Microsoft Insiders Podcast

Continuing the conversation from The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft (book). Actionable insights and thought-provoking questions for forward-thinking professionals. Join our community of Insiders shaping a better future. joanngarbin.substack.com

Microsoft Insiders Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Putting the Patterns to Work

  Apr 29, 20261 minS0

  <p>*clip from this month’s live IOL session with our guest, Leo Chan, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®</p><p>Last month I shared the founding story of Regenerous Labs — how a moment of clarity in a chemo chair led to a two-year exploration with trusted collaborators, and an architecture nobody predicted. Start With Who, practiced.</p><p>Since then, the weekly Innovating Out Loud series has shifted. For the first three months of 2026, I was exploring ideas — building vocabulary, testing frameworks against research, finding the connective tissue between the book’s four patterns and what I’m learning as a venture buil...

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  One Vision. Three Practices. Zero Freezing.

  Dec 14, 20257 minS1

  <p>One Vision. Three Practices. Zero Freezing.</p><p>You know you need a big vision. You’ve heard it a thousand times.</p><p>And you know you need to do the work. That’s not news either.</p><p>But sometimes the vision gets so big, so personal, so loaded with consequence, that you can’t look at it directly anymore.</p><p>You freeze.</p><p>Not dramatically. Not obviously. You just... get busy. You tinker around the edges. You call it progress. You avoid the thing you actually want because wanting it that much feels dangerous.</p><p>I...

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  Innovating Out Loud - November 2025 Replay

  Nov 30, 202558 minS0

  <p>Taryn Kutches and JoAnn Garbin in conversation with Dan Greenwald (CEO, White Rhino) highlighted: — The psychological decision-making journey we all move through as we make decisions. — Why emotion is the necessary, and often missing, ingredient for successful innovation.— A real-life innovation and behavior change case study from JoAnn and Dan's work at Microsoft. Follow here, on YouTube, or LinkedIn to never miss an episode. Next live webcast is on Friday, December 12th at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET. We'll be talking with Microsoft leader and JoAnn's co-author, Dean Carignan, about the massive AI transformation happening inside Microsoft.</p> <br/><br/>This i...

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  Episode #5

  Let's Talk About What's Actually Happening

  Nov 7, 20258 minS1

  <p>If you only followed the headlines, you’d think regenerative innovation is stalling. But here’s what’s actually happening: the gap between idea and impact is closing. Not because the work got easier. Because the infrastructure to support execution is finally being built.</p><p>Three things happened recently that show the difference between the narrative and the reality:</p><p>How to Use External Pressure as Internal Permission</p><p>Last weekend, I wrote a LinkedIn post about local opposition to data centers and the execution gap it highlights—a post that went viral for a variety of reaso...

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  Behind the scenes: Innovating with AI

  Jul 10, 20256 minS0

  <p>Note: The Training Course is a real offering from Regenerous Labs. If you’d like more information, reach out: joann@regenerouslabs.com</p><p>The article below is an example of the powerful collaboration possible between humans and AI. In a matter of hours, I crafted it using NotebookLM, synthesizing insights from my Labs’ training documents, "The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft," and additional sources on emergent strategy, adaptive thinking, design and systems thinking, and behavior science (see source notes below). It wasn't a one-click process but a true iterative co-creation: I provided initial content and engaged in mult...

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