Overturning the status quo: Doing DevOps right

DevOps success begins with transformative leadership

DevOps is becoming the standard development philosophy for cloud. However, many companies struggle to get DevOps right. In this episode of the podcast, Mike and guest Gene Kim, author of The Unicorn Project—a novel about digital disruption and overturning the status quo—discuss what it takes to do DevOps right. For Kim, long-term DevOps success—and cloud deployment—depends on three critical success factors: transformational leadership, improved communication, and fostering deep trust between the business and IT.

We want that business person to be jointly sharing the story and essentially saying, 'If it weren't for my technology counterpart, all the goals, dreams, and aspirations of our business would never be met.Gene Kim is a multiple award winning CTO, researcher and author. He was founder of Tripwire and was its for 13 years. His books include, "The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Digital Disruption, Redshirts, and Overthrowing the Ancient Powerful Order," "The Visible Ops Handbook," and "The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win."

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