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From Copilot Curiosity to Copilot Confidence
AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot are transforming how we work — but most teams still treat them like search engines rather than creative collaborators. The difference between dabbling and daily use isn’t access; it’s mindset and method.
This thought-leadership journey shows how to move from “What is Copilot?” to “We use it every day.”Through real examples, demos, and agent-building walkthroughs, Daniel Anderson demonstrates how to shift habits, master prompting, and embed AI capability across your organization. Each tab below represents a step in the transformation — from mindset to mastery — paired with his most-watched Copilot videos and practical insights.
Explainer: Intro
Stop Searching, Start Delegating
Purpose: Most people prompt Copilot like a one-shot search box. That yields shallow results and random quality. The mindset shift is to treat Copilot like a teammate—you brief it, iterate with it, and expect it to push back. When the relationship changes from transactional to collaborative, quality, speed, and confidence all rise.
This section gives a simple workflow for turning vague asks into useful output: find context → set constraints → iterate → share. It also shows how voice, past work, and co-editing turn Copilot into a real pa
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
Explainer: Are you using Co-Pilot the Wrong Way
From Curiosity to Capability
Purpose: Skillful prompting isn’t about tricks; it’s about structured communication. In Microsoft 365, that means giving Copilot clear outcomes, grounding it in your content, and iterating in small steps. The App Builder demo shows the same principle at a higher level: natural-language → specification → working artefact.
This section turns prompting into a repeatable craft across Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams—and shows how the same loop can generate data models, UI, and workflow in App Builder.
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
Explainer: These explain why most users fail with Copilot
From Prompt to Automation
Purpose: Agents aren’t just chat—they’re workflows made conversational. The survey demo shows end-to-end delivery: create, edit, and send a live form from a single dialogue. The lesson is to design agents around one valuable outcome, then iterate.
This section walks through a simple agent life cycle you can replicate: define the outcome, generate the artefact, refine fields and logic, and dispatch to users.
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
Explainer: Demonstrates moving from prompting to agent-building
Make Copilot a Team Habit
Purpose: Strategy fails when the basics break. If teams can’t see who changed what, or how to work safely on the same file, AI adoption stalls. Operationalising AI means good document hygiene, shared playbooks, and systems that reflect the way you work together.
This section uses the check-out/check-in + version-history workflow to demonstrate how governance enables speed. Once process is trustworthy, teams feel safe to let Copilot do more of the writing.
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
Explainer: Practical, relatable use-cases that help teams trust automation
From Experiment to Everyday Use
Purpose: Nothing builds confidence like visible results. Measurement takes AI from anecdote to habit—how much time saved, how many drafts accelerated, how often teams actually use Copilot. Outlook’s Newsletter hub is a simple way to publish learnings, track engagement, and coordinate enablement.of solution prioritization. It’s about shaping value around relevance, not availability.
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
Explainer: Measurable wins and small productivity gains
Build an AI-Ready Workforce
Purpose: Nothing builds confidence like visible results. Measurement takes AI from anecdote to habit—how much time saved, how many drafts accelerated, how often teams actually use Copilot. Outlook’s Newsletter hub is a simple way to publish learnings, track engagement, and coordinate enablement.
Managers play a vital role in keeping remote work safe, efficient, and engaging.
Hold regular 1:1 check-ins and team meetings to stay connected and catch potential issues early.
Set clear expectations for outputs, priorities, and deadlines — and check progress before key milestones.
Encourage balance: promote regular breaks, flexible work hours, and a healthy separation between work and home life.
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Use collaboration tools to support your team:
- Instant messaging for quick updates
- Video conferencing for face-to-face discussions
- Shared drives or collaboration sites for document exchange
Before you start working from home:
- Talk to your manager about any ergonomic equipment you need.
- Choose a dedicated space that helps you focus and “switch off” when the day ends.
- Follow the [Work From Home Checklist] (linked below) to confirm your setup is safe, well-lit, and hazard-free.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.
- Schedule quick video chats with your colleagues to keep the social connection alive.
- Check in regularly with your manager — find the rhythm that works best for you (daily, weekly, or both).
- If you ever need support, reach out to your manager or our Employee Assistance Program.