Power Platform Consultant with Ben Hosking
Episode 224 of the Microsoft Innovation Podcast podcast, hosted by Mark Smith [nz365guy], titled "Power Platform Consultant with Ben Hosking" was published on August 10, 2020 and runs 45 minutes.
August 10, 2020 ·45m · Microsoft Innovation Podcast
Summary
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/224 Ben Hosking talks about his life and family backgroundDiscussions about how Ben spends his time with his family when not workingA discussion about Ben’s career journeyTalks about how the COVID19 crisis affected Ben’s day to day lifeA conversation about how Ben started with technologyA discussion about what made Ben focus on D365Talks about the differences between working from home versus working in an officeLessons learnt as a consultant workin...
Episode Description
FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/224
- Ben Hosking talks about his life and family background
- Discussions about how Ben spends his time with his family when not working
- A discussion about Ben’s career journey
- Talks about how the COVID19 crisis affected Ben’s day to day life
- A conversation about how Ben started with technology
- A discussion about what made Ben focus on D365
- Talks about the differences between working from home versus working in an office
- Lessons learnt as a consultant working with big projects – KPMG, CapGemini, and PowerObjects
- How Ben develops his skills to keep up with technologies to become an effective Power Platform Consultant
- How Ben handle the industry shift – new projects in a different industry
- Ben’s thoughts on Microsoft Biz Apps in the next 5-10 years
- Ben shares his experience on how he was able to establish himself and be known in the market
- Talks about Ben's journey and the lessons learnt during the process to be known in the market
- Social media platform – Ben’s experience and how it helped him to where he is now
Books Mentioned
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Credits
Music Credits
I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque
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