CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT DevOps & Mental Health 1 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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DISCLAIMER I am not a medical professional and cannot diagnose or recommend treatment for any disease. These experiences are mine and represent my personal experience. This talk will mention depression, anxiety and ADHD. While it’s not intended to go very deep, please be responsible for your health. I am not offended if you need to leave at any time. 3 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

MENTAL ILLNESS CAN BE FATAL 4 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

HELPLINES ! : 800-273-8255 ! : CONNECT TO 741741 5 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

ADHD 6 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY POOR WORKING MEMORY 7 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION ▸ Wandering Attention ▸ Impulse Control ▸ Emotional Regulation ▸ Sense of Time ▸ “Hyperfocus” & Task Switching 8 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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Wall of Awful ▸ Stare at it ▸ Go Around it ▸ Hulk Smash 12 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

Wall of Awful ▸ Stare at it ▸ Go Around it ▸ Hulk Smash 13 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic ⚠

Wall of Awful ▸ FREEZE ▸ FLIGHT ▸ FIGHT 14 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

Wall of Awful ▸ build a door ▸ climb the wall ▸ build handholds 15 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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FAILURE 19 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

DEPRESSION ANXIETY 20 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS 22 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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OBSERVABILITY 25 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

METRICS 26 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

“SASHET” CHECK-INS 27 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

ERROR BUDGETS 28 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

blame-aware retro 29 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

YOUR PERFORMANCE IS NOT YOUR VALUE 30 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

MANAGE WIP 31 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

RECAP ▸ We Are Complex Systems ▸ Get you some observability ▸ Error Budgets ▸ Give Grace ▸ Manage WIP 32 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 33 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

Aaron Aldrich COMMUNITY @ ELASTIC ! # ” : aaron.aldrich@elastic.co : @CrayZeigh : noti.st/crayzeigh 34 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

RESOURCES ▸ OSMI: osmihelp.org ▸ Mental Health First Aid: mhfa.org ▸ Emotional API (John Sawers): emotionalapi.com ▸ How To ADHD: youtube.com/howtoadhd ▸ Let’s Keep Talking: Make it OK to share, here in an open space, elsewhere 35 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic