Getting New Technology Adopted (with Dov Katz)

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for getting new technology adopted in large organizations, featuring insights from Dov Katz of Morgan Stanley.

Getting new technology adopted in a large organization can feel like pushing water uphill. The best tools in the world are useless if we're not allowed to use them, and as companies grow, their habits turn into inertia, then into "the way we've always done things." So how do you break through that resistance and get meaningful change to happen? This week's guest is Dov Katz from Morgan Stanley, who specializes in exactly this challenge - driving developer productivity and getting new practices adopted across thousands of developers. We explore the art of organizational change from every angle: How do you get management buy-in? How do you build grassroots developer enthusiasm? When should you use deterministic tools like OpenRewrite versus AI-powered solutions? And what role does open source play in breaking down the walls between competing financial institutions? Whether you're trying to modernize a legacy codebase, reduce technical debt, or just get your team to try that promising new tool you've discovered, this conversation offers practical strategies for navigating the complex dynamics of enterprise software development. Because sometimes the hardest part of our job isn't…

People in this episode

Host: Kris Jenkins

Guest: Dov Katz

Topics covered

• technology adoption
• organizational change
• developer productivity
• enterprise software
• legacy code modernization

Keywords

• technology adoption
• developer productivity
• organizational change
• OpenRewrite
• enterprise software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgan Stanley

Products: OpenRewrite

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