Tag: technology
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AI Adoption Maturity Model
I was reflecting on some of the transformations we’ve seen internally at Microsoft, especially in teams adopting AI, and I think it’s helpful to frame progress in levels. It cuts through vanity metrics like “does the team have copilot access” and asks a better question: how much has this team actually changed because of AI?…
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Yes, “To MCP, or not” is the real question
Everyone’s excited about MCP and I love it. But, just because you can expose every API endpoint as a tool doesn’t mean you should. This is something Tom Laird-McConnell and I discussed when OpenAPI based plugins were all the rage, and it stuck with me: APIs and user actions are rarely a clean 1:1 mapping.…
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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
This famous saying, often attributed to Gandhi, captures the predictable phases of resistance bold new ideas face. But here’s a thought: when you’re having a critical reaction to an idea, have you ever stopped to wonder if you’re the “they” in this quote? Let’s be honest: most of us have been “they” at some point.…
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