People don't like things they don't understand. It's funny you chose version control as your example; I work at a company currently trying to modernize and gett

People don't like things they don't understand. It's funny you chose version control as your example; I work at a company currently trying to modernize and getting version control is like pulling teeth. Without technical leadership from upper management you each individual line of business standing up their own infrastructure (there's currently a war between github and gitlab for the new step forward; the resolution of which is blocking the purchase of any additional github licenses). Perhaps a domain expertise isn't strictly necessary but it helps a lot; especially in older environments trying to change.