Down & Dirty with Dr. T is back with a new episode featuring Sai Dheeraj, co-founder at Sigmaverse.
Sai walks us through how he leverages Microsoft 365 Copilot to boost productivity, streamline workflows, and make data-driven decisions across his team. From automating Excel operations and creating presentations to generating new ideas and strategy documents, he shares how Copilot has become an integral part of his daily work.
In this episode, he sits down with Taapsi to talk about managing cross-platform workflows, balancing Google Sheets and Excel with Copilot, using the tool to generate ideas and making professional productivity smarter and more efficient.
Highlights from the episode:
A day in Sai’s workflow: Sai shares how he manages his work on a Mac while collaborating with teams using Microsoft 365. His mornings involve checking dashboards, Google Sheets, and planning strategy documents before diving into client work.
Using Copilot to simplify work and analysis: Sai explains how Microsoft 365 Copilot helps him turn documents and PDFs into presentations, summarize videos, and handle large data sets. It also simplifies Excel tasks like creating pivot tables or pulling subsets of data without worrying about formulas, saving time on repetitive work and making complex analysis more accessible.
Streamlining collaboration and workflows: Sai talks about how integrating tools like Copilot with existing platforms and sharing outputs with team members helps coordinate work across different devices and software, reducing duplication and keeping projects on track.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 A day in the life of the founder
00:03:37 Morning routine and team management
00:05:20 Continuous learning and marketing trends
00:07:01 Job responsibilities at Sigmaverse
00:08:17 Leveraging AI with Copilot for efficiency
00:13:37 Copilot vs. ChatGPT and prompt engineering
00:16:00 Introduction to Copilot and prompt engineering
00:18:26 Demonstration of Copilot for product launch planning
00:20:57 Integrating Copilot with Microsoft 365 and export functionality
00:23:45 Copilot vs. ChatGPT and its advantages
00:26:03 Practical applications and cost efficiency of Copilot
00:29:11 Workflow integration and the role of Google Sheets
00:32:02 Excel vs. Google Sheets with large datasets
00:33:49 Copilot integration and cross-platform use
00:36:00 AI tools: precision, flexibility, and creative inspiration
00:38:31 Rapid fire round
00:40:48 Closing remarks