2. Speaker introduction
John Willis
Director, Devops Strategy
Dell (Enstratius)
@botchagalupe
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35 Years in IT Operations
Started out with Exxon
30 years working with startups
A lot of failures
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Global Marketing
3. WHO AM I (@botchagalupe)
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12. You Can’t Change Culture Tribe
Company cultures are like
country cultures. Never try
to change one. Try, instead,
to work with what you've
got.
(Famous Drucker Mis-Quote)
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13. You Can’t Change Culture Tribe
“Don’t change corporate
culture: use it,”
(Actual Drucker Quote)
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15. Use it Tribe
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Don’t change corporate
culture: use it
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Figure out what it is and
work with it
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Nurture it
Weaponize it
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21. High Performance Culture
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They don’t apologize for being
tough
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They hire smart people who need
to make hard decisions
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Everyone is expected to take risks
and be an impact player
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Consistent contributor and
innovator
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Increase trust promote freedom
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Adequate performance gets a
generous severance package
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22. High Performance Culture
The real company values, as opposed to
the nice sounding values, are shown by
who gets rewarded, promoted, or let go.
--Patty McCord
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24. The Github Revolution
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Culture of collaboration
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People who like to share things
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Adopting automation as a culture
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Propagate culture
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no managers at github... everyone
is a manager
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The structure of Github is
unstructure
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26. The Etsy Way
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Code as craft (artisan)
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Enable people to make a
living making things
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Blameless culture
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Tools to reinforce your
culture
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Benefit Corporation
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