Encouraging a culture of learning across your organisation

A presentation at DevOpsDays Edinburgh 2017 in October 2017 in Edinburgh, UK by Jenny Duckett

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Jenny Duckett Senior Developer   Government Digital Service   @jenny_duckett

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� 2 I’m from the UK Government Digital Service (GDS)

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First, a sad story � 4

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� 6 Inappropriate content :-(

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Why run a workshop? � 7

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� 9 Show that it’s ok to take time out to learn

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� 10 Scale your impact

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� 11 We’re all responsible for what we build

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Why focus on security? � 12

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� 13 Developers often don’t feel confident about security

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� 14 Expand the community of interested people

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� 15 Security is one of many areas we care about

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But I’m not a security expert! � 16

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� 17 …so I can’t do this

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� 18 …that’s fine, do it anyway

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� 20 Treat it as an alpha - prototype and iterate

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� 21 You don’t have to cover everything

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� 22 Experts aren’t always the best teachers

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� 23 It isn’t about having all the answers

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� 24 Find someone to work with

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Alex Muller (with egg for scale) � 25

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Hypotheses to test � 26

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� 27 The OWASP top 10 is a good starting point

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� 28 Keep a strong practical focus

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� 29 Make it a single day

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� 30 Use the source code of exercises to learn

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� 32 Learn how to use your everyday tools better

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� 34 Bring it home by using examples from your own applications

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� 35 Get people to work together and help each other

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� 36 Make something that other people can build on

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Practical tips � 37

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� 38 About 15 people, with a range of skills

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� 39 Ask people to set up in advance

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� 40 Set up a local network

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� 41 Run a short retrospective

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� 42 Ask for volunteers to run the next one

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What did we learn? � 43

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� 44 It’s totally possible to do this!

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� 46 You’ll learn about the topic in more depth by preparing to explain it

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� 47 Be ruthless with your MVP

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� 48 Running the day well takes effort

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� 49 Organising an event can be time-consuming

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� 50 • organising space, facilities and people • researching topics • structuring the content • writing presentations • preparing practical exercises

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What happened next? � 51

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� 52 Share what you’ve made

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� 55 Fix the biggest problem for next time

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� 56 Support the people who come after you

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� 57 2 workshops have happened since ours

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� 58 They’ve taken the format forward in exciting ways we didn’t expect

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� 60 Workshops aren’t the end of the journey

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You can do this too � 61

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� 62 What can you run a workshop about?

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� 64 You can encourage a culture of learning in your organisation

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� 65 Thanks! @jenny_duckett