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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
Tuesday, December 09, 2025 08:00 AM - 09:15 AM PST
Senior Leadership Circle: Welcome and Networking Breakfast
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will welcome attendees and provide an overview of the Senior Leadership Circle (SLC) program, highlighting key aspects that SLC members should be aware of. The session will include information relevant to both days of the event.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM PST
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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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM PST
Senior Leadership Circle: Networking Breakfast
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will welcome attendees and provide an overview of the Senior Leadership Circle (SLC) program, highlighting key aspects that SLC members should be aware of. It serves as the agenda for day two of the SLC program.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025 07:30 AM - 08:45 AM PST
Senior Leadership Circle: Networking Breakfast
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will welcome attendees and provide an overview of the Senior Leadership Circle (SLC) program, highlighting key aspects that SLC members should be aware of. It serves as the agenda for day three of the SLC program.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM PST
Senior Leadership Circle: Lunch: Wrap-Up Session
George Spafford,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will review the important topics covered during the senior leadership circle (SLC) program and provide an opportunity for discussion at the table. Attendees find a take-away session valuable because it brings the key findings together and allows them to compare notes with peers.
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