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Podcast: The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
Episode: 554: Microsoft's Dean Carignan on Using AI to Boost Joy, Focus, and Productivity at Work
Description: What if the key to innovation isn't a process, but a mindset that travels across boundaries, disciplines, and decades? From international development to McKinsey to leading AI strategy at Microsoft, Dean Carignan has built his career at the intersection of systems, people, and impact. Now, as co-author of The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft, he's helping organizations rethink how real innovation happens, not just in startups or labs, but in legacy institutions and global companies. In this episode, Dean shares lessons from two decades at Microsoft, where he's worked across...