About this episode

Chris McNulty and Mark Kashman discuss AI adoption and the importance of community in the workplace.

Polaris is a production of Synozur – the transformation company. Synozur reimagines business for our clients, navigating the complexities of transformation and strategy with ease. Former Intrazone co-hosts Chris McNulty and Mark Kashman reunite on Polaris to unpack the biggest news from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference—AI skills, Copilot's evolution, SharePoint's 25th anniversary—and reflect on the enduring power of community in the modern workplace. Takeaways AI adoption vs. readiness gap. Chris cites industry research showing 91% of organizations now use at least one AI technology and an average of 5.4 hours saved per employee, drawn from a study of 443 million work hours across over 1,000 companies 1 . Yet at the recent AIIM Summit in Baltimore, Chris polled a room of roughly 50 professionals on daily AI use—and was the only hand up 2 . The ActivTrak "2026 State of the Workplace" report confirms that while 80% of employees now use AI tools (up from 53% two years ago), only 3% spend the optimal 7–10% of their work hours in AI, and 57% spend less than 1% 3 . Leaders should focus on practical readiness—not headline adoption numbers. Content structure is critical for AI…

People in this episode

Host: Chris McNulty

Guest: Mark Kashman

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• Microsoft 365
• SharePoint
• community
• transformation
• content management

Keywords

• AI skills
• Copilot
• SharePoint
• content management
• workplace transformation
• community

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Organizations: Microsoft 365 Community Conference, AIIM Summit, ActivTrak, Synozur

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