So you have Copilot at work. But you are just not sure what to actually do with it...

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Roger Campbell II, founder of Gemstack and the AI Business Foundry and one of the country's leading Microsoft Copilot adoption experts. Roger has a background that spans software engineering, coding bootcamps, and enterprise education. He spent years teaching others how to code and now helps teams and organizations actually use the AI tools they are already paying for.

The conversation starts with pickleball and ends with a parenting insight neither of them expected. In between, Roger breaks down what Copilot actually is, where to start without the overwhelm, what to watch out for, and why he believes knowledge is still the most powerful thing you can pass on to the next generation.

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE:

[00:02] Opening: The Copilot-curious parent

[01:02] Meet Roger: 10 nieces and nephews, pickleball, and life in Austin

[02:47] How Roger became a Microsoft Copilot adoption expert

[03:53] A non-traditional path into tech: Lyft, coding bootcamps, and teaching high schoolers to code

[05:35] What Roger tells parents who worry about whether tech careers will exist for their kids

[08:09] What Microsoft Copilot actually is and how it differs from ChatGPT

[10:16] Where to start if you have Copilot at work: the email case

[12:05] A surprisingly powerful use case: finding documents you could never locate

[14:38] Can Copilot make sense for personal or family use?

[19:08] What to watch out for: three tips for safe, responsible Copilot use

[21:36] Advice for leaders rolling out Copilot: start with a problem, not a tool

[24:09] Clippy is back: what Roger thinks about Microsoft's new AI character Mico

[27:37] Why this work matters to Roger personally

[29:04] Chatbot Mode: Word vs PowerPoint, one thing he would never hand to AI, and the myth about training data he wants to bust

[36:36] A parenting aha neither of them saw coming: why enterprise AI might be the safest place for curious kids to start

FIND ROGER:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/MrRogerCampbell

Website: AIBusinessFoundry.com

FIND SARAH AND AI-EMPOWERED MOM:

Website and newsletter: AIEmpoweredMom.com

Free mini podcast: Share your email at AIEmpoweredMom.com to get access to three short episodes on new ways to use AI.