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082: Effective Change in Communities and Cultures with Aurynn Shaw
01:44 – Contempt Culture: An Overview
12:40 – Calling Others Out For Things and Distributing That Labor
17:16 – Technical Superiority (Technology is political)
21:24 – The Cultural Impact of DevOps
28:51 – Introducing Organizational Changes in DevOps
32:11 – Outcome Focus Vs Procedural Focus
35:02 – Siloing and Process: “How does this help you?”
Jenny Bramble: Risk Based Testing: Creating a Language Around Risk
47:56 – Context
Reflections:
John: Smuggling ideas into spaces without bringing historical baggage along.
Coraline: Knowing that technolgy choices are political, paving the way for making the right technology choices.
Sam: Understanding your own context so you can explain it to others.
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Special Guest: Aurynn Shaw.
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