Simon Denton

ex-Civil Engineer now IT Enabler, Designer, Technology Cajoler and Microsoft MVP. Views are my own.

[Daniel Glenn @DanielGlenn]

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[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@DanielGlenn @365MCS I agree this is a big and useful shift of the control plane

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@AlistairPugin @perplexity_ai This might help @perplexity_ai https://t.co/FCgUbIuGYO

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@DanielGlenn I get up
And nothing gets me down

Ah, might as well jump (jump)

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@DanielGlenn Great to catch-up and, as you say, have the opportunity to shape the futures of products used by millions of people.

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@nztechtweet Great to see you and catch up. My brain has temporarily reached max capacity. Have a good trip home

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@magrom The arc is my favourite mouse

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

Have @sainsburys given up on Christmas already? Perhaps the saddest Yule Log in festive history.

(mini bag of Haribo for scale)

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@magrom @AlistairPugin We went with C Level down and adoption did not (unsurprisingly) go as they the C level thought it would... We are now rolling out from the base of the company and it's working...

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@AlistairPugin @magrom All while people scatter and use unofficial things like Gemini.

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@AlistairPugin @magrom More like they assign the licenses, the oversharing panic starts, licenses are revoked, then they set up committees, policies and governance... Finally fewer licences are reissued and then a slow adoption starts.

[Tony Redmond @12Knocksinna]

.@Office365 Choice is goodness, but using Anthrophic AI models with #Microsoft365 #Copilot (even in a limited way) raises a bunch of security, data access, and compliance issues for tenants to work out. To their credit, Microsoft documents the issues
https://t.co/cW0GpH5cWv

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@mkashman @clamanna Only draw back is it risks data leaving the Microsoft trust boundary...

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

Fire on Colmore Row, Birmingham. Looks like it is now under control with faint puffs of smoke. Video from earlier.

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@sympmarc ... and it will take longer to recover that trust because they did not lead with empathy when hitting refresh.

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@troyhunt @JointheClaim @marksandspencer Nothing. They might issue some Sparks vouchers or provide access to a credit/identity subscription eg Experian like BA had to do a while back when it's online booking was compromised.

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

In the age of agentic AI, we risk losing the principles that make automation reliable: repeatability, recoverability, and guardrails.
My short reflection on why #WorkflowDesign still matters 👇 https://t.co/jNkBKgLs6j
#AgenticAI #AutomationStrategy #DigitalWorkplace #FutureOfWork

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@united Not all heroes wear capes—some wear wings 🛫 and epaulettes 👨‍✈️.
Aug 18. UA919. Packed 777. Economy seats.
But the crew put the friendly back in the friendly skies. Thank you 🙌 ( ♥️ the napkin slogan - inspired)
#UnitedAirlines #UA919 #GratitudePost #TravelKindly

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@sympmarc Talk about adding friction to what was a simple user journey...

[Simon Denton @buildbod]

@sympmarc And I'm reminded of my comments several #MVPSummit 's ago. How much of this is thought through.