAXIMIZE Your Customer Service with AI and Dynamics 365! - A Conversation with Marcus Schmidt, PPM at Microsoft
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mastering AI with the Experts, I sit down with Marcus Schmidt, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, to explore how AI is revolu...
How to Leverage Copilot for Sales: A Discussion with a Mathew Mead, Microsoft Global Black Belt
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this debut episode of our series, "Mastering AI with the Experts," we explore the revolutionary impact of AI on sales and business appli...