Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box: a Tale of Acquisition, Adjustment and Acceptance

Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box: a Tale of Acquisition, Adjustment and AcceptanceBy Paula Kennedy@PaulaLKennedy

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- SMILE..HELLO, BEFORE I START- EXPLAIN CONTEXT OF TALK TITLE, NO IDEA OF REFERENCE- TALKING TO FRIEND

(Bridget Kromhout)

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Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box: a Tale of Acquisition, Adjustment and AcceptanceBy Paula Kennedy@PaulaLKennedy

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- SPEAKING AT CONFERENCES- SHARE MY STORY, LESSONS LEARNED, OTHERS BENEFIT- RECENT EXPERIENCE, JOINED PIVOTAL -> IDEA OF TALK WAS BORN- CATCHY TALK TITLE?, DRAW PEOPLE IN- BIG-ISH COMPANY, SMALL COMPANY, CONSEQUENCES ->SONG VIDEO

BigFish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box: a Tale of Acquisition, Adjustment and AcceptanceBy Paula Kennedy@PaulaLKennedy

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- PRESS PLAY ON VIDEO, CLICK AT END

Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box: a Tale of Acquisition, Adjustment and AcceptanceBy Paula Kennedy@PaulaLKennedy

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- START - WELCOME, NAME, DIRECTOR OF BIZ OPS, EMEA SERVICES- JOINED PIVOTAL 2015, ACQUISITION, PREVIOUSLY COO & CO-FOUNDER- TALK TODAY ABOUT BIG FISH

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- ACQUIRED A LITTLE FISH

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- CONSEQUENCES

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- (SEE, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW)!- EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED- LESSONS LEARNED- APPLY IN OTHER SITUATIONS

Acquisition

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- START BY TALKING ABOUT THE ACQUISITION - (5 MINS)

Background 10

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- BACKGROUND, FOUNDED IN 2012- INCORPORATED ON HOLIDAY IN VEGAS- BRAINCHILD OF OUR CEO

CEO: Colin Humphreys

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- COLIN HUMPHREYS- USED CLOUD FOUNDRY IN 2012, APPS IN PROD, PRIOR TO PIVOTAL- HARD WORK, BECAME A HUGE FAN

The CloudCredo Journey

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- COULD SEE THE VISION AND BENEFITS- LED TO CLOSE RELATIONSHIP W PIVOTAL- 3 MONTHS IN SF, DOJO

The CloudCredo Journey

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- COMMITTED TO PIVOTAL WAY- VISION FOR CLOUDCREDO- HELP CUSTOMERS USE CF, INSTALL, TRAINING- XP - SIMPLICITY, COMMUNICATION, FEEDBACK- PRACTICES - TDD, PAIR PROGRAMMING- LOT OF HARD WORK, LUCK

Cloud Foundry Summit Europe 2015

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- BECAME SUCCESSFUL- 25 PEOPLE- WORKED WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF FOUNDATION- BERLIN, 2015, HUGE PRESENCE, KEY PART OF COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

- RELATIONSHIP WITH PIVOTAL WAS CLOSE- BASED IN OLD LONDON OFFICE- RELATIONSHIP -> DONT KNOW TILL YOU LIVE WITH SOMEONE

Match made in heaven?

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- HOW WOULD THINGS CHANGE, PARTNER -> PART OF PIVOTAL?

Adjustment

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- THERE WAS A PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT- PEOPLE ASKED AT THE TIME HOW DID IT FEEL?- THINK THE RESPONSE WOULD BE

How did it feel?

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- BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY.

How did it feel?** Spoiler Alert **

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How did it feel?

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- MORE LIKE THIS IN THE END! (10 MINS)- DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS WAS TOUGH- THANKS TO MIKE MAXEY AND LOUISE WILLOUGHBY PETIT- FINISHED THE PROCESS, DUCKS IN A ROW, READY TO GO

Announcement

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- ANNOUNCED FIRST TO THE TEAM, THEN TO WORLD- ON 21ST DECEMBER 2015- GREAT BUZZ, EXCITEMENT, THEN CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS- NICE BREAK, AFTER NEW YEARS PARTY OVER, FACED WITH NEW REALITY

New Year, New Start

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- MANY, NO CONCERNS AT ALL- COLIN WAS SUPREMELY CONFIDENT ALL WOULD BE FINE- WANTED TO BE ACQUIRED BY PIVOTAL, DEEP FAITH AND TRUST- SOME TEAM MEMBERS WERE FINE, KNEW THE TEAM- SOME DIDNT - I WAS MOST NERVOUS, MOST UNFAMILIAR, MOST CHANGES TO ROLE- WHAT HAPPENED?

Changes

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- SOME THINGS CHANGED- OFFICE SPACE VERY DIFFERENT- BIGGER TEAMS, MORE PEOPLE, BETTER SNACKS, BREAKFAST- HOW DID WE MANAGE CHANGE? SLOWLY, CAREFULLY- EVERYTHING STAYED SAME AT FIRST- STEPS TAKEN AT ALL LEVELS OF PIVOTAL TO WELCOME, SOME EXAMPLES

Welcome

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- 1ST WEEK, WELCOME LUNCH FOR ALL OF CC AND PIVOTAL

Welcome

WELCOME!

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- INCLUDED A SPEECH FROM TAMMER SALEH, WELCOMING US TO THE FAMILY

Welcome

WELCOME!

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- EXTRA SPECIAL TOUCH, CLOUDCREDO T-SHIRT- MATT CURRY, ALL STATE, T-SHIRTS CAN SAY A LOT

Welcome

WELCOME!WELCOME!

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- WELCOME SESSION WITH ONSI FAKHOURI- NICEST PERSON, DOESNT TRAVEL TOO MUCH (15 MINS)

Welcome

WELCOME!WELCOME!

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- WELCOME DRINKS- CHANGE TO SOCIALISE OUTSIDE OF OFFICE

WelcomeWELCOME!

WELCOME!

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- JOBS FAIR- EXPLAIN OPPORTUNITIES TO TEAM- JUST SOME OF THE MORE OBVIOUS MEASURES- ALL PIVOTS WELCOMED US WITH SMALL GESTURES, PINGPONG, T-SHIRTS - AFTER A SHORT WHILE

Part of the family...

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- REALLY PART OF FAMILY- CULTURES WERE SO CLOSELY ALIGNED- NO SUCH THING AS EX-CLOUDCREDO AND PIVOT, ALL PIVOTS

Acceptance

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- STORY WITH HAPPY ENDING- WERENT STUCK IN A BOX, GENUINE EFFORTS AT ALL LEVELS TO WELCOME US- THROUGHOUT -> LESSONS LEARNED, APPLY IN OTHER SITUATIONS

New meets Existing

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- LOTS OF SITUATIONS WHERE NEW MEETS EXISTING- NEW PERSON / GROUP JOINS COMPANY- NEW TEAM MEMBER ROTATES IN- MEETUP GROUP, NEW ATTENDEE- NEW PROJECT WITH NEW CLIENT, TEAM SHOWS UP- NO-ONE LIKES TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN- FOUR THEMES TO CONSIDER

EmpathyEmpathy is the experience of understanding another person's condition from their perspective. You place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/empathy

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- EMPATHY IS A BUZZWORD IN TECH, REALLY HARD SKILL- ALL OF US WERE NEW AT ONE TIME- IMAGINE WHAT THE OTHER PERSON MIGHT VALUE TO PUT THEM AT EASE

Kindness

Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see

Mark Twain

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- PIVOTAL 3 CORE VALUES: DO THE RIGHT THING, DO WHAT WORKS, BE KIND- FAVOURITE IS BE KIND- SIMPLE, YET POWERFUL- SMILE, SAY HELLO, GRAB A COFFEE OR QUICK CHAT- STANDUP - WELCOME, , STRANGE AT FIRST- ACKNOWLEDGE ANYONE NEW (2O MINS)

InclusionDifference between diversity and inclusion is being invited to a house and being able to rearrange the furniture

Jane Silber

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- GREAT TALK LAST YEAR, JANE SILBER, CEO AT CANONICAL- D & I ARE BUZZWORDS- TALK IN DIVERSITY ISSUES ABOUT PIPELINE PROBLEMS -> CORNELIA- THOSE ALREADY IN, BEING REALLY INCLUDED IS VITAL, APPLIES TO ANYONE DIFFERENT OR OTHER- IMPORTANT WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE NEW OR THE DIFFERENT- WHOLE GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS

Shared valuesfinding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.Bell Hooks

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- CASEY -> COMMON GROUND = HARD- PINGPONG, BAD MUSIC TASTE, 2 KIDS, SPARE TIME -> MINECRAFT, MY LITTLE PONIES & FOOTBALL,- MIGHT NOT HAVE KIDS, YOU MIGHT LIKE WEIRD SPORT- SMALL DIFFERENCES, COULD BE WIDER LIKE RELIGION, GENDER, ORIENTATION- WORKING TOGETHER, AGREE VALUES, COMMON GOALS, PIVOTAL VALUES, CODE OF CONDUCT AT CONFERENCE- NEW PROJECT INCEPTION, SET OUT GOALS, HOW TO WORK TOGETHER- ALSO EMBRACE DIFFERENCES, LEARN, SHARE KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE (25 MINS)

InspirationSam Ramji, Zen and the Art of Platformhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAdzTan_eSPQ1fuLSBhyB4eEZF7JQM0Mx

Nadia Odunayo, The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHzWG1FltaE

Casey West, Redefining Culture Fit at Workhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcmv-h2J3HQ

Emma Jane Hogbin Westby, The "E" Wordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hu6lo5nMP8

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- LOT MORE ON ALL OF THESE TOPICS- ALL TALKS FOR ANOTHER DAY- SOME PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED (OTHER THAN BRIDGET)- RECOMMEND THEIR TALKS

Conclusion

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- CONCLUDE -> IDEAS WHEN YOU SEE A NEW PERSON JOIN YOUR GROUP- THANK COLIN

Conclusion

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- FOR CLOUDCREDO JOURNEY- ALSO THANK PIVOTAL

Conclusion

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- FOR MAKING US FEEL WELCOME AND PART OF THE FAMILY- FINALLY, THANK UK 90S DANCE MUSIC SCENE AND RIK AND NIK

Conclusion

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- FOR INSPIRING MY TALK TITLE- LEARN THE DANCE MOVES, ID BE HAPPY TO TEACH THE,- THANK YOU

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Paula Kennedy@PaulaLKennedy

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