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Interesting point here: organisations often spend huge amounts of time getting policies written, approved and published. But it’s when those policies meet real day-to-day work that they actually get tested. Because we all know that what happens in reality is often different to how the policy was initially designed. At that point, one of two things usually happens: 1️⃣ The policy survives in isolation while employees work around it 2️⃣ Or there’s a genuine feedback loop where the gap between policy and reality gets closed That second approach shows the organisation is invested in the value of the policy, not just ticking the box. Sometimes the process needs to change. Sometimes the policy does. Sometimes you meet in the middle. But when employees can give feedback, and see it acted on, trust in the policy framework increases significantly. And so does consistency of decision-making. We explore this properly in our latest blog on the PolicyExpress365 website. 🌐 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 https://lnkd.in/dvCw8fp3 #PolicyManagement #SharePoint #QMS

We helped a West Coast US organisation automate policy management… from here in the UK. And cut a daily 20–30 minute task down to zero. Precision Diagnostics was no different to a lot of growing organisations, their policies had ended up spread across different systems. Hard to track, easy to miss, and time-consuming to manage. They turned to Policy Express for #SharePoint and: ➡️ Introduced a structured, compliant solution ➡️ Automated reviews, approvals, and reminders ➡️ Replaced manual chasing with clear dashboards ➡️ Saved on costly third-party tools What stood out to me here is that delivery model. 1️⃣ UK delivery team. 2️⃣ US Client organisation. 3️⃣ Different time zones. Regulatory requirements still met. No drama. Just a better way of working. #sharepoint #policymanagement #dms #qms #policyexpress365

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱? Most organisations assume they have. Until they’re asked to prove it. In reality, you can’t reliably track whether someone has read a policy. But you can track whether they’ve acknowledged it. And that’s what auditors care about. I see this gap all the time: 1️⃣Policies are published 2️⃣People are expected to read them 3️⃣But there’s no clear record of who has actually confirmed it That’s fine… until compliance comes into play. At that point, “we think people have read it” isn’t enough. I’ve written this up properly here, including how to move from assumption to something you can actually evidence in SharePoint: https://lnkd.in/eCFecaZW #sharepoint #policyexpress365

The AI treat jar. Microsoft Copilot Marketing is telling you everything you want is right there. It looks good - Hugo🐶 agrees. But unfortunately it’s not that easy, sure you can a license in seconds but AI doesn’t fix your SharePoint information chaos. (That’s why you only bought 10 licenses to start with). So you don’t get better answers ➡️ You just get them faster. (And with an artificial level of confidence). The challenge is the foundations behind it. So, sort those first. Then you get to open the jar. (Like Hugo, you to can get some help to open the jar) #sharepoint #ai #copilot #dms

Xero has just announced a partnership with Anthropic to bring #AI directly into its platform. (Xero works well for us - I hope we can simply point a Statement of Work towards Xero, and the rest is magic) But it’s clear where things are heading. So, your core systems like #Xero, #SharePoint and #Dynamics will continue to hold your data. That doesn’t change. What’s changing is how people interact with it. AI is becoming the interface. The layer that helps users understand what’s happening and answer the question “so how, so what?” But of course this only works if the data foundations are right. If your data is poorly structured or weakly governed, AI won’t fix that. It will expose it and amplify it (because we trust AI right?). That’s why “just put AI over the top over SharePoint” doesn’t stack up. You need to get the data platform right to get AI right. (We do that for #SharePoint)

You tell me: we have policies… but no one follows them. 💡In most cases, it’s not deliberate. In most cases, your people aren’t aware of the right policies. That’s where compliance risk starts. In this article, we share practical ways to improve policy awareness in #SharePoint: 1️⃣ Help people find the right policies when they need them 2️⃣ Provide clearer context so people understand what matters and why 3️⃣ Use intranet news and content hubs to promote key policies 4️⃣ Introduce attestation to strengthen accountability If your policies aren’t shaping decisions, this is where to start. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eqNHFT8S #policyexpress365 #sharepoint