Aleš Roubíček

“you must always question your role and refuse to be bound by it. Act based on facts and current circumstances, not based on tradition. Use common sense and be pragmatic. As”
― Risto Siilasmaa, Transforming Nokia (PB): The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change

“understood that part of the reason large teams are crippled in their ability to innovate and move fast is that because it’s hard work to manage them, companies build infrastructure to make sure people are doing the right things. But the teams I saw that accomplished great stuff just knew what they most needed to accomplish; they didn’t need elaborate procedures, and certainly not incentives.”
― Patty McCord, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

“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

“Risk management does not mean minimizing risks; it means choosing which risks to take, with open eyes and in a deliberate, analytical fashion. The list of things you do is important, but the list of things you decide not to do is sometimes even more important.”
― Risto Siilasmaa, Transforming Nokia (PB): The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change