Gene Kim is a multiple award winning CTO, DevOps researcher, and co-author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project. In this episode, we chat about Gene’s experiences at Tripwire and what high-performance looks like, as defined by the State of DevOps report. We also touch on the importance of culture, the criticality of psychological safety, and the imperative for developers and leaders to have the courage to say what they’re really thinking.