Generative Culture

SRE adoption is greatly influenced by the organizational culture at hand.

Westrum organizational culture is one of a set of capabilities that drive higher software delivery and organizational performance. These capabilities were discovered by the DORA State of DevOps research program, an independent, academically rigorous investigation into the practices and capabilities that drive high performance.

Similar to Dr. Westrum's findings, DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) research shows that a high-trust, generative culture predicts software delivery and organizational performance in technology.

Teams can identify helpful practices to create a generative culture that fosters information flow and trust by examining the six aspects of Westrum's model of organizational culture, focusing on those behaviors seen in the generative culture:

  • High cooperation.
  • Messengers are trained.
  • Risks are shared.
  • Bridging is encouraged.
  • Failure leads to inquiry.
  • Novelty is implemented.
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