foster: encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable). As we all know now DevOps is all about culture. It was ‘revealed’ to me at DevopsDays Rome back in 2012 and since then I’ve often wondered as to how to build such a culture. I am mostly an ops person and I try to be friendly to people that I happen to work with, but sometimes you think if only there were less slides on puppet/ansible and more on how to build that ‘culture’... This is my chance to stop and think at what I, in first person, try to do every day to foster a ‘DevOps’ culture. And even if it isn’t DevOps maybe it will just make for a happier workplace.