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https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/778
James Diekman explores how AI and automation are reshaping project management, compliance, and business innovation. Learn practical strategies for embedding AI in workflows, managing risk, and building future-ready teams. Gain insights from real-world government and enterprise projects, with a focus on responsible, efficient, and scalable technology adoption.
🎙️ What you’ll learn
- Identify where AI agents can streamline project management and reporting
- Apply responsible AI frameworks and assurance models in regulated sectors
- Build and test project-specific tools using low-code and AI platforms
- Integrate legal and compliance checks into AI solution delivery
- Develop a continuous improvement approach for AI adoption in your organisation
✅ Highlights
- “Roles like project coordinator will get transformed into AI agents or chat bots.”
- “Setting up a project brain for each project will transform quite a bit.”
- “We’re seeing a big appetite for AI, especially in New South Wales.”
- “Every AI solution for New South Wales government must go through an AI assurance framework assessment.”
- “You can ask the same question multiple times and get different answers.”
- “Legal teams are starting to use these technologies to enhance their workflows.”
- “There’s a real opportunity for cybersecurity firms to invest in red teaming for AI.”
- “If you don’t build AI into your processes, companies will get left behind.”
- “We use Copilot, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot for development and proposals.”
- “Don’t just build a chatbot for everything—map your organisation’s processes first.”
- “A dedicated team or working group should constantly prioritise and build AI capabilities.”
- “Government, you can’t really get wrong either. It can’t be hallucinating.”
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✅Keywords
ai, project management, automation, power platform, azure, dynamics 365, responsible ai, assurance framework, legal compliance, user acceptance testing, low-code, cybersecurity
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