“Hey colleague!” Soon, this could be how we greet the person at the next desk, while at the same time addressing an AI system. In the future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will no longer be just a technical tool, but an active team member. In four integration phases, ranging from assistance to co-creation, moderation, and ultimately high autonomy under human oversight, it will grow steadily and naturally into value streams, meetings, and decision-making processes. The organization of the future understands AI as part of its nervous system: continuously learning and permanently feedback-driven. Welcome to the era of Cybernetic Transformation.
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, businesses are constantly confronted with changing customer needs, increased competition, and a significant shortage of skilled workers. Agility and speed are no longer optional, they are critical to survival.
Explore the fusion of AI with DevOps and platform engineering to automate workflows, enhance efficiency, and drive innovation.
What This Talk Covers # The convergence of AI, DevOps, and Platform Engineering is reshaping how we build and operate software. AI is no longer just a feature we ship, it is becoming part of how we ship. From intelligent CI/CD pipelines to AI-assisted incident response, the developer experience is changing fundamentally.
DevOps in Switzerland has reached a tipping point. Once a grassroots movement, it is now a strategic lever for digital resilience, efficiency, and innovation. The DevOps in Switzerland Report 2025, jointly produced by Zühlke and VSHN, presents clear signals of this transformation. Drawing from 184 survey responses, the sixth edition of the report reveals how Swiss organizations are not just adopting DevOps, but scaling it through platform engineering and augmenting it with AI.
As AI adoption accelerates, many organisations find themselves unable to scale. The solution? Embedding governance from the outset. By integrating compliance, transparency, and accountability into the core of AI initiatives, leaders can transform governance into a catalyst for innovation, trust, and sustainable growth.
AI is everywhere, but clarity, strategy, and real impact are often left by the wayside. We live in the era of what Romano Roth has dubbed ‘AI idiots’, an era of flashy demos rather than genuine long-term value. But a smarter way forward is possible. Discover the Cybernetic Enterprise and the business value it offers for industrial organisations.
“AI won’t fix your broken processes. DevOps won’t save your business. But Cybernetics might.”
At DevOps Pro Europe 2025 in Vilnius, I had the privilege of delivering the opening keynote to a packed hall of engineers, architects, and leaders navigating the ever-accelerating evolution of enterprise technology. My message was direct:
How can we reduce costs, develop faster, and become more efficient? In this presentation, I walk through the core concepts of the Cybernetic Enterprise and show how organizations can continuously deliver value by combining value stream analysis, platform engineering, and AI.
Keynote at the CTO Forum of the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille. Hosted by Zühlke, Munich
We Are Living in the AI Hype Era # AI is dominating headlines. From natural language interfaces to automated code generation, the pace of development is relentless. But alongside this excitement, we are seeing inflated promises, rushed implementations, and disappointing returns.
Romano Roth advocates the importance of companies focusing on the developer experience and enabling developers to concentrate on creating business value.
Should we open-source our internal developer platform? That is the question I brought to the audience during this talk. Instead of a traditional presentation, I gave a live demo of the Zühlke Platform Plane and then opened the floor for an honest discussion about the benefits, risks, and realities of open-sourcing a commercial platform product.
Imagine a world where security is seamlessly integrated into your development workflow from ideation until production, so that development teams can completely focus on feature development while building secure applications. That is exactly what I presented at the OWASP Chapter Meetup Switzerland. In this talk, I show how platform engineering transforms modern application security and makes DevSecOps a reality at scale.
