The Frontier PMO

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The Frontier PMO podcast is hosted by Mike Taylor and Tad Haas of Innovative-e (https://www.innovative-e.com), a Microsoft AI-first partner specializing in project and work management modernization. The show exists for PMO leaders, project management professionals, and work management decision-makers who are navigating the shift to AI-enabled, platform-first work management on Microsoft 365. If you lead a PMO, own a work management strategy, or are navigating co-intelligent work, AI-powered delivery, and Microsoft's evolving platform landscape, this is where the conversation starts.

Episodes

  1. Jul 1 ·  Video

    The 4 Pillars of the Frontier PMO | Moving Beyond AI Assist to Operational Intelligence

    Most PMOs are experimenting with AI. Very few are building the operating model that allows AI to create lasting organizational value. In Episode 2 of The Frontier PMO, Mike Taylor and Tad Haas introduce the Four Pillars of the Frontier PMO—the framework Innovative-e uses to help organizations evolve from AI-assisted work to operational intelligence and, ultimately, co-intelligent value delivery. Rather than focusing on individual AI tools, this episode explores the capabilities organizations must build to create an AI-ready PMO that improves visibility, governance, decision-making, and execution. 🧠In this episode you'll learn: 🔹Why AI Assist is only the first step 🔹What Operational Intelligence actually means for PMOs 🔹How AI can identify project risks before people do 🔹Why connected data matters more than better prompts 🔹The Four Pillars of the Frontier PMO framework 1. Unify the Work 2. Operational Intelligence 3. Adaptive Value Delivery 4. Co-Intelligent Value 🔹How organizations progress toward Co-Intelligent Value Delivery Whether you're leading a PMO, modernizing project delivery, or building an AI strategy on Microsoft 365, this episode provides a practical roadmap for moving beyond experimentation and creating lasting business value. 🔗Additional Resources Innovative-e WebsiteTeams4PM WebsiteArchitecture Matters BlogFrontier PMO Webinar ReplayDownload our WhitepaperFollow Innovative-e on LinkedIn

    The 4 Pillars of the Frontier PMO | Moving Beyond AI Assist to Operational Intelligence

  2. Jun 5 ·  Video

    The Frontier PMO Explained: AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery

    In this inaugural episode of The Frontier PMO podcast, Mike Taylor and Tad Haas, Director of Business Development at Innovative-e, break down what the Frontier PMO is, why it matters right now, and how organizations can begin moving toward it. 🧠 What you'll learn in this episode: 🔹The three phases of the Frontier PMO Maturity Curve: AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery, and what each one looks like in practice inside Microsoft 365. 🔹 Why the retirement of Microsoft Project Online isn't a tool replacement decision it's an architecture decision that will shape your PMO's AI readiness for years. 🔹 How "bring your own AI" creates the same governance and security risks that "bring your own device" created a decade ago and what to do instead. 🔹 Why platform-first thinking is the prerequisite for co-intelligence and how fragmented work management tools actively prevent AI from delivering value. 🔹The four-step pathway organizations are using to move from legacy PMO to Frontier PMO: 1. Centralize collaboration 2. Connect data and workflows 3. Standardize operational patterns 4. Introduce orchestration. 🔹What the Frontier PMO means for the future role of PMO leaders -- from tracking work to orchestrating enterprise value. 🗝️ Key concept from this episode: Architecture determines AI value. The platform decision you make today determines whether AI can reason over your work data tomorrow. Organizations that consolidate onto Microsoft 365 and build a governed work management foundation are the ones that will realize co-intelligent value delivery. Those that continue adding point solutions will find themselves stitching data together indefinitely -- with no foundation for AI to work from. 📃 Resources mentioned in this episode: 🔹2026 Microsoft Work Trend Index Annual Report https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index 🔹 Project Online retirement and modernization options https://www.innovative-e.com/project-online 🔹 Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick https://www.amazon.com/Co-Intelligence-Living-Working-Ethan-Mollick/dp/059371671X 🔹 Teams4PM https://www.teams4pm.com/ 🔹 Innovative-e https://www.innovative-e.com/

    The Frontier PMO Explained: AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery
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The Frontier PMO podcast is hosted by Mike Taylor and Tad Haas of Innovative-e (https://www.innovative-e.com), a Microsoft AI-first partner specializing in project and work management modernization. The show exists for PMO leaders, project management professionals, and work management decision-makers who are navigating the shift to AI-enabled, platform-first work management on Microsoft 365. If you lead a PMO, own a work management strategy, or are navigating co-intelligent work, AI-powered delivery, and Microsoft's evolving platform landscape, this is where the conversation starts.

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  • Creator
    Innovative-e, Inc.
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026
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