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Resilience Engineering
The organizational side of reliability: learning from incidents, sociotechnical analysis, chaos engineering philosophy, and the limits of purely technical approaches. Covers incident analysis methods, safety culture, adaptive capacity, and building organizations that learn from failure. Drawn from practitioners at Netflix, Stripe, Honeycomb, Jeli, and others.
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Resilience Engineering
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Built from the Heavybit Library
The operators behind this skill shared what they know in these talks, podcasts, and articles. Every one is free in the Heavybit Library.
- Podcast
The October 4th â21 Facebook Outage
NOV 22, 2021
In this inaugural episode of Getting There, co-hosts Nora Jones and Niall Murphy unpack the October 4th â21 Facebook Outage and the unforeseen challenges and responsibilities that emerge when responding to an incident of such magnitude.
Getting There · Ep. 1
The October 4th â21 Facebook Outage
Listen42 MIN
- Podcast
The State of SRE and Beyond
NOV 16, 2022
In episode 5 of Getting There, Nora and Niall meet for a conversation at SREcon. This talk explores the history of the conference, the state of SRE, the role of company historians, insights on complexity management, and the value of SREs and systems thinkers.
Getting There · Ep. 5
The State of SRE and Beyond
Listen30 MIN
- Podcast
Resilience Engineering with Jacob Scott of Stripe
APR 15, 2021With Jacob Scott
In episode 36 of o11ycast, Charity and Liz speak with Jacob Scott of Stripe about the need for SRE teams, prioritizing customer happiness, and the limitations of distributed tracing tools.
O11ycast · Ep. 36
Resilience Engineering with Jacob Scott of Stripe
Listen28 MIN
- Podcast
Learning From Incidents with Laura Maguire of Jeli
APR 13, 2023With Laura Maguire and Nick Travaglini
In episode 59 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Laura Maguire of Jeli and Nick Travaglini of Honeycomb. They unpack Learning From Incidents (LFI), resilience engineering, process tracing, safety science, key takeaways from the LFI Conference, and theâŠ
O11ycast · Ep. 59
Learning From Incidents with Laura Maguire of Jeli
Listen48 MIN
- Podcast
Air Traffic Control: Loss of Separation with Sigrid Ellis
OCT 19, 2021With Sigrid Ellis
In episode 11 of Unintended Consequences, Heidi and Kim speak with Sigrid Ellis, an air traffic controller. She unpacks the day-to-day work experience of air traffic controllers and shares insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic introduced new complexitiesâŠ
Unintended Consequences · Ep. 11
Air Traffic Control: Loss of Separation with Sigrid Ellis
Listen30 MIN
- Podcast
Signals and Levers with Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi
MAY 6, 2026With Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi
On episode 4 of Third Loop, Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi join the hosts to discuss systems thinking, software delivery, and why organizations often solve the wrong problems. They explore their upcoming book Signals and Levers, unpacking the CREATEâŠ
Third Loop · Ep. 4
Signals and Levers with Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi
Listen50 MIN