Omg possibly the most delightful podcast I’ve discovered in a long time! 😍 Not only does Lee Durrant does a cracking job…
Iiiin about 10 hours close to midnight, I’ll be joining the Salesforce Professionals Discord Server to talk all things #SalesforceDiscovery101, on consulting, leadership,…
Happy No-Reason day! 😁That means there’s no real reason to buy my book #SalesforceDiscovery101… unless you want to ace that Discovery…
“Mum, you know in that movie where King Midas wished that everyhing he touched turn to gold?” “Mm-hmm?” “How did…
“The cost is too high. Trim the QA and PM time.”😱 As a #Salesforce consultant #ProjectManager I hear this a lot, which is a…
“You can’t compensate for poor management and a non-existent culture with perks, and you can’t meditate away a crap CEO.…
𝟳 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹!¡7 consejos geniales que todos los NUEVOS consultores de…
𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮-𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮-𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗼-𝗔𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲!If you missed my talk at Florida Dreamin’ last Oct, you can catch…
So says ☁️ Rob Cowell ☁️ and his “bucket of thoughts and random things” as he talked about git branching strategies. Culture,…
What happens if a #SalesforcePartner accidentally undersells a project?
What happens if a #SalesforcePartner accidentally undersells a project? 😬Ooof this is a biggie. This happens ALL. THE. TIME. How partners handle…
🍩 Incoming Right (donut) Hook! 🍩Do you want to win a spot on my next Consulting Discovery Masterclass? If so,…
This. Is. Gold. 🌟If you’re new to the #salesforce world, and you’re trying really hard to stand out, you need to read…
Some questions to those planning to go to #DF23 from a DFNewbie 😁 1. Dates are from 12-14 Sept. Are there events…
I wonder if ‘mop up’ workshop sessions is just a British thing? We do that in some shape or form…
Do you want to “make your Salesforce sing”?? 🎵Then you MUST listen to Alexander Lapa‘s podcast episode with the amazing Jodi Hrbek!…
#Salesforce Consultants run *lots* of workshops
#Salesforce Consultants run *lots* of workshops.Especially during Discoveries. That’s why the best consultants are able to facilitate well – managing and…
What’s a Functional Consultant? They have a few names, especially in the #Salesforce partner ecosystem. Implementation ConsultantSalesforce BASalesforce Configurator Interestingly, I found…
Hey everyone! I just discovered Brian Shea‘s next course “Salesforce Consulting Skills Every Admin Should Know” on Maven starts next Monday on 6…
Hello people who bought my #SalesforceDiscovery101 book! I’ll be joining the Salesforce Professionals Discord Server#bookclub meet at midnight on 1 Feb (yes I know…
𝗔 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Whhhhaaaat?? 😨You mean, the Delivery team now…
As a #Salesforce consultant
As a #Salesforce consultant, do you need to know what’s in the Statement of Work (SOW)? 🤔{Hint: there’s only one right answer}.…
Food is recession-proof. 🍩🍰🍕🍔🥦Regardless of the state of the economy, everyone still needs to eat. So is #CRM.Businesses will always need…
Do you want to win a spot at my next Consulting Discovery Masterclass? (Don’t all of you rush forward at…
“This is crap work.” How will you respond? Will you get angry? 😡Defensive? ☹Upset? 😭Curious? 🤔 Is being blunt a…
There is no such thing as ‘one size fits all’.No.. one ‘perfect, most correct way’ to do things. Waterfall.Agile.SAFe.Prototype.DevOps.Extreme Programming.Test…
𝟳 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗘𝗪 #𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹! 🐱👤 Talk Abstract: You’re a newbie and you’ve just been…
“I’m fabulous. I am always fabulous.”😎That’s my flippant answer when people ask me, “How are you?” At a fireside chat…
“Silver lining?!” 😣“New beginnings?!?!” 😡 The new year has brought a raft of bad news from companies such as Salesforce and Amazon who have…
We made it to the peak of Mt Kinabalu!And we lived to tell the tale! The kids were also very…
“Why is it so short?!” 😭“Will there be a sequel?”“When are you going to do one that dives into the…
“Do it NOW!” 🚨🚨🚨“URGENT! Life or Death!” 😵“… Pretty please?” 🙏 Ah, am sure this is not an unusual situation…
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…
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…
“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…
I NEED YOUR HELPPPP (to decide on the book cover!)𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝟴 – 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 Ok I can’t add a…
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…
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…
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%What is QA?How do you ensure quality?What’s gold standard?Is “Perfectionism” it?What’s perfect anyway?How do you test…
𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔.– A. Hammer. 🔨 🙄 I’m sure we all know someone like A.Hammer.…
Woohooo! I managed to get into the #Salesforce London World Tour! And I didn’t need to reel out the puppy dog eyes!…
“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…
“The Sales Cloud implementation will replace all key functions of The Calc, Company X’s current sales application which will be…
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…
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…
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…
Last few hours to join Zenhao membership! 😎 What I’m good at:– delivering quality projects as a Consulting Project Manager– understanding what…
24 hours left to register for the Zenhao Academy… 🕙 When I first started this, I knew I wanted to create a…
On Sunday night, you get an email where you’ve been asked to – Close your previous project and make sure…
What’s the most important thing to a #Salesforce Partner?Utilisation and chargeability. 💲 Actually, that’s super important to all consulting partners and billable…
“Arg! Why do they do that?!” Sometimes I want to tear my hair out. 😤 I was on a call…
The Zak Zituation “ARGH!” Zak* looked really stressed. “I don’t know what I’m doing and even though everyone’s really kind,…
Would you send your toddler out to get a loaf of bread all on her own?“Don’t forget to count the…
“OMG Can you BE any slower?!”*“Are you trying to be passive aggressive?!” No, I wasn’t having an argument.Actually, what I…