About Paul

J. Paul analyzes complex software delivery and operational systems, providing unique business insight to technology leaders.

J. Paul Reed started his career as a build/release and productivity engineer, working with such storied organizations VMware, Mozilla, and Symantec.

Today, J. Paul is an internationally recognized speaker and author on software delivery, DevOps, incident response and management, and applied Resilience Engineering.

Latest Thoughts

A Spectrum of Actions, Part III

August 10, 2023

(Or: “What do the stories we tell each other about whether we’re reeaaaallllyyyyy gonna do that action item mean?”")

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A Spectrum of Actions, Part II

August 7, 2023

Can we better gauge whether or not we’re reeaaaallllyyyyy gonna do that action item?

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A Spectrum of Actions, Part I

August 2, 2023

“Are we reeaaaallllyyyyy gonna do that action item?”

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