𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲? This is…
This utterly blew my mind! 😵It took 3 days for me create something and have it materialize 10,262 miles in…
“𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪c𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.”Schadenfreude. 😏 It means deriving pleasure from someone else’s misfortune. In…
I DID IT!!! Just in time for Christmas! 🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️ BIG THANK YOU to all of you who– engaged with my…
❗ 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘁 – 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸!! Oh the pain…
If something is conflicting with your values, don’t ignore the cognitive dissonance. Don’t give in. If something or someone is…
What a story! At French Touch Dreamin’ in Paris where Jessica Langston is talking about Bamlak Haile and how his story in the #Salesforce ecosystem exploded in such…
Met these crazy lot on way to French Touch Dreamin’! Can’t wait to meet old friends and make new ones! Oh…
Do you play?Are you a playful person? It isn’t unkind pranking that elicits unhappy reactions.It isn’t making jokes that cross…
When do I listen with my head 🧠?And when do I listen with my heart ❤? It depends. I listen…
Should you spam your PM?Wellll…. it depends. Vi says: I can only speak for myself, because every #ProjectManager is different. It depends. If there…
OMG OMG OMG Amazon’s fixed the tech issue (I hope!)😃 I have just successfully placed an order for the “not-for-resale”…
The ultimate Christmas party of the year is here … It’s none other than… THE MEGAMEET (said in the voice…
𝟭𝟱 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀I wrote this 37 page e-book for the new #Salesforce Consultant. If you’re a grasshopper 🦗…
“𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯.”Badly. Ask me how it actually does the job. “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗸, 𝗜 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀.”I’m not too sure, but…
NGGGRH! 😫So near yet so far!! Ever had a project go-live delayed because of technical issues?!Yeah, they’re not fun. My…
“You touch it, you fix it!”Sam Wadhwani explaining his guiding principles of good architecture mindset. 😂 I was at the inaugural…
Damnit! Half an hour after I get the email, the super early bird tickets are gone!! If you’re in the #Salesforce space…
Can you force a #Salesforce newbie into a hotshot consultant? 💪🏻Or a partner into your idea of the perfect ‘One’? ❤ Not…
Adulting is hard. 😵Making choices.Being accountable for mistakes. I’ve been having conversations recently about this. For example, whether people should…
What’s more Boston than having a lobster roll with the irrepressible Brian Shea? Attending the Boston Architect user group led by Melissa…
My theatrical #SaConJa cog of epicness for #Salesforce Consultants. Thank you Pallavi Agarwal for hosting me for the DC Admin user group where I ran the…
Are you in the Washington DC area?Are you in the #Salesforce space?Is your diary free tonight? Well, how about signing up for…
I’m having a crazy fun and educational time at Florida Dreamin’! Marlene Guerra-Reeve and Tina Woodall talking about their inspiring career path from Admin…
A. Engin Utkan showing how to design flows from conceptual ideas to canvas. Pen and paper may be best to start…
Had a blast yesterday delivering my talk at Florida Dreamin’ with my co-presenter Vi. We talked about the top Secret tips a…
😣 Go-Live delayed due to deployment issue!Gaaahhh have you ever encountered this?! Change sets all ready to go but.. ❌❌❌SEVERITY…
Ninja #3 helping me make some donut swag for Florida Dreamin’! If you’re attending, come see me talk on the Top…
I NEED YOUR HELPPPP (to decide on the book cover!)𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝟴 – 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 Ok I can’t add a…
Bradley Rice and Toni V. Martin happening now on #SFBASummit, people! Are you looking to leverage #LinkedIn for your next #Salesforce#BusinessAnalyst role? Then you don’t want to miss…
The sky is falling!Fireballs from the sky is destroying everything! 🔥 OK, no. Nothing like force majeure happened. There are…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝟯 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Oof. Ok, time to admit that I’m probably not going to…
Hey all – my talk is up next on today’s sfbasummit (dot)com schedule … in about 1.5 hrs! (6pm UK…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟵 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲I think editing isn’t my favourite activity 😬 Regardless, I am…
So Alex Warneke and I are doing this thing at the #SFBASummit.If you’re a #Salesforce#BusinessAnalyst, you might want to come and choose your BA…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟲 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Not too far now! I’m currently editing the draft and incorporating…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟬 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 “What else do you think might be important in thinking…
“No, you are not your job.” says Penny Townsend, Partner at #IBM Cracking session tonight at Coacto | Salesforce.com Consultants Cotswold Community User group…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟳 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Fixed Price vs Time & Materials. “BikeCo indicated that they wanted…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲.𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸.“Tattoo this inside your eyeballs* so that you know…
Anyone in my network from #Boston ?I’m going to be there a few days first week of November and would love to…
Do you have an advocate?A cheerleader? 🙌 I’ve forgotten how powerful that can be. Just came from the cracking makepositive and OwnBackup Dreamforce #DF22 watch party…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Sometimes an organisation may engage a #Salesforce partner to help implement the system…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Rooj looked at the SoW. She leaned her chin on the…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲“Tattoo these in your eyeballs.” 👀 Project Manager Vi sent out…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲At a #Salesforce Consulting Partner’s internal Kick-off meeting (sometimes called Sales to Delivery…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲Rooj looked around the room. She was attending an ‘Internal kick-off’ meeting…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 “Dear Pei Your LinkedIn post about what consulting partners can…
“Dear PeiI see that you are very experienced in Salesforce and would be great to have you as my mentor!…
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟲 – 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲How to find your mentor Rooj and Shok were assigned mentors…
Publish a book in 45 day Challenge.Excerpt – “The Assignment.” Rooj reviewed the email from Baldi, the Resource Manager at…
Is it possible to publish a book in 45 days? Of course, say I! 😁 Yes – I know I…
That dance was magical. 🤩Production was flawless, execution – outstanding. ❤Go-live went live well. It was a smooth implementation. What…
FAKE NEWS ALERT!I will NOT be eating donuts live on air tomorrow (no matter how much I might want to)…
#SalesforceBA exam module: User Acceptance 8%Do you know your Severity Levels?And no, it’s not the same as Priority Level. Sometimes it’s…
#SalesforceBA exam module: User Acceptance 8%What is QA?How do you ensure quality?What’s gold standard?Is “Perfectionism” it?What’s perfect anyway?How do you test…
#SalesforceBA exam module: User Stories 17% (10 Questions)“Just see what you can do to make things better, will you?” That’s how…
My brain goes Ding!Ding!Ding! when I see a beautiful flow diagram. 😍 Of course, this exquisite illustration is the #Salesforce Order of…
#SalesforceBA exam module: Requirements 17% (10 Questions) #Agile is not perfect.Especially in the world of software implementation like #Salesforce. It’s far better suited…
How to rock that UAT and #SalesforceBA Cert workshop schedule change. I set off to run 26 sessions over as many week…
How might you instruct someone how to make your favourite hot/cold beverage? ☕🍵 We did some Process Mapping exercise yesterday…
Next issue of my newsletter (released tomorrow) focuses on How to make Toenail Pancakes! 🥞🤭 NOT!! Actually I will be…
“Understand how Salesforce features and best practices impact solution options and business processes.” We were doing the #Salesforce BA Exam Working session…
If you haven’t done your exam yet, you might want to attend the no-charge #Salesforce BA Exam Working Group sessions I’m running.…
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 – what’s your style? 💃🏻 In yesterday’s #Salesforce BA cert Working Group session, we discussed the different styles a Business…
𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝟮𝟰% – 𝟭𝟰 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀)Salesforce BA exam – second module. We looked at what it means to Know…
𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔.– A. Hammer. 🔨 🙄 I’m sure we all know someone like A.Hammer.…
Can a mild mannered Business Analyst save humanity from Zombies?!With the right attitude, anything is possible! 😁 That’s what we…
What documents do the #Salesforce Business Analyst write?“Anything their boss asks them to!” 😂 That was probably the best answer to the…
So if the #Salesforce Org is like a human body, what would the #AwesomeAdmin be? 😁 We had a fun game yesterday at the…
Is there such a thing as 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 diversity when considering who to invite for a workshop? I believe a…
Do #Salesforce BAs need to know the Salesforce platform skills to do their job well? 🤔 𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀! … is the lawyer-y…
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗔 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 (8 July – 12 Aug)If no one’s heard, there’s this new #Salesforce exam coming out on…
“Come join us. We make a lot of promises! Like.. we’ll– value you– pay you fairly– treat you like ‘human…
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟭 – 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝟲/𝟲“Why did you decide on this solution for this User Story?” A. “Um,…
Yeahhh so sometimes I don’t know what Bob, my solitary brain cell comes up with. Most of the time, I…
Yeah, I know all consultants love doing timesheets. 😁 We love it so much that we save a big chunk…
Woohooo! I managed to get into the #Salesforce London World Tour! And I didn’t need to reel out the puppy dog eyes!…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 🐢 – 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 Head of Delivery.Practice Director. These two opportunities came across my path…
“A disciplined mind writes Gold Standard user stories.” Buddha OK, haha! Maybe she didn’t say that!😁 It still doesn’t change…
“If we’ve got wind behind us…”“Am sure there’ll be no problems or surprises…”“We’ll be fine… I’m an optimist!” 😬 That’s…
Sometimes, there ARE 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀.In this case, the ‘lunch’ is the 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 for #Salesforce peeps worth £1399. I am feeling…
Listening is 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 the first step …To understandingTo getting closerTo connectingTo building better relationships. 🌹 That’s why it is important…
📣 36 hours to win a space at my next #Salesforce Consulting Discovery Masterclass starting 11 June! There has been a few…
“The Sales Cloud implementation will replace all key functions of The Calc, Company X’s current sales application which will be…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 🐘 – 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 Am continuing the series on #Salesforce Consulting Mastery. This time, we are focusing…
You know what’s hard?– Pushing a cart with square wheels.– Trying to stay on your diet in Prague…– Attempting to…
#Salesforce Partner (SP): It’s so frustrating when customers keep changing their minds! 😠 Me: Tell me about your process of managing…
*Suicide Trigger alert*Deborah Harvey asked a beautiful question about what to do if you pass someone on a bridge who may…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘄𝗹 🦉 – 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟯 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆We Project Managers just love our Owls because… The Owl has a…
Are you an ‘I’ dotter and a ‘T’ crosser?Do you label your fields with the correct Descriptions?Do you document and…
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.What is it?Who does one talk to in a project?What challenges might they face? At our last “This Thing…
I had SO much fun talking to Tristan Lombard 🇺🇦 about #Salesforce, #Testing, #Leadership and delivering #SexyProjects 💃🏻 Special shoutout also to Tara Walton and Andrew Smith at Team Provar Testing for making me…
“If you don’t think its a people problem, it’s a people problem.” – Barton Ledford, Senior Director Salesforce Practice Lead at B3…
Time for the next #PeiItForward Challenge!2 spaces up for grabs at my next Discovery Masterclass (11 June)! If you didn’t get through…
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟭 – 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝟰/𝟲So you’ve just nabbed a new consulting role with a #Salesforce partner. 🌈🌞 Feedback from…
Season 2 of @OnThePeiroll podcast is here! 💃🏻 My first guest this season is Liz Rhodes, COO of Art of Cloud, and…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘅 🦊 – 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆The Fox knows a bit more than the Grasshopper. She’s not as…
“I’m fine.”“I love it.”“It’s nothing.”“No, it doesn’t hurt at all.” There are some whose thoughts, feelings and words align –…
Last few hours to join Zenhao membership! 😎 What I’m good at:– delivering quality projects as a Consulting Project Manager– understanding what…