Book | Wiring the Winning Organization: Slowify, Simplify, and Amplify for Operational Excellence | What Happens When Security Sits on the Couch | A Conversation with Gene Kim | Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast with Sean Martin

Guest: Gene Kim, Author

On Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim/

On Twitter | https://twitter.com/RealGeneKim

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Host: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]

On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/sean-martin

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Episode Notes

In this episode of Redefining CyberSecurity on the ITSPmagazine Podcast Network, host Sean Martin engages in an insightful conversation with Gene Kim, co-author of "Wiring the Winning Organization". The discussion revolves around the transformative concept of 'Shifting Left' in DevOps, a strategy that has allowed tech giants like Amazon to achieve a staggering 136,000 deployments per day.

Kim likens this breakthrough to a collaborative effort between developers and operators, comparing it to the teamwork required to move a couch. He also explores the crucial role of information security in this process, underlining the necessity for security to equip developers with the tools to work independently, thereby serving as the first line of defense. Don't let security sit on the couch while you're trying to move it!

The conversation transitions into an exploration of the three mechanisms of performance: slowification, simplification, and amplification. Kim uses relatable real-life examples to elucidate these concepts, emphasizing the importance of timely and accurate information for effective decision-making and problem-solving. The more you know up front, the better off you'll be.

Drawing on his extensive work on the state of DevOps research, Kim discusses the predictors of high performance and how these principles apply to DevOps. He also points to the growing trend of specialization within DevOps and the emerging need for 'platform engineering,' a system that enables developers to focus on solving business problems while specialists handle the complex technical aspects.

This episode provides listeners with a deeper understanding of the evolution and future of DevOps, the importance of information security, and how these principles can be applied to enhance overall security programs. It also serves as an introduction to the Gene co-authored with Steven J. Spear. Be sure to listen to the podcast that Marco Ciappelli had with Spear on his Redefining Society Podcast.

About the book

Forget vision, grit, or culture. Wiring the Winning Organization reveals the hidden circuitry that drives organizational excellence.

Drawing on decades of meticulous research of high-performing organizations and cross-population surveys of tens of thousands of employees, award-winning authors Gene Kim and Dr. Steven J. Spear introduce a groundbreaking new theory of organizational management. Organizations win by using three mechanisms to slowify, simplify, and amplify, which systematically moves problem-solving from high-risk danger zones to low-risk winning zones.

Wiring the Winning Organization shines an investigative light on some of the most famous organizations, including Toyota, Amazon, Apple, and NASA, revealing how leaders create the social wiring that enables exceptional results.

This is not feel-good inspiration or armchair philosophy but a data-driven prescriptive playbook for creating excellence grounded in real-world results and proven theory. This is the rare business book that delivers concrete tools―not platitudes―to convert mediocrity into mastery.

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Resources

Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification (book): https://amzn.to/47B89T1

Google Leaked Memo "We Have No Moat (and Neither Does OpenAI)" through the Lens of Slowify, Simplify, Amplify: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-leaked-memo-we-have-moat-neither-does-openai-through-gene-kim-0oghc/?trackingId=hPCsZXK8T8OhZVEe2Bz8Pg%3D%3D

Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI": https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither

Book | Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification | A Conversation with Author Steven J. Spear | Redefining Society with Marco Ciappelli: https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/book-wiring-the-winning-organization-liberating-our-collective-greatness-through-slowification-simplification-and-amplification-a-conversation-with-author-steven-j-spear-redefining-society-with-marco-ciappelli

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