Daniel Usher

Head of Network Rail Worldline UK&I. Interests include business transformation, leadership best practice, agile, surfing and CrossFit.

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@DavidDalyWL Really enjoyed being part of this chat! Have a good evening all

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@_tudor_james_ So true! And far easier to say than do. Many teams still worry about looking busy... perhaps this happens due to the way they’ve been organised

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@The_Digital_COO Gets my vote!

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A6: Just get started! Read a few books and try something out, experiment and fail fast. Share your experiences with like minded people. #DevOpsChat

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@OnlyChrisBH It’s amazing what effort individuals will put into blocking a change initiative that impacts a long standing ineffective process... proper upfront change management can avoid this

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A5: Trying to do everything perfectly or consult too widely before starting. Seen it. And done it. #DevOpsChat

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@The_Digital_COO That’s the true test of whether a change has truly been successful

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@_tudor_james_ Great and so true... sometimes requires a leap of faith to give up control to those who want/need/can do more with it

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A4: Does your team run experiments? For me this one says a lot... teams that experiment together grow faster. This one often needs leadership/permission (sadly) from the top #DevOpsChat

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A3: Standardisation. I feel this has to follow the “just enough” approach. Too much and nobody is trying out anything new for the sake of bulk licence discounts. Too little and something is going to break/no one will ever know what works well #DevOpsChat

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@JohnCha14309588 Welcome John (I’m also finding my way this evening!)

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@The_Digital_COO @DavidDalyWL Think we are on the same lines with this one Rob!

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A2: A2: Org Structure and Culture. If the environment isn’t built to enable collaboration it’s likely actively preventing it - don’t have your teams fight to do their best work #DevOpsChat

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@DavidDalyWL Seems good! On the back from a surf trip

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Evening all, live from Santander airport #devopschat

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A1.1 A group of concepts, some old, some new that focus on building systems for effective operations through collaboration #devopschat