And after they're done, I'll jump back in and give you some final thoughts and highlights. I'll include a lot of information in the show notes. And let me tell you, they really cover a lot of things. Steadman, and Architect Dev Evangelism, René Winkelmeyer, as they talk about the importance of governance in an organization. Hey, this week, we're joining in on a conversation with Lead Admin Evangelist, J. Mike Gerholdt: Welcome to the Salesforce Admins Podcast, where we talk about product, community, and career to help you become an awesome admin.
The important conversation that doesn’t always happen is whether or not everyone is on board, and how to get people there if they’re not already. “It may be an overused term, but I think that everyone starts with a vision,” René says, “and it may be something simple-sometimes things are right in front of your face and you don’t see them.” Sometimes it’s as simple as comparing what your current challenges are with why the technology was purchased in the first place. As the saying goes, “with great power comes great responsibility.” As René puts it, “who owns what? And can we make a fair share of everything for everyone?” What’s important is being clear about who owns what and giving them the autonomy they need to do it, but also following up with accountability. The first thing is accountability, responsibility, fairness, and transparency. There are some key principles behind Governance that make it work.
“Governance is really the focus on solving a collective challenge,” René says, “and a big portion of Governance should also be the people-not only the processes.” Governance allows all of our specialists within the organization-sales, service, etc.-to come together and be bigger than the sum of our parts.
Salesforce is actually a great example of Governance in action, with new people coming in from acquisitions all the time and the need to get everyone in an organization of 75,000 working together effectively. Governance is the process to solve this collective challenge and help everyone get on the same page.
Everyone needs to know what everyone else is doing and understand what the goals of each piece of technology are. says, there are some challenges with coordinating around new platforms and other solutions.
Why Governance Is ImportantĪs organizations across the globe are attempting to affect digital transformation, “moving things from paper and manual processes into systems that everyone can access wherever they’re working from,” as J.
You should subscribe for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with J. Join us as we talk about why it’s a challenge, not a problem, why the people are the process, and how to recognize when it’s OK to start with an imperfect solution. Steadman and Architect, Developer Relations, René Winkelmeyer as they discuss the importance of Governance within an organization. For today’s Salesforce Admins Podcast, we listen in on a conversation between Lead Admin Evangelist J.