At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Recollect key drivers for digital disruption, and understand the role DevOps plays in digital transformations, and the role DevOps Leaders can play in leading these transformations.
• Distinguish contemporary leadership styles and practices and their pros and cons in a DevOps environment, and apply these to your organization and/or transformation.
• Apply learnings to create a value case, ‘why,’ and scope of your DevOps transformations.
• Understand key ingredients that organizations and leaders need to invest in for creating the right “smell of the place,” attracting and retaining talented employees, and developing a high-performance culture in your organization.
• Analyze how to change traditional “Business vs. IT” operating models and governance structures to DevOps-supporting ones.
• Analyze how best to optimize between team autonomy and ownership on the one hand, and architectural, technical, and organizational constraints on the other hand to manage quality, IT risk, and compliance in a DevOps organization.
• Compare and contrast personal and organizational leadership patterns and anti-patterns in the various stages of a DevOps transformation and from various perspectives, such as people, process, and technology.
• Lead a transformation within your organizational context with a focus on the key DASA DevOps principles, values, and practices.
• Own your digital leadership journey throughout the transformation by continuously reflecting, learning, and (re)defining your leadership style.