Voices of the Neighborhood

Christmas mini episode 2025

Just a short message from Erik, looking forward to a wonderful 2026 together!

#6 - Søren Lauszus Weber

In this episode of Voices of the Neighborhood, Erik is joined by long-time colleague and Power Apps MVP Søren Weber for a candid and humorous deep-dive into the state of AI, Copilot, and the evolving role of the citizen developer.
We explore what’s truly changed in the world of app-building, why curiosity and playfulness still beat credentials, and how AI empowers the human pilot. Søren brings stories from the field, insights from training many users, and a community challenge aimed at both experts and newcomers.
A fun, thoughtful, and energetic conversation that celebrates six months of podcasting and the messy magic of learning by doing.
 
Some fun quotes about experts:An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
And Socrates: "I know that I know nothing."
Project Start date blogpost: 
https://www.theprojectcornerblog.com/2014/12/22/about-start-dates-in-microsoft-project/
Where to find Søren Lauszus Weber:
https://powerappsviking.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@powerappsviking https://www.linkedin.com/in/sorenlauszusweber 
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form

#5 Bo Fischer Carlsen

Bo and Erik talk about adoption of Copilot in any type of organization. We talk about strategies of improving engagement and we have coined the term "Introvert Champion".
About the Context& merger:https://contextand.com/news/context-a-new-microsoft-powerhouse-with-an-ai-first-focus 
A link to get you started on the community challenge:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/copilot-studio-lite-build?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-5003816 
Where to find Bo?https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-carlsen 
Other Copilot enthusiasts to follow:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielando/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkestenholz/ 
And groups that share their thoughts about Copilot:https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13185411/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10038481/
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form

#4 Mikko Koskinen

Today I'm talking with Mikko Koskinen, a recently awarded MVP who works with Copilot Studio. 
We talk about what has him excited most and what he believes would be good things to be aware of while planning for a new Copilot Agent. Hint: it's not the IT side that's the most important!
Links discussed in this session:
Dewain Robinson - The Copilot Studio Dude - YouTube
Create and publish agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio - Training | Microsoft Learn
https://microsoft.github.io/copilot-camp/
https://www.linkedin.com/school/m365-show/?originalSubdomain=de
 
You can find Mikko here:
https://mikkokoskinen.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkoskinen/ 
 
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form

#3 Erik van Hurck

This is the third episode of The Voices of the Neighborhood podcast. And because everyone is on vacation, it's a special monologue episode with just me, your host Erik van Hurck.
 
You can find more about me here:
https://linktr.ee/TheProjectCorner 
I mentioned the Westenberg and the need for Cringe tolerance, here's the video link:
https://youtu.be/AuOqAR3CSTs?si=3izKWnWQzPXv9DIw
 
The challenge I posed in the episode:
Can AI "do Resource Management"? Personally I believe it can't, but I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
 
Thanks for being a listener!
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form

#2 Magnus Gether Sørensen

In this second episode I'm talking with another Delegate MVP. Magnus hosts the Nordic Summit as well as the Power Platform Weekly newsletter.
We also talk about what makes a good developer verses a person that "just knows how to code".
You can find Magnus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xrmwizard/Show links:
Nordic Summit: https://nordicsummit.info/
Power Platform Discord: https://discord.gg/EGGZdFVJXr 
Community challenge:
https://gandalf.lakera.ai/baseline
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form

#1 Erik David Johnson

In this first real episode Erik (van Hurck) and Erik (David Johnson) team up to talk about AI. 
But, what I thought would be a very technical LLM focused talk turned out to be a more philosophical discussion on what it means to be human. And what makes a Generative AI so much different. 
Erik David Johnson has a track record spanning more than a decade. Providing his insights to, among others, the Danish government. 
 
As this is the first episode, let me know what I could have done better. I'm always interested to improve. 
 
Links from the episode
AI game (and the episode challenge)
www.genagi.dk
 
Books of interest
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations: Wittgenstein, Ludwig
K.E. Løgstrup: The Ethical DemandThe Ethical Demand: Løgstrup, K. E.
 
Where to find Erik
Erik David Johnson | LinkedIn
www.erk.dk
 
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form
 

Introduction

Hi there, and welcome to the podcast. 
My name is Erik van Hurck, and I will guide the upcoming conversations with Microsoft MVP's from The Digital Neighborhood.
You can find me on LinkedIn if you are interested in connecting:
Erik van Hurck - Projectum ApS | LinkedIn
Send us a message using this form: Voices of the Neighborhood – Fill out form