Toil! What is it good for? – Akira Brand – RSA24 #1
- What is Toil
- Cost of toil
- We'll gladly show you how we reduced it and how you can too, but... you have to come to the talk to find out!
Segment Resources: https://sre.google/sre-book/eliminating-toil
Cherniss (1980) introduced burnout as a process in which engaged employees withdraw from their jobs as a reaction to ongoing job strain
Maslach and Leiter’s (1997) definition of burnout as the process by which formerly important, meaningful, and challenging work (i.e., work that is highly engaging) becomes unimportant, meaningless, and unfulfilling (i.e., exhausting).
Is Work Engagement Exhausting? The Longitudinal Relationship Between Work Engagement and Exhaustion Using Latent Growth Modeling. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, 2021.
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“The root cause of burnout is people’s need to believe their life is meaningful - and the things they do, and consequently they themselves, are important and significant” Treating career burnout; a psychodynamic perspective. Journal of Clinical Psychology. May2000, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p633-642
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When the job is boring: the role of boredom in organizational Contexts. By: Guglielmi, Dina; Simbula, Silvia; Mazzetti, Greta; Tabanelli, Maria Carla; Bonfiglioli, Roberta. Work. 2013 —-----------------------
https://hbr.org/2010/05/need-speed-slow-down
https://hbr.org/2023/10/what-fast-moving-companies-do-differently
Come experience Akira and Jennifer's talk on toil TOMORROW, May 7, at 2:25 in room 3014 in Moscone West!
Guest
Akira Brand has worked in the security space for the past four years, first for two years as a Developer Relations Engineer, and then two years as an Application Security Engineer. Passionate about education and Infosec, she has become a distinguished public speaker, an engaging cybersecurity podcaster with AppSec weekly, and a knowledgeable trainer. Deeply familiar with securing all stages of the SDLC, she owns and operates Akira Brand Consulting, where she works with companies to augment their AppSec engineering staff, troubleshoot existing security programs, or help companies build security from the ground up. Akira is not only a skilled technician, she is also a professional artist, gracing the stage as a classical singer with local opera companies in the Rocky Mountain Region.
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