Day 4 concluded with the obligatory celebration at Universal Studios. As if 10,000 steps a day were not enough an additional 10,000 steps and 8 rollercoaster rides were heaped on top of a full-on week. That was not to stop Day 5 being productive! Common Data Model (CDM): All you need to know about CDM Read More
Category: Productivity
Ignite 2019 – Day 2
After a full-on first day, day 2 was set to be even more full on with every slot double or treble booked! Azure Active Directory: New features and roadmap Link to recording As such a key component of every project based on Office or Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory is a must know product. Having Read More
Chromium Edge – Create your own shortcuts
For years, Google Chrome has been my choice of browser when working with Office 365 environments as it has supported multiple personas that can have their own stored passwords, favourites, and bookmarks. This has been invaluable when working with client environments as I can create a persona for a client, and then remove that persona Read More
Meeting Tips From Tech Leaders
Meeting are just a fact of life for most of us. We tend to have too many of them (unless we are the people organising them!). There are many tips and tricks to make meetings more effective and less of a chore but recently I came across quite a few sources that explain how some Read More
Flow To the Zone with Focus Assist
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, now that is a name that is hard to remember! Maybe if you reached the pinnacle of focus and concentration, you would be in “the zone” and be able to remember it. Alternatively, you might enter a state of “Flow”. If you did the latter then you would have Mr Csíkszentmihályi to thank Read More
Microsoft To-Do is good for our mental health
It may seem like a strange statement to make and many will immediately deny it and talk about how a software product is not usually something that we consider good for our heath, unless it is re-enforcing our belief that we are doing enough exercise! The reason I believe that this statement is true is Read More
Return with No Stress
You have prepared to go on holiday (See Escape with No Stress) and you have had a lovely time. You told everyone that you would be out but still, they have sent you emails and you have actions as a result. For each email, assess it based on the following process: The aim of this Read More
Escape with No Stress
Going on holiday is something we all look forward to. Making sure that you have no stress when you are away is sometimes a challenge though. It always feels like preparing to be out of the office with no communications can be the most stressful part of planning to be on holiday. It doesn’t have Read More