Managing Fires
leadership’s role in incident management
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Aaron Aldrich@CrayZeigh
DevOps Consultant
Cage Data, Inc.
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use your tools for little fires
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automation engines
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escalation processes
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crisis requires a team and leadership
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bestow leadership before crisis
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crisis leaders should be authorized to make important business decisions
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delegate authority as far as possible
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Troubleshooting 101
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“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”
-Rahm Emanuel
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take it incrementally
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what will make it work?
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what will make it whole?
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“Brevity is the soul of wit. Specificity is the soul of narrative [getting work done]”
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make work visible to all
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leaders handle human problems
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More on the plate, less on the mind
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manage your bench
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make sure team members are available to make substitutions
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tell people to stop working and get rest
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public communication
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communicate quickly
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update your customers often
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be honest
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empower your team, remove barriers
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