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Changing  Organiza+onal  Culture  –  A  Sweaty  Use  Case  

Uri  Cohen    Head  of  Product  @  GigaSpaces    @uri1803  #devopsdays  TLV  

So,  This  Is  What  I  Love  

Doing    

I’m  Also  a  Full  Time  

Dad  &  Head  of  Product  at  GigaSpaces  

So  I  thought,  Let’s  Ride  My  Bikes  Instead  of  Doing  This…  

But  This  Is  What  I  Look  Like  aVer  a  Typical  Ride  

So  I  Needed    a  Place  to  

Wash  Myself  Off  

You’re  Probably  Wondering  How  All  of  This  Is  

Related  to  Devops?    

Jesse’s  Rules!    

Start  Small,  Build  Trust  

Create  Champions    

Use  Metrics  to  Build  

Confidence    

Celebrate  Success!  

So  What’s  Next?    

Lessons  Learned  

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Lesson  #1:  You  will  run  into  a  lot  of  Skep+cs,  

Don’t  Listen  to  Them    

Lesson  #2:  Change  

Takes  Time  

Lesson  #3:  Take  It  One  Small  Step  at  

a  Time  

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Lesson  #4:  Be  Prepared  to  Improvise  

Lesson  #5:  Find  a  

Management  Sponsor  

This  Is  All  True,  Regardless  of  the  Change  You’re  Trying  to  Push!  

Thank  You!