Honestly, setting up a partner network feels like being back in high school. Bear with me… Which crowd do you follow? What are you going to say to them? What can you do to stand out?! You’re new to all this and it seems everyone has known one another forever. A bit dramatic? Possibly. But […]
When working from home it is easy to forget to take breaks or go outside for some fresh air, so starting tomorrow, we’re doing something a little different at Dapt. Our Wednesday morning daily standup call will now be taking place outside! 🏞🚶🏽♂️🚶🏽♀️🚶🏽♂️ We’ll be using #microsoftteams on our mobiles and putting on our walking boots. Oh, and […]
Over the past few years, Microsoft’s product offerings have continued to expand at a rapid pace. We have seen Teams consumption increase from 32 million daily active users pre-covid to 145 million today. It has become an absolute business essential for this hybrid working era with many organisations bringing their planned rollout forward during the […]
Good things happen after Catalyst Sales Training As a Microsoft gold partner, we take our Microsoft certification really seriously. We have eleven certifications – gold and silver – and our presales team has a set KPI that ensures our technical resources keep up to date. Keeping our sales team skilled in the latest selling techniques […]
Is Your Organisation Menopause Aware? Here’s a startling reminder for you – or a wake-up call, if you didn’t already know. There is no prevention for menopause in women, because every single woman will go through it at some point after puberty. This was one of many stark messages I and a group of […]
I attended a session on Digital leadership and technical empathy during the South Coast Summit. It was delivered by Steve Compton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scrompton/) is the MD of a company called Changing Social – they specialise in adoption and change management, business apps and automation with a specific focus on helping end-users adopt new ways of working […]
How did you start your career at Microsoft? Richard W: I started my professional career as a chartered accountant before realising that it probably wasn’t the career I was really looking for, moving to Microsoft’s UK Finance team around 16 years ago, to support internal seller compensation which was very new to me. It was a […]
Gartner define the purpose of a diversity and inclusion manifesto, as a means of ensuring that the organisation is comprised of diverse individuals (based on individual characteristics, values, beliefs, and backgrounds) and to foster a work environment in which all employees feel respected, accepted, supported and valued.1 From that perspective, we understand that diversity and […]
I recently hosted an IAMCP webinar on the Microsoft Partner Portal and there were a number of questions that time did not permit me to answer during the event, so this blog looks at those questions and tries to address them. Q1. Why are consulting service offers limited to only Azure, Dynamics 365, or Power […]
In August, we had the world famous 24hr Le Mans endurance race. This year, we were inspired by a truly remarkable team led by French businessman Frédéric Sausset, a quadruple amputee. Two of Sausset’s drivers – Japanese Takuma Aoki and Belgian Nigel Bailly – were paraplegic. Finishing this gruelling event is, by itself, a huge […]