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Author: Diego

I’m a Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect and two-time Microsoft MVP for SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Copilot. My background includes 20+ years in technology, with 17+ years focused on SharePoint and Microsoft collaboration platforms. I help organizations modernize outdated systems, build practical governance, automate everyday work, and prepare for Copilot adoption. I work with business leaders and technical teams to make sound decisions and help people adapt to change. I’m also a Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) Regional Leader, international speaker, community organizer, and co-host of M365 After 5. Here at UnsuckM365, I share no-BS, tried-and-true Microsoft 365 advice and solutions from real projects, alongside honest stories about community and the people behind the technology.
Poes connects two puzzle-piece brains labeled Sales and Delivery, linking client needs, scope, budget, architecture, estimates, dependencies, capacity, and risk.
October 19, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 10: Sales and delivery need to share a brain

Poes sits on a fragmented company identity puzzle while separate consulting, advisory, technology, product, and operations groups sit disconnected around her.
October 16, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 9: Do not outsource the identity out of the company

Poes stands between separate castle-like departments for strategy, operations, technology, and people and culture, with shared projects stranded between them.
October 15, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 8: Stop organizing the company into little kingdoms

Poes is physically pulled between HR, payroll, finance, and IT by cables carrying policies, data, approvals, and access.
October 14, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 7: Your employee is not the integration layer between your departments

Poes struggles through a chaotic first day with tangled cables, setup guides, access requests, licenses, tickets, and missing instructions.
October 13, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 6: Your new employee should not be the QA department for onboarding

Poes carries consulting tools from a polished client building toward her company’s cluttered office full of manual processes and outdated tools.
October 12, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 5: Use your own consultants on your own company

Poes sits ready to work on a bench with architecture plans while managers scramble to find resources and projects behind her.
October 9, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 4: Bench is a management problem, not automatically an employee performance problem

Poes works at a laptop surrounded by timesheets logged in 0.25-hour increments while reusable assets, automation, and architecture represent better measures of value.
October 8, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 3: Timesheets are not productivity

Poes studies a 92 percent utilization dashboard while client satisfaction, project margins, morale, and repeat business decline.
October 7, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 2: Utilization is a measurement, not a business strategy

Poes reviews solution architecture while consultants move through a machine that turns talent into billable hours, illustrating the lesson “Stop running a consulting company like a staffing company.”
October 6, 2026October 8, 2026 Diego

Day 1: Stop running a consulting company like a staffing company

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