Switched On: A Bowdark Podcast

What We Cover Why AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code are real productivity accelerators and how Bowdark is actively using them The 70/30 split: why only about 30% of a technology project involves writing code What human-centered design actually looks like in practice and why it can't be automated away A real client example where a "detailed requirements doc" turned out to be a list of un...

Many organizations enter transformation initiatives with genuine commitment — and still go nowhere. In this episode, we dig into why so many leaders find themselves ready to move but stuck in place, and what it actually takes to break through organizational gridlock. We explore one of the most common and costly mistakes in transformation: treating it like a side project layered on top of everyone'...

This episode dives into the transformative world of Microsoft Fabric with Microsoft MVP and "Data God" Chris Wagner . Whether you’re a data enthusiast, a business leader, or a technology professional, this episode will give you an insider's look at how Microsoft’s latest data platform is reshaping the way organizations manage, analyze, and act on their data. 🗂️ What’s in Store: The Origin Story Ho...

We flip the script and interview ourselves. James puts interesting questions to Paul about generative AI and the UX possibilities that are starting to open up. Sometimes Paul wanders off to uncharted territory.

We're in the age of Copilots. Discussion focuses a lot around Microsoft - but the implication is clear: they're everywhere, and they're just getting started.

James and Paul pontificate on their experiences working in, with, and under business-led IT, shadow IT, and corporate IT. What's the best way forward, for IT orgs to have real impact on business outcomes?

We talk about the Copilot Studio demo and other possibilities. "Everything you categorized in your head as 'I can't do that,' pull it out and rethink it. It might be possible now."

Alan Chai, Microsoft Power Apps MVP and Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation at Schlumberger, wows James Wood and Paul Modderman with his tales of enterprise creation, curation, and learning new things.

Highlights Check out Constellation’s October event: Connected Enterprise 2023 What a great sense that things are ALWAYS exciting — but in early days of his career that exciting-ness was slower. “Smith” — highly common last name these days — tied to the old profession of blacksmithing. What’s the new “smith” these days? Probably producting software. Holger: why can’t email be done better? (Yeah. I...

James and Paul discuss the upcoming events in the fall conference season - especially Microsoft Power Platform Conference and SAP TechEd, and come up with their unique spin on a wish list for them.

Podcast Episode! Season 5 Intro: The Future of Work James and I sat down to ruminate and prepare for our upcoming next season: The Future of Work. It’s obvious that GPT (and especially ChatGPT) has completely saturated everyone’s brains. It seems like we’re finally seeing the veil between front-office and back-office start to tear. But most of all, we are PUMPED about this season — as both a way t...

James and I closed out our season of exploring digital transformation and its various meanings with a wrap-up conversation.  Awesome Episodes This Season Season 4 Premiere: Digital Transformation Continuous Everything with Jon Reed Digital Transformation as Improving Processes with Alex Jones De-Mystifying the Digital with Paru Sankar Innovation with Purpose with Diego Dora An Agile SAP Developmen...

James and Paul sit down with Dustin Bruzenak, co-founder of Modern Logic - a Twin Cities-based software development shop specializing in projects that emphasize compassion and human-centered thought. Dustin offers great thoughts on the software industry: building the products, building teams, and finding your cultural center.

Make sure to get more from Christian at myNewsWrap and Twitter .

James and Paul discuss the Nuve platform with founder Nestor Lara - among other geektastic subjects. We discuss ins and outs of SAP DevOps, ABAP containers, and generally speaking platform-y things that will make your nerd heart sing.

Dawn Clark and Lori Beck from Bowdark's Microsoft team guest to help us create a roundtable to geek out over the latest Microsoft Copilot offerings. See https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/ for more details.

Paul and James talk to Diego Dora, longtime SAP buff and founder of DIFF Consulting. Diego is knowledgeable about cloud, development, and system integration topics that should be helpful to ANY enterprise, and has a special flavor of SAP + GCP knowledge mixture.

Paul and James discuss possibilities for future seasons of Switched On. Data/AI? Cloud maturity? Other...things?

Paul and James talk to Paru Sankar, Managing Director for Mindset Consulting in Asia/Pacific, who transforms their understanding of digital transformation. Paru is a world-ranging technologist, and gives great perspective on a wide range of topics.

Paul and James outline their wishes for the upcoming year in tech.

James and Paul talk to Alex Jones (not THAT one) from NetSPI about the heretofore unseen connections between penetration testing and security. Alex brings a fresh perspective from his sales and marketing leadership positions, and it really stretched our imaginations.

James and Paul point the hard questions at themselves - asking each other the questions that they usually reserve for guests. What do people not understand about what you do? What excites you most about the future?

James and Paul talked to Jon Reed from diginomica about our seasonal "digital transformation" topic. He's been on the hunt for this very same idea for years - and his wisdom shines through. 

We kick off a new season of Switched On with the topic: Digital Transformation. The sub-question should probably be: what the heck is it? James and Paul explore their own thoughts before the rest of the season kicks off into a bunch of great guests!

Podcast Episode! Season 3 FINALE This is it! The end of season 3! Lots of solid leads on the question “Why can’t IT keep up with the business?” — and probably most importantly, a concession that the question probably started off a bit loaded. I think we came to several points of agreement, led by our awesome guests. Highlights Yeah. It’s a loaded question. It really comes down to how much the IT j...