DevOps Loop at VMworld Session Title: We Fear Change Speaker: Michael Cote, Developer Advocate, VMware

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We Fear Change

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Coté
@cote | http://cote.io

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No one wants
to change!

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Picture: "Plato's Cave," Jan Saenredam, Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, from Google Arts & Culture.

7. Deming PDCA Kotter Prosci ADKAR® Model
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Pictures: PDCA from Wikipedia, KotterInc.com, ADKAR from Microsoft.

8. Bridges Transition Model Kübler-Ross Change Curve
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Pictures: Bridges from Global Leadership Foundation, Kubler-Ross from ex-teachers.uk.

9. Tech Co.’s Growth ‘n’ Stuff
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Chart from @asymco.
Disruption

10. Risk with no reward
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Source: "‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours," Aaron De Smet, Bonnie Dowling, Marino Mugayar-
Baldocchi, Bill Schaninger, McKinsey, Sep 2021.

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Fulfillment:
• Learning
• Closer to users
• Path to production
• Good resume padding

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Safety:
• No power to change
• Unclear strategy, principals
• Jerks & bullies

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Life-style:
• Live to Work vs. Work to Live
• Personal productivity benefit
• Community, OSS involvement

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Start Small
&
Seed
Sources “From 0 to 1000 Apps: The First Year of Cloud Foundry at The Home Depot,” Anthony McCulley, The Home Depot, Aug 2016; “Cloud Native at The Home Depot, with Tony McCulley,” Pivotal
Conversations #45; USAF presentations and write-ups.

17. Internal Marketing, Roadshows, Product Managing Culture
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Sources: BT Canvas team; MB.io; Talanx; Duke Energy; Allstate; "Take DevOps to 11 and Sprinkle Cloud on it with Rainbows and Unicorns," Matt Curry, s1p 2017; customer discussions.

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Thanks!
http://cote.io | cotem@vmware.com | @cote