Discover three essential practices for ensuring a smooth adoption of platform engineering in this conference talk from Conf42 DevOps 2024. Explore the relationship between DevOps and platform engineering, understand key challenges in implementation, and learn strategies for success. Gain insights on customer-centric leadership, prototyping customer needs, and promoting your platform effectively. Learn how to form champions within your organization and develop expertise internally. Benefit from practical advice on overcoming common obstacles such as time constraints and high demand, while keeping your team engaged and aligned with new ways of working and thinking.