Christian Buckley

AI won’t erase jobs overnight. Learn what automation changes now, where it helps most, and why judgment still matters.

Automation Anxiety: What AI Really Means for Our Jobs (#CollabTalk Podcast Ep.183) buckleyplanet.com/2026/03/coll...

The latest Blue Plate Special features the angular guitars, restless rhythms, shimmering electronics, and urban energy of Bloc Party. buckleyplanet.com/2026/03/blue... #music #blueplatespecial

It's been a week. Claude is still in Copilot. Anthropic is heading to court. The Pentagon has OpenAI.
Has anything actually changed for you yet, or is this all still theoretical?
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Homer Simpson wisdom, a Spaceballs movie reference, and a wake up call that "Hope is NOT strategy" in my post-PFF ramblings over on projectfailurefiles.substack.com

Audience misalignment is one of the more frustrating problems in content strategy because it hides behind the appearance of success. buckleyplanet.com/2026/03/cont... #ContentStrategy #MarketingStrategy

Project Failure Files: Knowing When to Call It Quits – buckleyPLANET Stop sinking time into failing projects. Learn how to set red-flag checkpoints, reset scope, or shut down cleanly—early.

Stop sinking time into failing projects. Learn how to set red-flag checkpoints, reset scope, or shut down cleanly—early. buckleyplanet.com/2026/03/proj... #ProjectFailureFiles #ProjectManagement #Leadership
And don't forget to follow us on ProjectFailureFiles.substack.com!

Despite billions poured into AI adoption, a striking number of projects never deliver measurable value. And the reasons are remarkably consistent: not technical failures, but strategic and cultural ones that were baked in from day one. buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/why-...

SharePoint at 25: The Biggest Refresh Since San Francisco, and What It Means for What Comes Next buckleyplanet.com/2026/03/shar... #community #SPat25 #Microsoft

SharePoint at 25: The Foundation Behind Modern Collaboration This year marks the 25th anniversary of SharePoint, one of Microsoft’s most enduring collaboration platforms. Since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001, the platform has evolved from a web…

SharePoint at 25: The Foundation Behind Modern Collaboration
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Scaling AI requires system thinking: remove bottlenecks, build culture, lower costs strategically, and grow revenue per employee. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/from...

The Pentagon just gave Anthropic the same designation it gives to foreign adversaries, because the company said no to mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
If you're in the Microsoft ecosystem, this matters more than you think.
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AI works when deterministic and probabilistic tasks are architected correctly, QA is continuous, and models stay flexible. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/the-... #AI #architecture

Why Most AI Projects Fail Before They Start – buckleyPLANET AI projects fail when strategy, architecture, and adoption lag. Start with real bottlenecks, not shiny tech.

AI projects fail when strategy, architecture, and adoption lag. Start with real bottlenecks, not shiny tech. buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/why-... #AI #strategy

If your job is just structured inputs → predictable outputs… AI is coming for that part.

If your job involves judgment, trust, and accountability… AI is more co-pilot than replacement.
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Microsoft 365 gives organizations incredibly powerful building blocks (SharePoint, Power Automate) and it's easy to spin up a quick workflow. But as we explored in a recent webinar, the real question isn't can we build it. It's can we sustain it at scale? smarter-consulting.com/blog/f/key-t...

Events shouldn’t be isolated spikes of activity. They should be engines. When approached strategically, a single talk, webinar, or workshop can fuel weeks of high-quality content, inform your editorial calendar, and shape your next event strategy. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/cont...

SharePoint at 25: The Foundation Behind Modern Collaboration This year marks the 25th anniversary of SharePoint, one of Microsoft’s most enduring collaboration platforms. Since the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001, the platform has evolved from a web…

SharePoint at 25: The Foundation Behind Modern Collaboration smarter-consulting.com/blog/f/share...

The Slow Disappearance of Shared Thinking – buckleyPLANET AI is changing how ideas form before meetings even start. A personal look at why teams must intentionally protect collaboration and shared thinking.

If AI becomes the place we test ideas first…
what happens to learning together?
To disagreement?
To the messy middle where real collaboration lives?

I don’t think speed is the only thing we should be optimizing for.

👉 The Slow Disappearance of Shared Thinking buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/the-...

Content isn’t just something you publish.
It’s one of the clearest feedback loops your business already has.

Questions, comments, drop-offs, and engagement patterns can inform sales, product decisions, support strategy, and leadership alignment. buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/cont...

M365 resilience needs more than data backup. Learn why config-state backup, drift detection, and tenant segmentation reduce risk in this summary from Episode 26 of Guardians of M365 Governance
buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/summ... #GoM365gov #governance #resilience #businesscontinuity

Content Strategy: Adopting the “Atomic Content” Framework – buckleyPLANET Learn how to apply Brad Frost’s Atomic Design to your content strategy to improve efficiency, scalability, and brand consistency.

Ready to boost your Content Efficiency Index? My post unpacks the Atomic Content Framework with tactical steps to implement it NOW. Get more value from every asset, faster. 🔥

buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/cont... #ContentOps #MarketingStrategy #Productivity

Join us later today for "Hope is Not a Strategy: Microsoft 365 Tenant Resilience"
Guardians of M365 Governance
8am Pacific
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#governance #GoM365gov #microsoft365

Project Failure Files - Pushing the Team Too Hard – buckleyPLANET Squeezing your team for output fuels burnout and turnover. Learn how to drive results sustainably with growth, trust, and balance.

Squeezing your team for output fuels burnout and turnover. Learn how to drive results sustainably with growth, trust, and balance in this summary from the latest episode of the Project Failure Files: buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/proj... #leadership #management #projectfailurefiles

Don't miss tomorrow's episode of Guardians of M365 Governance, with guest Rob Edmondson from CoreView, as we discuss "Hope is Not a Strategy: Microsoft 365 Tenant Resilience" at 8am Pacific www.linkedin.com/events/hopei... #governance #GoM365gov #microsoft365

Abortion and socialism, for starters. Go back 50-60 years and the members were predominantly Democrat.

Gilbert is fantastic.

Repurpose strong ideas, not weak content. Learn when to refresh, reuse, or start over with a simple, practical decision framework. buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/cont...

Not all content ages well. Learn how to audit your library, refresh what's drifted, and retire what's quietly hurting your brand. buckleyplanet.com/2026/01/cont... #contentstrategy #marketing #contentlifecycle

SharePoint is turning 25. From chaotic network drives to the backbone of Microsoft 365 and Copilot AI — here's how one platform quietly became the infrastructure of modern work. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/how-...

The latest Blue Plate Special explores the electro post-punk of Montreal's Handsome Furs, driven by drum machines, gritty guitars, and urban energy. buckleyplanet.com/2026/02/blue...