Hey everyone,
What if managing several major strategic priorities at once didn’t feel overwhelming, but instead felt organized, focused, and even energizing?
That’s exactly what’s happening for Eric Miller, thanks to the way he’s been using Copilot Notebooks to run his projects and quarterly rocks. His approach is a powerful example of how this tool can completely change how we work.
The Challenge: Multiple Rocks, One Quarter, and a Whole Lot of Moving Parts
In his new role supporting the company’s execution of strategy and reorg alignment, Eric found himself managing multiple personal rocks, each requiring deep thinking, synthesizing inputs, coordinating with managers, and drafting communications.
Before Copilot?
Those tasks would have taken days of manual review, re-reading transcripts, rewriting emails from scratch, and trying to keep each workstream mentally separate.
The Breakthrough: One Notebook Per Rock
- Uploading his meeting transcripts, strategy documents, org charts, slide decks, pulse-check questions, and more
- Adding his own ideas, hypotheses, and brainstorming notes
- Asking Copilot to synthesize everything, propose next steps, and draft materials
- Refining the output, tightening tone, removing fluff, ensuring clarity
The result?
Copilot consistently delivered 60–80% complete drafts, leaving Eric to apply judgment, nuance, and tone. Instead of starting from scratch, he was now starting from “letter M instead of letter A.”
“It’s like using separate huddle rooms in E&I’s office in Jericho. I close one door, go next door, and talk to my collaborator. ‘Where are we at with this rock?’ Then I shut the door and go to the next.”
That’s the magic of Notebooks.
Each one is a fully enclosed workspace, with context, inputs, history, and progress all in one place. Nothing bleeds over. Nothing gets lost.
Every time he opens a Notebook, it’s like stepping back into a focused working session.
The Impact: Time Savings + Cognitive Relief + Strategic Capacity
1. Massive Time Savings
2. Reduced Cognitive Load
3. Ability to Take on More Meaningful Work
“There’s just no way I could take all these rocks on successfully without Copilot and Notebooks.”
Want to Try Copilot Notebooks Yourself?
If Eric’s approach sparked ideas for how you might organize your own projects, Microsoft has a great getting-started guide here that walks through what Copilot Notebooks are and how to use them effectively. It’s a helpful place to explore the basics and see what’s possible.
Check it out to see if it makes a difference in your work as well. And as always, let’s keep learning, experimenting, and sharing.
