Creating a PowerApps COE with Simon Owen

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https://podcast.nz365guy.com/160

• Simon’s brief introduction about his life and what he does when he’s not working 
• Talks about his educational and professional background 
• How Simon started with the Power Platform 
• Talks about his journey to GSK 
• Discussion about what is GSK, who is GSK and his role on GSK 
• Simon’s definition of Digital transformation 
• Talks about the Power Automate and the Flows they built 
• The key Flow they now depend on that builds on what they can consistently use in their organization 
• Areas where they use Flow at present 
• Talks about the next challenge they might deliver next year 
• The important functions in Power Automate and building Flow for productivity 
• The hero PowerApps they have right now that is the best example of their application 
• The recommendation he can give to people on how they can get started in creating a COE inside an organization  
• How they make sure that the Apps they are building are supportable by the organization long term 
• Discusses how they manage the Governance, Digital guide rails and the Support infrastructure 
• How did the Power Ranger Community in GSK come about? 
• A discussion about the story behind the Power Ranger Community in GSK 
• The impact of having individuals who are great in developing various products and how it changed the view of capabilities of those who are non-technologies and coming to power Platform 
• The social tool they use so they can share information within the team which allows conversations to flow where people can learn 

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