---
title: Magic, Myth, and the DevOps
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2015/program/proposals/65
beginning: '2015-10-24T13:30:00.000-07:00'
end: '2015-10-24T14:20:00.000-07:00'
presenters:
- name: Jennifer Davis
  affiliation: Chef
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/73
  gravatar_id: 9e76c1b7e657dfdb8eef1214c02ca79f
  biography: Jennifer Davis is a solutions engineer at Chef where she helps both individuals
    and companies simplify building and managing their infrastructure. She has spoken
    about DevOps, tech culture, and monitoring, and gives tutorials on a variety of
    technical topics. When she’s not working, she enjoys learning to make things and
    spending quality time with her dog.
---

"Once upon a time":  powerful words that begin many oral
narratives and indicate that the story to be told will be imbued
with magic and myth.  Organizational folklore can be a very powerful
force for instilling or perpetuating behavior, systems, and culture
within an organization.

Too often, fear and negativity are the driving forces in the folklore
behind many organizational traditions.  A positive narrative that
embraces the customs and traditions of a healthy, balanced feedback
loop can help jumpstart your DevOps journey.  This talk will help you
frame your narrative alongside metrics and use folklore as a catalyst
for positive change.
