For this special series of the podcast, leading up to Microsoft Inspire, I interview leaders from Microsoft's One Commercial Partner team to discuss the work that their teams are doing in this age of rapid digital transformation.

I was delighted to welcome back to the podcast Eduardo Kassner, the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the worldwide One Commercial Partner Organization under Gavriella Schuster. Eduardo was a previous guest on #39 - Fundamentals of Innovation for Partners to Transform.  

In this episode, Eduardo and I have a lively discussion on the state of disruption that is continuing in our industry, the work that his team has been doing to enable and ready partners to embrace the transformation, the amazing content and eBooks that they have been delivering that we all need to be aware of and have access to, and what's in store for partners and some must attend sessions at Microsoft Inspire, July 15th through the 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Sessions we discuss at Inspire.

General Sessions & Breakouts

Type
Title
Time
Location

General Session | Eduardo Kassner
Are you ready to capture the Artificial Intelligence opportunity? Come and learn from the best in the Market.
MONDAY |
12:30-1:15 PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom F

Breakout
Learn best practices for finding and retaining top technical talent
MONDAY |
1:45-2:30 PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom F

Breakout
Partner Capital Adequacy in a Cloud-first World
MONDAY |
3:00-3:45 PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom F

General Session | Melissa Mulholland
Capitalize on the Digital Transformation Opportunity
MONDAY |
4:15-5:00 PM
North, Level 0, Islander Ballroom A

Breakout
There is nothing trivial about providing Cloud Migration or Operations Services. Come learn from the best and accelerate your practice.
TUESDAY |
4:15-5:00 PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom C

Workshops & Booth Sessions

Type
Title
Time
Location

Booth
Partner Profitability + Partner University
ALL DAYS |

11:00 – 6:00 PM
MPN Booth on Expo Floor

Workshop
Want to build an AI Practice, or add AI Services to your products? Build your strategy based on best practices
TUESDAY |

12:30-1:15PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom I

Workshop
Beat the technical skills gap. Come build your strategy to attract, develop and retain top talent.
TUESDAY |
2:00-3:00PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom G

Workshop
Accelerate the sales process with packaged cloud solutions
WEDNESDAY | 2:30-3:30PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom G

Workshop
Accelerate your cloud business model
WEDNESDAY | 4:00-5:00PM
North, Level 0, South Pacific Ballroom G

Workshop
Value Based Pricing Approached – Shifting Project Revenue to High Margin Recurring Revenue
WEDNESDAY | 8:30-9:30AM
North, Level 0,