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George Spafford
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Leadership, Organizational and Cultural Change
Speaker Bio
George Spafford is a Vice President Analyst for Gartner, covering DevOps / DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), I&O organization, I&O strategy, I&O metrics. His publications include hundreds of articles and numerous books on IT management, as well as co-authorship of "The Phoenix Project," "The Visible Ops Handbook" and "Visible Ops Security."
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Sessions
Monday, 17 November, 2025 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM GMT
Senior Leadership Circle: Roundtable: Operating Model
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
I&O leaders are under pressure to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their organizations. This means changes to processes, talent, organizational model, and more, all aimed at supporting the goals of the organization. Join this roundtable to share with your peers what you are doing to improve your I&O operating model.
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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM GMT
Senior Leadership Circle: Roundtable: Changing Cultures
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
I&O leaders are faced with cultures they need to evolve including being more customer focused, supporting AI adoption and more. Change is not only continual but stacked. At the same time, the willingness of staff to change is at an all-time low. Join this roundtable to share with your peers lessons learned from your organization's culture changing practices, successes and challenges.
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