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Arriving at the new destination: the DevOps learning journey

Capgemini

As we discussed in part 1 and part 2 of this blog, culture and leadership are key components of a DevOps transformation. We built a comprehensive learning journey for all skill levels (beginner, proficient, advanced), organizational backgrounds (technical, non-technical), and hierarchy levels (leadership, team-level). Skill building.

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Sustaining Collaboration for Decades

Mills Scofield

To some this may seem a dramatic change, but if you know anything about MPC, it all stems from its core values, sustained over 163 years and 7 generations. I proposed a 3-year training plan to improve the culture, starting with the basics: getting people on the floor to share ideas with people in the office. 5 Why’s).

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Apple’s Latest Diversity Report A Big “So What”

N2Growth Blog

Clearly, something besides achieving offsetting staffing numbers is needed to build and sustain a marketplace powerhouse like Apple. It’s my belief that any significant cultural transformation begins with the establishment of a sweeping and compelling call to action and the building of a new behavior paradigm.

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The Patrol Method and Objections to Self-Directed Agile Teams

The Agile Manager

These excerpts from the 1950s edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook will sound familiar if you've ever tried to implement a self-directed Agile team: " Some don't grasp the possibilities of the patrol method, and subsequently don't see the importance of it. " Some lack faith in boys' ability to carry out responsibilities. "

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A (Not So) Magic Formula For Sustainable Business Excellence

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Magic Formula For Sustainable Business Excellence – It’s More Hard Work Than Hocus Pocus by Starbucker on August 1, 2010 “How did you do that&# ? “Pr&# is Pride. “CS&# is Common Sense.

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

This working paper was submitted as a chapter in The International Handbook of Lean Organization , Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming. Open source was (and is) known to be a brutal but effective training ground for software engineers. Lean was introduced to software a couple of decades ago. How are they getting along?