Getting New Technology Adopted (with Dov Katz)

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 writing code - it's getting permission to write better code. --- Support Developer Voices on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeveloperVoices Support Developer Voices on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeveloperVoices/join Morgan Stanley: https://www.morganstanley.com/ OpenRewrite: https://docs.openrewrite.org/ Spring Framework: https://spring.io/ Spring Integration: https://spring.io/projects/spring-integration Apache Camel: https://camel.apache.org/ FINOS (FinTech Open Source Foundation): https://www.finos.org/ Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Moderne (Code Remix conference organizers): https://www.moderne.io/ Code Remix Conference: https://www.moderne.io/events Kris on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/krisajenkins.bsky.social Kris on Mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@krisajenkins Kris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins/

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