You Can’t Always Get
What You Want:
A Year of Leading Change
Rebecca Murphey @rmurphey
The Lead Developer NYC / February 2017
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ymmv.
I was a brand-new employee
at a rapidly-growing company.
I came from a non-traditional background
relative to the people I was trying to influence.
I was working with a strong culture
of data-driven decision-making.
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start
with a
sponsor
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find
philosophical
allies
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move
what
matters
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know
your
lines
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cultivate
champions
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technology
is insufficient
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disappoint
some
people
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what is
work even?
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Change the culture.
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Change the culture.
Use the culture to influence change.