Microsoft Insiders Podcast

*clip from this month’s live IOL session with our guest, Leo Chan, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Last month I shared the founding story of Regenerous Labs — how a moment of clarity in a chemo chair led to a two-year exploration with trusted collaborators, and an architecture nobody predicted. Start With Who, practiced. Since then, the weekly Innovating Out Loud series has shifted. For the first three months...

One Vision. Three Practices. Zero Freezing. You know you need a big vision. You’ve heard it a thousand times. And you know you need to do the work. That’s not news either. But sometimes the vision gets so big, so personal, so loaded with consequence, that you can’t look at it directly anymore. You freeze. Not dramatically. Not obviously. You just... get busy . You tinker around the edges. You call...

Taryn Kutches and JoAnn Garbin in conversation with Dan Greenwald (CEO, White Rhino) highlighted: — The psychological decision-making journey we all move through as we make decisions. — Why emotion is the necessary, and often missing, ingredient for successful innovation.— A real-life innovation and behavior change case study from JoAnn and Dan's work at Microsoft. Follow here, on YouTube, or Link...

If you only followed the headlines, you’d think regenerative innovation is stalling. But here’s what’s actually happening: the gap between idea and impact is closing. Not because the work got easier. Because the infrastructure to support execution is finally being built. Three things happened recently that show the difference between the narrative and the reality: How to Use External Pressure as I...

Note: The Training Course is a real offering from Regenerous Labs . If you’d like more information, reach out: joann@regenerouslabs.com The article below is an example of the powerful collaboration possible between humans and AI. In a matter of hours, I crafted it using NotebookLM, synthesizing insights from my Labs’ training documents, " The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft ," and addit...

Referenced in this episode: Our LinkedIn Learning Course: * 1hr quickstart to the lessons of the book. Free for now! * Give away: Limited edition signed bonus chapter. We’ll pick 5 learners from the first 500 who complete the course AND share that they completed it on LinkedIn. Current count of learners is 380. * Course: http://bit.ly/3ZIuHhW Dean’s article on the “Divergence Dilemma”: http://bit....

Culture is a Verb: Learn what it means, why it matters, and how you can create transformations like Satya Nadella. Early in his tenure as CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella made one of his most enduring declarations. In his book Hit Refresh he wrote, "I like to think that the C in CEO stands for culture. The CEO is the curator of an organization’s culture. Anything is possible for a company when its...

Regenerative Innovation is the practice of creating value in ways that restore, renew, and revitalize the systems it touches—economic, social, environmental, and organizational. It’s innovation that doesn’t just sustain what exists, but actively improves it. It’s not a tradeoff. It’s a multiplier. Looking inward, regenerative innovation also refers to an innovation culture that sustains itself. It...

Way back on February 18th, at the Microsoft Garage NYC, 100 friends new and old gathered to help us launch The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft . It’s been a mad dash since, full of interesting conversations (check out our media page to see/hear our conversations with an extraordinary list of hosts). We’ve learned so much and found some interesting new angles on the book, our work, even...

In Superagency, Reid Hoffman shares his vision of a future where AI stretches what’s possible—and makes the case that how we show up in that world matters more than ever. We agree. Are you a Doomer, Gloomer, Zoomer… or Bloomer? What skills should [people] build now to become more innovative in their careers? Two books. One future. Superagency gives us the vision, the what and why . The Insider’s G...

At the recent GeekWire event celebrating Microsoft’s 50th, Dean and I had the chance to hear Nathan Myhrvold , CTO of early Microsoft, speak. During his fireside chat, he said something that’s really struck a chord in me: “There’s a class of human ideas that people just love having, and yet they have a history of always being wrong... The notion that progress is going to destroy us has come up ove...

This week, Dean and JoAnn share their biggest takeaways from the first month of the book launch and answer questions from The Garage NYC launch party on February 18. From the myths of innovation to the power of Say it Ugly, tune in for fresh insights and real talk. Check your Insider inbox for the full story—and if you’re not yet an Insider, sign up at www.innovationatmicrosoft.com or subscribe he...

One of the top questions we get about the book? The cover. It’s more than just a striking design—it captures a fundamental truth: Innovation is loopy. Curious what that means? Check out our latest Insider article to find out. It's a 7.5 min summary of Pattern #2 from the book: Innovating Over the Years - Achieving Continuous, Adaptive Innovation. Thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to join th...