Elisabeth Hendrickson is currently the senior director of engineering at Pivotal, and a longtime evangelist for testing. In this week's podcast, Elisabeth talks about the process of cultivating a cohesive engineering culture at Pivotal through the introduction of extreme programming techniques. She discusses a wide variety of topics related to change management, including:

• How change can trigger the grief process as you seek to change established practices and processes.

Elisabeth says if you're considering bringing about change in your organization, the No. 1 thing you can do is start holding regular retrospectives in order to cultivate an open and safe place for authentic communication.

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