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Leadership coaching: A shout out

Some things are easier to do for others than they are to do for yourself.  For me, showing up; as in really being present, grounded, and intentional has always been one of those things. I’m one of those people in the great battle against people pleasing and if I could “disable that endpoint” my friend, I would. I’m not here pretending I’ve cracked the code as life is not that simple. But I do want to give a shoutout to Sarah Gruneisen 🐉 and her inspiring leadership coaching. I first heard Sarah speak at last year’s SREday Amsterdam (presentation photo below), and since then, I literally couldn’t stop listening! I’m truly honored to be a part of the Avagasso Leadership Landing program and honestly, it’s been a breath of fresh air because Sarah has a way of holding space that makes you feel seen, heard, and challenged;   Halfway into the program, I’m learning how to lead in a way that feels more like me; with clarity, initiative, structure and tonnes of inspiration.   M...
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More than one or plus one

I've spent an unhealthy amount of time thinking about how to share this so I'm literally sharing the drafts of my thought process to respect the garden-blog concept 😁 I got the opportunity to share this at Xebia 's annual TED-style knowledge exchange and the event was incredible as always. I'm not sure the recording will go online but this page holds the original idea and the final edit of the poem.  This talk explored belief systems, focusing on one of the most challenging obstacles we face: the struggle to accept grief, help and continue living fully. The closer the loss, the bigger the smack. I don't know if that ever changes but I think it's worth being grateful for overcoming those moments sometimes. It takes a village: (A love Letter to communities) - Lessons: Noobing through everything in life is how a lot of us are doing and for anyone who had the privilege to learn how to live, what a beauty! What does a toy car, a tea flask and a girlfriend have in co...
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Narrative 001: Do you need a reliability strategy?

Let’s be direct: Do you care about your users? Your business? Continuity, perhaps? Then long story short is yes, you need a reliability strategy. I know. It depends. It always does. But insight into reliability is valuable, especially when you can access it before things break. Perhaps the cracks are now showing in your service or some of the popular buzzwords are showing up in a roadmap nearby?  Either way, it's a good time to talk about reliability strategies. Where I find this especially relevant: If you're working with: Containers and Kubernetes Internal developer platforms A team large enough to fight over merge conflicts CI/CD pipelines that break more than they build [if you're not able to ship your ideas from cradle to grave with ease, add more reasons] We are also here because in the early days (what do I even know) functionality was a huge priority and while that remains relevant contextually, modern software environments are more complex and expe...
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Welcome to SRE Narratives

The love of sharing, giving and the power of community has become the backbone of everything I do. A set of guiding principles if you may, fueled by an insatiable level of curiosity , I explore ideas and conversations on implementing SRE within and around platforms. Think of my content like a garden: the ‘ Garden ’ has raw ideas, work in progress, creative sparks and  finished stories. A Closing Message “This work is entirely inspired by my family’s boundless generosity for which I am eternally grateful.”                                                                                                                         ...
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