Aaron Engelsrud
@aaronengelsrud.com
Oracle Ace Alum with 20+ years in IT Management 🖥️ An author & educator dedicated to the fusion of higher ed and IT. Leading at Strategic Education Inc., illuminating the tech world, one lecture at a time.
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Aaron Engelsrud
@aaronengelsrud.com
· Oct 6
🚨 The Modern ERP Digest has a new home!
After 11 editions on LinkedIn, the Digest is now on PeopleSoftCloud.com with even more ERP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Cloud insights.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
Subscribe on the new site to keep getting your Monday ERP fix.
After 11 editions on LinkedIn, the Digest is now on PeopleSoftCloud.com with even more ERP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Cloud insights.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
Subscribe on the new site to keep getting your Monday ERP fix.
Strong weeks start with a quiet Sunday evening.
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Strong weeks start with a quiet Sunday evening.
Sunday slows everything down just enough for me to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. I notice how easy it is in IT to grind through the week without ever asking if I'm leading with the right posture.
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sunday slows everything down just enough for me to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. I notice how easy it is in IT to grind through the week without ever asking if I'm leading with the right posture.
Sunday mornings hit different when you’ve got no plans, good coffee, and the simple joy of not rushing anywhere. Highly underrated life luxury.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sunday mornings hit different when you’ve got no plans, good coffee, and the simple joy of not rushing anywhere. Highly underrated life luxury.
If you want weekly insights you can actually use, not vendor fluff, grab a spot on the newsletter.
It’s free, practical, and built for real admins and leaders: www.peoplesoftcloud.com
It’s free, practical, and built for real admins and leaders: www.peoplesoftcloud.com
PeopleSoft Cloud | Aaron | Substack
PeopleSoft Cloud is a blog for PeopleSoft professionals building modern, automated, cloud-native ERP platforms, without being locked into a single vendor's playbook. Click to read PeopleSoft Cloud, by Aaron, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
www.peoplesoftcloud.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you want weekly insights you can actually use, not vendor fluff, grab a spot on the newsletter.
It’s free, practical, and built for real admins and leaders: www.peoplesoftcloud.com
It’s free, practical, and built for real admins and leaders: www.peoplesoftcloud.com
Reading Dare to Lead, and this line hit different:
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
How many times have we sugarcoated feedback, delayed a hard conversation, or stayed vague to avoid discomfort?
And how much longer did the problem persist because of it?
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
How many times have we sugarcoated feedback, delayed a hard conversation, or stayed vague to avoid discomfort?
And how much longer did the problem persist because of it?
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Reading Dare to Lead, and this line hit different:
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
How many times have we sugarcoated feedback, delayed a hard conversation, or stayed vague to avoid discomfort?
And how much longer did the problem persist because of it?
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
How many times have we sugarcoated feedback, delayed a hard conversation, or stayed vague to avoid discomfort?
And how much longer did the problem persist because of it?
Friday morning energy! ☀️
You made it through another week of:
✅ Deployments that didn't break production
✅ Meetings that could've been Slack messages (but weren't)
✅ Architecture decisions that will pay off for years
✅ Team conversations that built trust
✅ Problems that looked impossible on Monday
You made it through another week of:
✅ Deployments that didn't break production
✅ Meetings that could've been Slack messages (but weren't)
✅ Architecture decisions that will pay off for years
✅ Team conversations that built trust
✅ Problems that looked impossible on Monday
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Friday morning energy! ☀️
You made it through another week of:
✅ Deployments that didn't break production
✅ Meetings that could've been Slack messages (but weren't)
✅ Architecture decisions that will pay off for years
✅ Team conversations that built trust
✅ Problems that looked impossible on Monday
You made it through another week of:
✅ Deployments that didn't break production
✅ Meetings that could've been Slack messages (but weren't)
✅ Architecture decisions that will pay off for years
✅ Team conversations that built trust
✅ Problems that looked impossible on Monday
Every group has that one person who fixes the printer, the Wi-Fi, the coffee maker, and everyone's phone. If that's you, congratulations, you work IT everywhere you go.
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Every group has that one person who fixes the printer, the Wi-Fi, the coffee maker, and everyone's phone. If that's you, congratulations, you work IT everywhere you go.
Ever notice how fixing one thing around the house always reveals two more projects you didn’t sign up for? Homeownership is just an endless boss battle.
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ever notice how fixing one thing around the house always reveals two more projects you didn’t sign up for? Homeownership is just an endless boss battle.
Health checks should test real behavior, not just whether a port answers. A green light means nothing if users still can't work.
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Health checks should test real behavior, not just whether a port answers. A green light means nothing if users still can't work.
Cloud success with PeopleSoft starts with ruthless standardization. Every exception you allow becomes technical debt you’ll pay for later. Patterns give you speed. Exceptions steal it.
When teams commit to standards, upgrades stop feeling like coin flips. They become routine.
When teams commit to standards, upgrades stop feeling like coin flips. They become routine.
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Cloud success with PeopleSoft starts with ruthless standardization. Every exception you allow becomes technical debt you’ll pay for later. Patterns give you speed. Exceptions steal it.
When teams commit to standards, upgrades stop feeling like coin flips. They become routine.
When teams commit to standards, upgrades stop feeling like coin flips. They become routine.
Step 5 in preparing #PeopleSoft for SaaS:
🔁 Evaluate your business processes.
Now is the time to simplify approvals, remove manual work, and align with modern best practices, not carry old process debt into a new platform.
Part 5 of my SaaS-readiness series 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
🔁 Evaluate your business processes.
Now is the time to simplify approvals, remove manual work, and align with modern best practices, not carry old process debt into a new platform.
Part 5 of my SaaS-readiness series 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Step 5 in preparing #PeopleSoft for SaaS:
🔁 Evaluate your business processes.
Now is the time to simplify approvals, remove manual work, and align with modern best practices, not carry old process debt into a new platform.
Part 5 of my SaaS-readiness series 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
🔁 Evaluate your business processes.
Now is the time to simplify approvals, remove manual work, and align with modern best practices, not carry old process debt into a new platform.
Part 5 of my SaaS-readiness series 👇
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
Stagger your process schedulers instead of stacking them. Parallel load beats peak load every time.
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Stagger your process schedulers instead of stacking them. Parallel load beats peak load every time.
Wednesday afternoon reality check:
You don't need another framework.
You don't need another tool.
You don't need another consultant telling you what's broken.
You need execution.
You don't need another framework.
You don't need another tool.
You don't need another consultant telling you what's broken.
You need execution.
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wednesday afternoon reality check:
You don't need another framework.
You don't need another tool.
You don't need another consultant telling you what's broken.
You need execution.
You don't need another framework.
You don't need another tool.
You don't need another consultant telling you what's broken.
You need execution.
PeopleSoft isn’t legacy; it’s under-optimized. I show you how to modernize it with containers, CI/CD, observability, and cloud thinking.
Subscribe at www.peoplesoftcloud.com
Subscribe at www.peoplesoftcloud.com
PeopleSoft Cloud | Aaron | Substack
PeopleSoft Cloud is a blog for PeopleSoft professionals building modern, automated, cloud-native ERP platforms, without being locked into a single vendor's playbook. Click to read PeopleSoft Cloud, by Aaron, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
www.peoplesoftcloud.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
PeopleSoft isn’t legacy; it’s under-optimized. I show you how to modernize it with containers, CI/CD, observability, and cloud thinking.
Subscribe at www.peoplesoftcloud.com
Subscribe at www.peoplesoftcloud.com
Most PeopleSoft performance issues don’t come from weak hardware. They come from default configurations that never got revisited as usage grew. The platform scales beautifully when you feed it correctly.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Most PeopleSoft performance issues don’t come from weak hardware. They come from default configurations that never got revisited as usage grew. The platform scales beautifully when you feed it correctly.
3 AM thoughts:
The best decisions I've made in IT leadership didn't come from confidence.
They came from doubt.
From lying awake wondering if I was doing the right thing. If the architecture would hold. If the team believed in the vision.
The best decisions I've made in IT leadership didn't come from confidence.
They came from doubt.
From lying awake wondering if I was doing the right thing. If the architecture would hold. If the team believed in the vision.
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
3 AM thoughts:
The best decisions I've made in IT leadership didn't come from confidence.
They came from doubt.
From lying awake wondering if I was doing the right thing. If the architecture would hold. If the team believed in the vision.
The best decisions I've made in IT leadership didn't come from confidence.
They came from doubt.
From lying awake wondering if I was doing the right thing. If the architecture would hold. If the team believed in the vision.
🚀 Announcing The PeopleSoft Cloud Executive Playbook
A 52-week leadership series for CIOs and IT executives guiding PeopleSoft into the next era.
Starting January 6, we’ll explore strategy, modernization, and the business of ERP leadership.
A 52-week leadership series for CIOs and IT executives guiding PeopleSoft into the next era.
Starting January 6, we’ll explore strategy, modernization, and the business of ERP leadership.
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚀 Announcing The PeopleSoft Cloud Executive Playbook
A 52-week leadership series for CIOs and IT executives guiding PeopleSoft into the next era.
Starting January 6, we’ll explore strategy, modernization, and the business of ERP leadership.
A 52-week leadership series for CIOs and IT executives guiding PeopleSoft into the next era.
Starting January 6, we’ll explore strategy, modernization, and the business of ERP leadership.
Teams don't need to be managed as much as they need to be protected from nonsense. Every unnecessary interruption steals focus, momentum, and pride in the work. When leaders remove friction rather than add process, performance rises on its own.
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Teams don't need to be managed as much as they need to be protected from nonsense. Every unnecessary interruption steals focus, momentum, and pride in the work. When leaders remove friction rather than add process, performance rises on its own.
Everyone's talking about getting off PeopleSoft.
Large orgs are quietly renewing investments and planning another decade on it.
Why? The math is compelling:
- 40-60% lower TCO vs SaaS
- You own customizations
- Control your upgrades
- Proven at scale
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
Large orgs are quietly renewing investments and planning another decade on it.
Why? The math is compelling:
- 40-60% lower TCO vs SaaS
- You own customizations
- Control your upgrades
- Proven at scale
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Everyone's talking about getting off PeopleSoft.
Large orgs are quietly renewing investments and planning another decade on it.
Why? The math is compelling:
- 40-60% lower TCO vs SaaS
- You own customizations
- Control your upgrades
- Proven at scale
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
Large orgs are quietly renewing investments and planning another decade on it.
Why? The math is compelling:
- 40-60% lower TCO vs SaaS
- You own customizations
- Control your upgrades
- Proven at scale
open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need a huge life overhaul. Just pick one small thing you can do consistently. Stack enough of those, and suddenly life feels less chaotic.
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need a huge life overhaul. Just pick one small thing you can do consistently. Stack enough of those, and suddenly life feels less chaotic.
If your users complain about random freezes, check your JOLT and app server ports for saturation. It’s one of the fastest hidden bottlenecks in the stack.
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If your users complain about random freezes, check your JOLT and app server ports for saturation. It’s one of the fastest hidden bottlenecks in the stack.
One of the biggest mindset traps with PeopleSoft is assuming stability and modernization fight each other. In reality, they feed each other when you design the system correctly. Automation, observability, and clean architecture don’t create chaos; they eliminate it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One of the biggest mindset traps with PeopleSoft is assuming stability and modernization fight each other. In reality, they feed each other when you design the system correctly. Automation, observability, and clean architecture don’t create chaos; they eliminate it.
Leaders don’t need all the answers. They need the courage to ask better questions in front of their teams. When your people see you thinking instead of pretending, they engage at a different level.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Leaders don’t need all the answers. They need the courage to ask better questions in front of their teams. When your people see you thinking instead of pretending, they engage at a different level.
The Modern ERP Digest – Edition 21 is out ⚙️
Read it 👇
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
#PeopleSoft #ERP #Oracle #Cloud #AI #FSCM #ModernERP
Read it 👇
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
#PeopleSoft #ERP #Oracle #Cloud #AI #FSCM #ModernERP
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Modern ERP Digest – Edition 21 is out ⚙️
Read it 👇
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
#PeopleSoft #ERP #Oracle #Cloud #AI #FSCM #ModernERP
Read it 👇
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/peoples...
#PeopleSoft #ERP #Oracle #Cloud #AI #FSCM #ModernERP
There’s something therapeutic about cleaning out the garage. It’s like archaeology mixed with “why did I ever buy this?” and a little bit of “yep, still can’t find that tool.”
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
There’s something therapeutic about cleaning out the garage. It’s like archaeology mixed with “why did I ever buy this?” and a little bit of “yep, still can’t find that tool.”