Let's presume at this point in the narrative that you have been instrumental in the successful adoption of CD and DevOps and have delivered what you set out to do. Things are working well, even better than you envisaged. The business is all grown up, can tie its own shoe laces, and doesn't need you to hold its hand anymore—well, not quite.
As mentioned in Chapter 8, You Are Not Finished Just Yet, you should take a moment or two to consider where most of the individuals within the business were at the beginning of the journey and where they are now. Consider the changes in ways of working, communication, collaboration, and behaviors. Think of the proportion of innovators, followers, and laggards in the early stages of the evolution and what the proportion is now. Taking all of this into account, you will most probably find that in reality, the majority...
