Getting HigherEd back to school in a post-COVID19 world Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 16 May 2020 Categories In Change Intelligence What is clear is that the future is not clear. But, what is certain is that schools that adapt to the new post-COVID19 world to stay engaged with their students will survive. Speed, relevance and safety are the critical metrics. Every industry is impacted by COVID-19 and whilst Higher Education would seem to be perfectly […]
What every Org needs — a metadata dictionary Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 14 May 2020 Categories In Change Intelligence, Documentation The Salesforce platform is very powerful, and as Spiderman was told: “with great power comes great responsibility”. With every Salesforce release and with all your customizations, your Org gets more powerful but also more complex. With everything else you need to do, documenting your changes is probably low on your priority list. But it shouldn’t […]
Why Free is Not Free. The true cost of free Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 5 May 2020 Categories In Change Intelligence, Documentation YOU HAVE A NEED Many of the tools required to manage any complex (i.e. most) Salesforce implementations are not provided as part of the platform; requirements capture, process mapping, metadata dictionary, impact analysis, release management, governance, training, feedback and backup. BUT WE CAN ONLY AFFORD FREE Rarely is free ever free. There is ALWAYS a […]
COVID19 is forcing change at Lightning pace Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 4 May 2020 Categories In Change Intelligence Speed and relevance are the most important currencies during a crisis. That means adapting quickly and leveraging technology. EXEC SUMMARY Industry leaders have identified 3 phases that all organizations are going to go through: Stabilize, Reopen, Grow. Organizations are currently adapting in the phase, which is about reacting to crisis. Forward thinking leaders are digitally […]
Ian Gotts, Founder & CEO Elements.cloud: Maximum Impact Minimum Expense Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 29 April 2020 Categories In Article Ian Gotts, Founder & CEO Elements.cloud discusses #MIME: Maximum Impact Minimum Expense blog https://elements.cloud/2020/04/03/mime-maximum-impact-minimum-expense/ It describes 3 quick and impactful ways to improve your Org – for FREE. Verify what fields are feeding your most important Reports Clean up Page Layouts Remove unused Managed Packages You’ll need to install Elements.cloud and do the “Proof of […]
Gillian Bruce, Principal Admin Evangelist: Best Salesforce Admin Podcast Moments Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 16 April 2020 Categories In Article Gillian Bruce, Principal Admin Evangelist, Salesforce, talks about life as a new mom, getting back to work and her favorite Salesforce Admin Podcast moments. She says it’s hard to choose from so much good stuff, but having Zac Otero on her show is her top memory. He’s now a Golden Hoody. https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazers/zac-otero Another top memory […]
Top 5 #elementshitfeatures for #WTF in 2020 Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 31 March 2020 Categories In Product Updates As we all come to terms with prolonged period WFH (working from home) we thought we’d get the team together and highlight our Top 5 Elements hit features. You’ll probably have a different view, based on your role or objectives. So let us know success@elements.cloud. BTW We were inspired by the amazonshitcarshow video 1. […]
Andrew Davis, Senior Director Product Marketing at Copado: What is DevOps Anyway? Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 31 March 2020 Categories In Article [spb_row element_name=”Row” wrap_type=”content-width” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ bg_video_loop=”yes” parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_col_pos=”default” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ margin_vertical=”0″ custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_size=”0″ border_styling_global=”default” width=”1/4″ el_position=”first”] [/spb_text_block] [spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ simplified_controls=”yes” custom_css_percentage=”no” padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ margin_vertical=”0″ custom_css=”margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;” border_size=”0″ border_styling_global=”default” width=”2/3″ el_position=”last”] Andrew Davis, Senior Director Product Marketing at Copado, 16x Certified […]
Dashboard Validation Post author By Ian Gotts Post date 28 March 2020 Categories In Impact Analysis, User Adoption Dashboard Validation is based upon the idea that most execs run their business based upon a few simple dashboards. Are you certain that the data driving them is accurate? How important would you be if you could validate that it is? How important would you be if you could prove it is not and fix […]
