Entries by Pink News Editor
Make the Impossible Possible – Here Are 5 Ways to Do It!
Do you know what the biggest single regret is that people have at the end of their lives?
In this blog post, we’re introducing an amazing person who has made it his life’s work to share with the world how to live the life you really want – to the fullest!
According to Pink22 keynote speaker Ben Nemtin, “The biggest single regret people have at the end of their life is not regretting the things they did, it’s regretting the things they didn’t do.”
Why Leaders Are Crucial to the $uccess of a DevOps Transformation
Imagine a scenario where your IT organization is doing 46 times more frequent deployments, where your lead time from commit to deploy is 2,555 times faster, where the time to recover from incidents is 2,604 times faster, and your change failure rate is seven times lower. Just think how much more productive your organization would be, how much more quickly your organization would be able to deliver business value to your clients/customers, and how much more profit you’d be able to create…
Grassroots Leadership: How Little Things Make a BIG Difference
Former Naval Commander Michael Abrashoff is well known for turning the worst ship in the navy into the best one. So, how did he do this?
At age 36, Abrashoff began serving as the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific fleet on the USS Benfold. He quickly realized he had to address some major challenges – in particular, the crew’s history of low morale and poor performance.
The Impact of Cognitive Biases on Organizational Change Management and How to Work with Them
Across the world every day, every person and every leader in every business is making decisions and forming views of situations based on their personal thoughts, filters, beliefs and perceptions. I know, I know – you probably want to believe that you’re not like that – you want to be viewed as someone who forms your decisions and thoughts based on rational facts, but chances are that is most likely not the case. Being aware of your biases and those of your employees is especially important when it comes to many aspects of leading others through the process of organizational change management.
Understanding Neuroscience and How to Rewire Your Brain for Maximum Performance
Your brain is a very complex organ that’s responsible for every process that regulates your body. Many of these processes are involuntary, such as your stomach contracting during digestion. Yet, there are other processes – such as our thoughts and beliefs that we experience without consciously choosing to do so – that have become habitual and ingrained. These can be changed – with conscious effort.
Quack, Quack! The Duck Syndrome and What Leaders Need to Know About It
2021 State of DevOps Report: Cultural Issues Still the Biggest Barrier to Success
Many IT organizations are still struggling with successfully implementing and sustaining DevOps. As James Turnbull, VP of Engineering at Sotheby’s states, “This year’s State of DevOps Report shows that organizations are making progress towards higher performance, but cultural issues are still obstacles to success. Deeper leadership buy-in is needed to enable practitioners to make the changes they need for that success.”
Is Your Team Forming, Storming, or Performing? Here’s Why Leaders Need to Know…
It’s a grim statistic. According to the Kotter Institute and others, only 30% of major change initiatives are successful and deliver the desired value.
Want to Be with the 70% that Fail – or the 30% that Succeed….?
What It Takes to Be an Effective Agile Scrum Product Owner – Take This Revealing Questionnaire!
More and more organizations are adopting the Agile Scrum methodology and associated best practices to enable IT to better adapt to market conditions, deliver valuable outcomes sooner, increase quality and customer satisfaction, and more. In fact, Agile Scrum best practices are now moving beyond IT and are being adopted across the enterprise.
Pink22 Featured Speaker - Gene Kim and the Five Ideals of DevOps
World-renowned DevOps guru Gene Kim who is also a co-author of several DevOps publications, details many difficulties faced by organizations – and how to overcome them – in his book, The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data. He explains how using the five ideals can lead to a positive and lasting business, technology, and cultural transformation.