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Bold Moves You Can Make

By Amy Walters, Dominica Degrandis, Jon Moore, Jeffrey Shupack, Michael Nygard, Ross Clanton, Ben Grinnell, Paula Thrasher

Actions for Positive Transformation

Many large enterprises are experiencing a crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. Our survey of twenty-one enterprise leaders shows that a crisis can be a catalyst for dramatic, sweeping change.

Leaders should assess the nature of the crisis to their business, define a transformation outcome, make the case for change, and then use the focus and sense of urgency generated by the crisis to drive specific, bold DevOps moves.

  • Publication Date 2020
  • Oages 12

Features

  • Case for Change

    This paper illustrates how enterprises can utilize times of crisis as an opportunity to drive change across the organization.

  • Expert Authors

    This paper is written by experienced leaders across industries who have led large transformations in enterprises across industries.

  • Clear Guidance

    Provides four clear actions organizations can take to have a positive impact on their transformation.

  • All Levels

    Change Agents can come from anywhere on the org chart. This paper directly provides guidance on how to lead change no matter your role or title.

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Many large enterprises are experiencing a crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. Our survey of twenty-one enterprise leaders shows that a crisis can be a catalyst for dramatic, sweeping change.

Leaders should assess the nature of the crisis to their business, define a transformation outcome, make the case for change, and then use the focus and sense of urgency generated by the crisis to drive specific, bold DevOps moves.

Amy Walters
Dominica Degrandis
Jon Moore
Jeffrey Shupack
Michael Nygard
Ross Clanton
Ben Grinnell
Paula Thrasher
Amy Walters

Amy Walters

Product Agility Lead | Principal Coach | Digital Platforms & Capabilities at U.S. Bank

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Dominica Degrandis

Dominica Degrandis

Dominica DeGrandis is the foremost expert in Kanban Flow within the IT industry today. Her work has shown working IT teams how effectively improve workflow and optimize throughput to produce the best result throughout the value stream. Her passion involves the use of visual cues and transparency across teams and organizations to reveal mutually critical information. As Director of Training & Coaching at LeanKit, Dominica combines experience, practice and theory to help teams level up their capability. She blogs at ddegrandis.com and tweets at @dominicad.

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Jon Moore

Jon Moore

Staff Engineer at Stripe

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Jeffrey Shupack

Jeffrey Shupack

Jeffrey Shupack, president, Project & Team, is an advisor, speaker, and author who helps organizations improve efficiency in delivering complex products. Specializing in change management, AI, digital innovation, and fostering learning cultures, Shupack guides leaders to enhance operational flow, speed to market, and customer satisfaction. As a distinguished SAFe Fellow, he leverages proven methodologies from Lean/Agile, DevOps, design thinking, and organizational development to drive digital transformation. With decades of experience in bridging theory and practice, Shupack has delivered measurable, impactful outcomes across industries such as aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, finance, government, technology, manufacturing, medical, and oil and gas. He collaborates with Fortune 100 companies and government agencies. Shupack is also a published author in leading industry journals and a sought-after speaker at international conferences. Find his work at jeffreyshupack.com.

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Michael Nygard

Michael Nygard

Innovative technology leader

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Ross Clanton

Ross Clanton

Chief Architect, Managing Director - Technology Transformation at American Airlines

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Ben Grinnell

Ben Grinnell

Evangelist for modern IT practices that help organisations use their technology to learn & act fast, safely and at scale

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Paula Thrasher

Paula Thrasher

Leading Digital Transformation | Sustainability and Reliability | DevOps, Cloud Transformation Public Speaker

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