Aleš Roubíček

“In short, approval by an external body (such as a manager or CAB) simply doesn’t work to increase the stability of production systems, measured by the time to restore service and change fail rate. However, it certainly slows things down. It is, in fact, worse than having no change approval process at all.”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“Knowledge is power, and you should give power to those who have the knowledge.”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“what people most want from work: to be able to come in and work with the right team of people— colleagues they trust and admire—and to focus like crazy on doing a great job together.”
― Patty McCord, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

“There’s a dangerous fallacy that data constitutes the facts you need to know to run your business.”
― Patty McCord, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility