5 Questions for Google Workspace Admins

We help companies already on Google Workspace just as often as I help companies adopting it for the first time. Maybe even more.

Some are intentional about their Google Workspace strategy from the outset - while others take a set it and forget it approach. Most land somewhere in the middle.

Set it and forget it may work for legacy solutions - but business is always changing, and so is Google Workspace.

For this reason, we have yet to meet a company without unrealized opportunities to further leverage for Google Workspace to help solve real-world business problems.

Here are some of the biggest questions companies already on Google Workspace can consider:

1. When was the last time we assessed our Google Workspace implementation?

Your business, people, customers and community are constantly changing - and so is Google Workspace.

Keeping opportunities, risks and your technology strategy in sync supports growth and productivity.

2. When was the last time we measured our Google Workspace adoption?

Find out which apps and functionality people are using most, and least often, and why.

Consider how deeply Google Workspace is embedded in your business, and seek opportunities to expand from substitution (where you use ‘the basics’) to transformation (where you leverage Google Workspace to do what you do, better).

3. What challenges do we face today that didn’t exist when you first adopted Google Workspace?

A global pandemic for one, complicating businesses in countless ways - but there are others.

On the flip side of those challenges are chances to leverage already-embedded technology to out-adapt competitors (who may be tooling-up on the fly).

In the process you'll keep your people happier, and more engaged.

4. What tools or apps have we purchased that unnecessarily replicate functionality already available to us (in Google Workspace)?

We recently helped a company on Google Workspace, unaware of Google Meet, avoid the unnecessary expense and productivity hit of adopting Zoom for video meetings.

...and another who manually (and painstakingly) audited for sensitive data shared via email, unaware Google Vault could have automatically kept their data more secure all these years.

Find out what functionality you’re paying for twice, and give it the boot.

5. Who’s the champion on our team who connects the dots between business problems and Google Workspace solutions?

In addition to existing functionality, Google Workspace adds features almost daily.

Ensure you have someone in your corner, who not only understands your business, but also has their finger on the pulse of possibilities for Google Workspace to make it better.