Mike Taylor

Mike is the Founder and CEO of Innovative-e, his most recently led Microsoft-centric $MM company. Mike began his career writing PPM software for NASA and has extensive experience as a PPM practitioner, community contributor/writer, and process & app producer. Mike lives in his hometown of Merritt Island, FL

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Insights from Microsoft Ignite 2024

Bringing Customers and Partners Together We recently attended the Microsoft Ignite in-person event in Chicago, IL. This event combined the Microsoft customer-facing event with the Microsoft Partner event (previously "Inspire"). The in-person...

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Innovative-E Microsoft Partner of the Year for Project And Portfolio Management

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Innovative-E Wins 2024 Microsoft World-Wide Partner of the Year

We are thrilled to announce that Innovative-e has been named the 2024 Microsoft world-wide partner of the year in the project and portfolio...

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Smaller to larger building blocks

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Start Your AI Generator Journey Towards Strategic Capabilities

One of the things that we’re talking to people about is getting the best advantage out of using AI for project and work management. We see many of...

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Light bulb

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3 fundamentals to help you maximize cultural innovation!

Is your organization as ready for innovation as you’d like it to be? Innovative organizations embrace cultures that reward original and pioneering...

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Behind the Scenes

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Customer Case Studies – A Peek Behind the Scenes

By Mike Taylor (co-authored by Bryan Quick)

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Competitive Advantage

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Can you transform project management into a competitive advantage?

This blog is based on a conversation Bryan Quick and I had during the January Episode of our podcast, “Are You Done Yet?” where we discussed the...

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Work and Project Management in Teams

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Work and Project Management in Microsoft Teams – Part 2: Get Organized

Project Management What, Why, and How in Teams In the last few blogs, we’ve discussed WHAT Microsoft Teams is and WHY it is an obvious choice for...

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Microsoft Teams

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Work and Project Management in Microsoft Teams – Part 1: Common Themes

First step – Common Terminology Let’s explore the components and processes that are commonly used to manage work and projects. Not everyone uses the...

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Woman working remotely

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The Rapid Rise of Virtual Work Management Tools

Why Microsoft Teams is the emerging leader The role of collaboration in successful outcomes for work that requires many humans and has any complexity...

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Woman thinking about Microsoft Teams

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What is Microsoft Teams and why use it for Project Management?

What is Microsoft Teams? According to Wikipedia: Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business communication platform developed by Microsoft, as part of...

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