Tag: #Productivity

From Formulas to Conversations: How Excel’s Agent Mode Will Redefine Data Analytics

It used to be great to find others that ‘spoke Excel’ – understood the intricacies of the various lookup formulas or when to use index…match. I have spent some time working with Excel Labs Agent Mode and the ‘old’ Excel world is about to change dramatically.

Excel Agent Mode has arrived as part of Microsoft’s Frontier preview program, and after testing it myself to create survey data for my training courses, I can see this isn’t just another incremental update (spreadsheet link included in Further Reading section below). It might make those ribbon menus obsolete.

Not All Copilot Studio Agents Are Equal: How to Get the Best SharePoint Answers

Imagine giving two employees the same task, but one has all the right tools and the other doesn’t. You’d get very different results. I experienced the same with Microsoft’s Copilot Studio agents – and learned that how you build your AI assistant makes a huge difference in what answers you get from SharePoint.

Why Deep Research AI Models Are the New Power Tool for Business Professionals

I wrote about Deep research models back in February and since then I have been actively integrating them into my business processes (both ChatGPT and Gemini version) and I thought the subject was worth revisiting in more depth. For me they have made a huge difference in everything from developing strategic plans to pre-meeting research.