1.
How Autonomy in the Modern
Workplace has Changed the Way
We Work, Forever
Tracy van der Schyff
Microsoft 365 Coach & Catalyst
The Guid Stuff
South Africa

2.
How Autonomy in the Modern Workplace has Changed the Way We Work, Forever
One of my favorite sayings is “Products don’t fix problems; people fix problems with products”. Might sound
like it makes sense, but very few companies are applying this logic. With the exponential advancement in
technology, we’re experiencing unprecedented breakthroughs in our systems, but at the same time, our
employees are becoming slower and more frustrated while using this technology.
In this session Tracy would cover elements that could be causing this, and possible solutions to overcome
and move forward:
• Paying for the mistakes made in the last 20+ years
• Autonomy in the modern workplace
• The era of the digital citizen
• Upgrading your training and support systems. It’s not adoption we’re after.
Usage implies the use of technology, adoption will be the efficient use of technology, what is needed is to
create and nurture digital citizens who are responsible and efficient users of the given technologies.
Attending this session will change the way you look at the modern workplace.

3.
5MB 1956
Weighed over a ton
1 TB or 1,000,000MB 2021
Weighs nearly nothing
200,000 Bigger!!!

4.
C:Users
TracyvanderSchyff
OneDrive - The GUID Stuff
Marketing Department File Shares
Reports & Analysis
Sales and Projections
Actual Sales Reports and Presentations
2019
Cape Town
February
Final Reports Distribution

5.
All good. I’m not a
“IT Geek”. I don’t
need to know that
stuff!

6.
You want me to do
“What Now!?!?”

7.
I can create
SharePoint Site
Collections!!

8.
NO. Don’t do that.
“Because I said
so!”

9.
Autonomy in the
digital workplace

10.
autonomy
noun
1. the right or condition of self-government.
2. the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with
objective morality rather than under the influence of
desires.

11.
Ownership of Business Systems
King & Queen of IT Business
Skill
Governance
Strategy
Fear of Job Security Fear of Technology

12.
Products don’t fix
Problems. People fix
Problems with
Products.

13.
A strong Digital
Literacy
foundation
allows us to add
more technical
skills on top of
that.

14.
Usage Use of technology
Adoption Efficient use of
technology
Digital Citizenship
Responsible & efficient use of
technology
It’s NOT Adoption we’re after anymore…

15.
I know what you did
wrong. Let me fix
that for you.

16.
I suspect I know
what happened. Let
me help you fix
that.

17.
ME WE
My Personal Files
stored in OneDrive
Files I’m working
on that I’ve not
shared with my
team yet.
Files shared via
email with external
people.
Files shared ad
hoc with
employees in Chat
or Group Chat
Files stored in
structured Teams
allowing
coauthoring and
collaboration.
Personal Files Work Drafts Shared Externally Shared Internally
Shared
Department,
Project or Team
Level
OneDrive - Company Teams
US
News and
Documents that
should be open to
all with Read
Access. Deployed
into Teams with
Viva Connections
INTRANET:
Corporate News,
Policies, Procedures
etc.
SharePoint
Stabilize Modernize
Collaboration Creativity Automation
Best Practices / Governance
New Way of Working
Business As Usual

18.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a
day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him
for a lifetime

19.
Office 365 Training Centre

20.
https://twitter.com/tracyvds
https://tracyvanderschyff.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@TracyVanDerSchyff
Need a crazy South
African on a project?
Contact me:

21.
1. Never EVER assume someone knows something (and YOU for
that matter)
2. Align strategic objectives with job descriptions KPI’s
3. Add learning / training / evolving as KPI
4. Encourage and reward innovation and optimization
5. Create forums to nurture growth and create “tribes”
6. Upgrade your IT team before you upgrade platforms
7. Stop doing things the way you always have – it didn’t work
then, it won’t work now
8. Be transparent – celebrate successes, communicate failures
9. Fix self esteems – then they can teach themselves anything
10. Eat your own dogfood!!