Applying Open AI to Manufacturing

OpenAI ChatGPT is a new AI tool that can interact in a conversational way. It can follow instructions, answer questions, admit mistakes, challenge premises, and reject requests. It can also tell stories and write code. ChatGPT is trained using reinforcement learning from human feedback, which makes it more adaptable and responsive than traditional chatbots. But […]

How to make your hybrid meetings less terrible

I’ve been part of a LOT of hybrid meetings lately (onsite and Teams). They stink. Here’s how you can make them better… 1. Have a room setup that is optimized for hybrid, such as a Surface Hub, where it naturally works with Teams without a lot of screwing around. I’ve seen a TON of terrible […]

4 Ways to Safely Customize Open AI on Azure with Company-Specific Data

We love Chat GPT’s capabilities and the question being asked is… “what if I had this for my OWN data?” How do I do that and what are my options? Well… you’re in luck, because in this video I talk about how you do just that!

What to know about Data Privacy and Open AI

This is one of the most frequently asked questions I get about Open AI on Azure. In this video I explain the key things you need to know about Open AI and privacy/security.

Building a Cloud CoE that Actually Works

In this episode of Tech Leadership Office Hours I talk about building a Cloud CoE that actually works. A few big topics I cover:

Why CoEs fail
Structure of CoEs
Goals of a CoE
Approach to doing it well

Handling Overlapping Domains in a Data Mesh

The last time we talked about a Data Mesh we focused on the idea of Data Domains and the essential part they play in creating a scale-up data structure across an organization. A common question that arises however is how to deal with overlapping contexts of data and whether the Data Mesh creates too much […]

Understanding the Data Domain in the Data Mesh

The Data Mesh is a new-new thing. In concept, it’s really just a way to describe a large data platform made up of several distributed data estates, but managed and understood as one environment. The Microsoft Learn site actually has a very nice description of a Data Mesh concept. The core concept of the “Data […]

Delayed Send in Microsoft Teams in Out!

I recently wrote about Delayed Send in Outlook. Check out this feature for Delayed Send in Microsoft Teams. If you are trying to avoid causing unnecessary concern, friction, or stress after hours, but find yourself more productive during that time, use the delayed send feature to align to your recipient’s work hours. How to Use […]

A Lap Around Microsoft Sustainability Manager

Microsoft released the Manufacturing Sustainability Manager for the holidays and I couldn’t be more excited for the impact this can have in business in the new year. I got a chance to play with this for a bit and it’s very interesting. A few things at first glance that were interesting to me: The decomposition […]

Modern Workplace in Three “Easy” Steps

You run an enterprise organization but the technology feels like it is still left over from the stone age. We’re still taking about VPN with endpoints, your employees still use file shares, and your CEO can’t work from a Mac. Why are we still sitting in this situation in 2022 when we just went through […]

Nathan Lasnoski

Technology is at the heart of the transformation of modern society and business. I engage in innovation, artificial intelligence, disruption, and ethics under the lense that we only do this because people matter.

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