{"id":39328,"date":"2025-11-19T03:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/insights\/uncategorized\/mind-the-microsoft-gap-ai-in-the-real-world-for-business\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:44:15","slug":"mind-the-microsoft-gap-ai-in-the-real-world-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/insights\/resources\/podcast\/mind-the-microsoft-gap\/mind-the-microsoft-gap-ai-in-the-real-world-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind the Microsoft Gap:\u00a0AI in the Real World for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"1246\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNwwgUn65rw\" title=\"Mind the Microsoft Gap: AI in the Real World for Business\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of&nbsp;Mind&nbsp;the Microsoft Gap, hosts Chris Threlfall and Nick Thomas unpack what AI really is in 2025, how it has evolved from simple prediction to powerful generative tools, and what that means for your organisation. From Copilot in Microsoft 365 to tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, they explore how&nbsp;almost anyone&nbsp;with access to tech can now harness AI to work smarter, not just harder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They walk through practical examples of using AI to summarise meetings, build websites, generate&nbsp;reports&nbsp;and automate the boring bits, while also digging into the serious side of things, including data privacy, hallucinations, ethical&nbsp;guardrails&nbsp;and security in Microsoft 365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you will learn&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What sets predictive AI apart from generative AI and why the difference matters for your organisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT and Gemini can support you as a digital assistant across day to day work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why prompting has become an essential skill and how non-technical users can achieve meaningful outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The hidden cost of free AI tools, where your data may travel and how enterprise platforms give you control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethical concerns to be aware of including bias, hallucinations and the need for transparent, responsible AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How AI can help uncover security weaknesses including overshared data and unnecessary permissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What&nbsp;Insentra\u2019s&nbsp;AI Sprint Series offers from a free foundations session to rapid no code product creation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How MIA,&nbsp;Insentra\u2019s&nbsp;intelligent assistant, helps teams build and share effective prompts for consistent results&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timestamp&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>0:01 <\/strong>&#8211; Opening and Episode Theme \u2013 Setting up the focus on AI in today\u2019s workplace&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1:37<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Predictive AI And Generative AI \u2013 Clear explanation of the differences and why they matter for organisations&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3:45<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; AI As&nbsp;A&nbsp;Digital Assistant \u2013 How Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini and others support everyday tasks&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9:30 <\/strong>&#8211; Why Prompting Matters \u2013 How non-technical users can achieve strong outcomes with good prompting&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4:57<\/strong> &#8211; The Cost of Free AI \u2013 Where your data goes and why enterprise platforms add protection and control&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16:44<\/strong> &#8211; Ethics and Responsible AI \u2013 Bias, hallucinations, data&nbsp;quality&nbsp;and the need for transparency&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22:58<\/strong> &#8211; AI And Security in Microsoft 365 \u2013 Using AI to reveal overshared files and permission gaps&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24:58<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Insentra&nbsp;AI Sprint&nbsp;Series \u2013 Foundations, advanced&nbsp;application&nbsp;and agentic AI for rapid product creation&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>31:35<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; My&nbsp;Intelligent Assistant&nbsp;(MIA)&nbsp;\u2013 Creating,&nbsp;reusing&nbsp;and sharing prompts across teams for consistent results&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to put AI into action?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Register for our free\u00a0<strong>Generative AI Sprint 1<\/strong>\u00a0session and learn how to get\u00a0real results\u00a0with AI in just 75 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/services\/generative-ai-series\/sprint-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Secure your spot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image {\n display: none !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how predictive AI evolved into generative tools, what it means for business, and how to adopt AI safely with real world examples. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":39329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mind-the-microsoft-gap","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39330,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39328\/revisions\/39330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}