Why Change Matters Now More Than Ever
summary
2020 forces urgent choices: COVID lockdowns expose that digital transformation often amplifies privilege while failing basic services — 40 million people lost jobs in the US and unemployment portals (New Jersey’s legacy COBOL unemployment systems) buckle under demand. DevOps practices offer empathy, cross‑functional teams and community norms applied to product design, not just speed, shown by a practical homelessness app in Melbourne that routes shelters, food and clinics to vulnerable users.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 4:15Our communities have been shattered...
- 5:36DevOps and Digital Transformation
- 5:48Rise of Cloud and Mobile
- 6:32Rise of the Connected Consumer
- 7:52DevOps is about community
- 8:14DevOps is about empathy
- 9:54Digital Transformation is about Capitalism
- 10:28Digital Transformation is about the individual
- 11:14Digital Transformation is about consumption
- 20:19A bit about me...
- 29:38Investing in control vs uplifting
- 30:23A rising tide lifts all boats
- 34:12do we decide to lead the change?
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