Bold Moves You Can Make

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.

What's inside

  • 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.
Publication Date
2020
Oages
12
Topics
Leadership · Workplace Culture
Formats
epub · pdf
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

About the authors

6 authors
Amy WaltersEnterprise product and agile coach, US Bank

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

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Dominica DegrandisIndependent Trainer, Coach & Speaker

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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Jeffrey ShupackProject & Team · as of 2024

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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Ross ClantonVice President - Technology Strategy and Delivery, Foot Locker
Ben GrinnellBoard Member Capabilities and AI, Newton

Ben Grinnell is Managing Director and Global Lead of the Technology and Digital Service Line at North Highland, where he has spent over twenty years specializing in digital transformation for large organizations across public and private sectors. With extensive experience in next-generation IT, DevOps, Agile, and Lean methodologies, Grinnell has led major technology initiatives spanning government, health, education, and transport industries. He previously served as interim IT Director at the UK Border Agency, where he built internal IT capabilities and restructured major outsourced contracts. Grinnell holds a BSc in Mathematics and Computing from Loughborough University, completed PhD-level research in predictive control algorithms, and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Decentenergy.io.

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Paula ThrasherLeading Digital Transformation | Sustainability and Reliability | DevOps, Cloud Transformation Public Speaker