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b'In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jez Humble about his Agile 2017 Keynote talk in which he refuted many of the common excuses why \\u201ccontinuous delivery won\\u2019t work here\\u201d. He also gave a scathing response to the \\u201cManifestbro\\u201d controversy which recently unfolded at Google.\\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\nKey takeaways about DevOps:\\n\\n - There are many reasons cited for not adopting DevOps \\u2013 the real reasons are cultural and architectural issues\\n - It takes commitment and effort at every level to rearchitect not just the products but the organisation to support the new ways of working\\n - Even if you are not deploying every day, the practices of DevOps deliver huge dividends around reducing development costs, improving quality and maintainability and driving shorter lead\\n - It\\u2019s not about repeating what someone else has done, it\\u2019s the ability to make mistakes and learn from them which makes teams and organisations successful\\n\\nKey takeaways on the gender diversity challenge:\\n\\n - In 2017 we should have come beyond the need to address these issues but the state of the industry means we must\\n - There is extensive research that shows the differences are tiny between the genders, and this cannot explain the vast disparity in representation in the industry by women and people of colour\\n - The harm done by perpetuating the myths around gender differences\\n - We all have a duty to create an inclusive environment\\n - Examine your organisation\\u2019s systems, policies and practices for the visible elements of discrimination and fix them \\u2013 check salaries and career advancement by role and if there is a gender or race difference in the rates of pay or advancement then fix them\\n - Introducing Inclusive Collaboration and calling for participation and having the conversations about the many aspects of diversity in the workplace today\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2hYYH6G\\n\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2hYYH6G'