There is this notion that in order for DevOps to be successful it has to be supported by top level management, or CIO. We could walk through what really matters from both sides of top level management and grass roots. Ultimately, we all want to inspire people at all levels of our teams to take more risks, and for our peers and other executives to create safe environments that inspire innovation.

Creating a safe environment that enable people to fail fast and how this translates and spurs innovation is a common theme in our community, but we think we can highlight some new and interesting points around how to effectively influence culture, manage risk, make decisions at the appropriate place in a business and drive even better results.

BlackBerry is a company that the market has forced to change. And as new leaders have come aboard, we have had to focus on changing the culture to drive innovation; to drive action; to integrate teams to focus on delivering solutions; that time continues to be our enemy – and only we can address that.

That we have a plan to win – and that DevOps is a very key component to that strategy.