I agree that your demands are unreasonable for a small company. It's like a person getting kitted out in full tour de france gear to ride their bicycle to the l

I agree that your demands are unreasonable for a small company. It's like a person getting kitted out in full tour de france gear to ride their bicycle to the local shops. However there is a time and a place. Smaller companies typically havent reached the point where they have both the time and driving need to improve processes. But they will eventually. And when they do they need a person who is able to implement it, like yourself. I think its great that your concerned about it, that your eager to improve the processes. Dont be disheartened by the fact that its hard to make people change behavior - its normal. You can do it though. Its important for now that instead of seeing it as a general team-quality issue, you look deeper and tie your improvements to things that are critical locally. Eg. if pushing to production is causing issues quantify it, explain it to folks and get their buy in to implement the process. This kind of direct "immediate problem solving" approach will likely fly better than filing initiatives under the boring banner of good practice.