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

Aaron Aldrich COMMUNITY @ ELASTIC ! # ” : aaron.aldrich@elastic.co : @CrayZeigh : noti.st/crayzeigh 2 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH 4 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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

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. 6 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

ADHD 7 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY POOR WORKING MEMORY 8 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION ▸ Wandering Attention ▸ Impulse Control ▸ Emotional Regulation ▸ Sense of Time ▸ Hyperfocus 9 — @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 ▸ climb the wall ▸ build handholds 15 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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FAILURE 17 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

DEPRESSION ANXIETY 18 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS 20 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

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OBSERVABILITY 23 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

METRICS 24 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

“SASHET” CHECK-INS 25 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

ERROR BUDGETS 26 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

blame-aware retro 27 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

YOUR PERFORMANCE IS NOT YOUR VALUE 28 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

MANAGE WIP 29 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

RECAP ▸ We Are Complex Systems ▸ Get you some observability ▸ Error Budgets ▸ Give Grace ▸ Manage WIP 30 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 31 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic

RESOURCES ▸ OSMI: osmihelp.org ▸ Mental Health First Aid: mhfa.org ▸ Emotional API (John Sawers): emotionalapi.com ▸ Let’s Keep Talking: Make it OK to share, here in an open space, elsewhere 32 — @CrayZeigh | #DevOpsDays | @elastic