Making of the SRE Omelette
Wondering what an omelette has to do with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering)? It’s based on the analogy that culture is the outcome of what we do - so in the context of the chicken or the egg, it’s like an omelette. And that’s how this podcast was born: Making of the SRE Omelette. This show explores how the practice of SRE can help organizations achieve positive business and client success outcomes. Season 1 focused on culture—because reliability isn’t just about systems, it’s about people. Season 2 explored Reliable Sustainability—how SRE practices can help organizations deliver reliability today while building a sustainable future. Season 3 is all about Resilience—not just resilient systems, but resilient teams and resilient ways of working. Because resilience is what helps us adapt, respond, and thrive through adversity. Much like an avid chef who brings their own unique flair to a classic recipe, the art of SRE lies in thoughtfully adapting industry best practices to fit the distinct culture, needs, and goals of your team and organization. This podcast is designed to inspire thoughtful experimentation and encourage personalization—empowering you to forge your own path toward greater reliability, resilience, and long-term success. Join us on this journey to surface the ingredients that help drive business and client success through SRE.
Episodes
In this unique episode, we sit down with Dr. Jane Goodyer, Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University and a global leader in reimagining engineering education. From her inspiring personal journey to pioneering Canada’s first fully work-integrated digital technologies degree, Jane shares how academia and industry can collaborate to prepare graduates for the ever-changing world of work.
We explore:
- What “work-...
In this unique episode, we sit down with Dr. Jane Goodyer, Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University and a global leader in reimagining engineering education. From her inspiring personal journey to pioneering Canada’s first fully work-integrated digital technologies degree, Jane shares how academia and industry can collaborate to prepare graduates for the ever-changing world of work.
We explore:
- What “work-...
Season 3 of Making of the SRE Omelette is here - and it’s all about resilience. Resilience isn’t just about surviving outages. It’s about building systems and cultures that adapt, learn, and thrive under pressure.
In our kickoff episode, we sit down with Dr. Jennifer Petoff, co-editor of Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems and leader of Google’s Global SRE Education. Jennifer shares why resilience start...
Season 3 of Making of the SRE Omelette is here - and it’s all about resilience. Resilience isn’t just about surviving outages. It’s about building systems and cultures that adapt, learn, and thrive under pressure.
In our kickoff episode, we sit down with Dr. Jennifer Petoff, co-editor of Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems and leader of Google’s Global SRE Education. Jennifer shares why resilience start...
The conclusion of the two part crossover podcast series explores the intersection of AI with sustainable IT operations featuring Jerry Cuomo from The Art of AI and Kevin Yu from Making of the SRE Omelette. The discussion delves into practical measures for more efficient energy use in AI systems, emphasizing the need for data and the analysis of past behavior to inform energy-efficient decision-making. Jerry and Kevin highlight the ...
Mike Hollinger, Master Inventor, CTO for Applied AI & Distinguished Engineer for Maximo Application Suite talks about how we can leverage operational insights from assets, facilities and infrastructure to drive clean energy transition and decarbonization. Mike shares stories from customers that showcases successes as well as challenges they faced. Mike have a call to action to inspire Site Reliability Engineers to embrace the d...
Mike Hollinger, Master Inventor, CTO for Applied AI & Distinguished Engineer for Maximo Application Suite talks about how we can leverage operational insights from assets, facilities and infrastructure to drive clean energy transition and decarbonization. Mike shares stories from customers that showcases successes as well as challenges they faced. Mike have a call to action to inspire Site Reliability Engineers to embrace the...
Have you struggled to convince others of your idea? Be it to tackle a reliability problem or a sustainability challenge. In this episode, I have a conversation with Danny Fontaine - host of the Podcast Pitch Master on how to pitch SRE and Sustainability ideas.
Danny shared one of his favorite stories - the origin of the elevator pitch to get us started - and continued with many others including how he changed the paradigm of a cu...
Have you struggled to convince others of your idea? Be it to tackle a reliability problem or a sustainability challenge. In this episode, I have a conversation with Danny Fontaine - host of the Podcast Pitch Master on how to pitch SRE and Sustainability ideas.
Danny shared one of his favorite stories - the origin of the elevator pitch to get us started - and continued with many others including how he changed the paradigm of a ...
Design transforms the human experience with technology - including the experience for Site Reliability Engineers. And enduring Sustainable results are only achieved when we consider Sustainability in the entire solution life cycle beginning with Design.
In this episode, I have a conversation with Erin Buonomo, Executive Director of Design and Chris Hammond, Distinguished Designer of IBM Sustainability Software on how the SRE d...
If you can't measure it, you can't improve it. This applies to SRE as well as Sustainability.
Salil Narayanan - CTO of Envizi captures what it takes to start the Sustainability journey by taking action from reporting. Salil had the foresight of carbon footprint impact management back in 2003 and co-founded Omni Meta - which became Envizi. He shares stories over the past 20 years in this space, tips to good visibility and how l...
Rishi Vaish, VP and CTO of IBM Sustainability Software takes us through Sustainability by the Numbers to give us context and scope of the impact of climate change and why we need to act now. Rishi also gives concrete examples of what we can do to make a difference.
In addition, he has a call to action for Site Reliability Engineers - from questions to get us to think of sustainability from the start, as well as considerations ...
Sustainability is no longer just an ambition, over the last few years, we’re starting to see companies actively doing things and changing their behaviours to be more sustainable.
Suzanne Livingston, VP of Development & Reliability Engineering at IBM Sustainability Software takes the audience through the journey of building a solution that is reliable and sustainable from day one. She also shares insights on why Sustainabilit...
If you’re listening for the first time and wonder what does an Omelette has to do with SRE - it is based on the analogy that Culture is the outcome of what we do - so in the context of the chicken or the egg. It is like an Omelette.
In season 1 of the show, we focused the culture and practice to achieve the reliability engineering outcome. Season two is all about how the practice of Site Reliability Engineering can play a big p...
Preview of season 2 of the Making of the SRE Omelette podcast.
Sustainability is front and center of many conversations today - from boardroom to living rooms. But does being sustainable simply mean reducing carbon footprint or does it mean more?
In season 2 of the podcast, we will talk to experts to understand the meaning of sustainability, the outcome we should be targeting. And how the practice of Site Reliability Engineer...
Marion provides advice for managers and leaders to create a safe environment to foster innovation and teamwork with a diverse team in this episode - and a creative way to tackle technical debt.
Managers provide leadership, support and mentorship to their teams - they help employees reach their goals and shelter them from unnecessary distractions to help them focus. Marion shares with the SRE community challenges she has observed...
In this bonus episode, Kyle shares his secret ingredient to make Omelette or anything taste extra great. As well as his two favorite styles of Omelette and their recipe.
This episode is about transforming SRE into how we do business and incorporate Reliability Engineering into the process of building products and features. Kyle Brown, IBM Fellow, VP, CTO for the CIO join us in this episode to talk about this mindset shift.
Kyle discusses how Reliability Engineering can be considered in the entire solution lifecycle, how to get there and what it looks like. Kyle also shares his insights for engi...
A three-legged stool will not wobble and is stable even on an uneven surface. In this episode, we listen to three Site Reliability Engineers working together to deliver client and business success. Abhay Choudhary, Andrew Lindsay, and Ashley Tate share their journeys that led to the roles they're in today in Data Science, Observability and Automation. The three disciplines resemble a three-legged stool that enables a stable prog...
SRE is a team sport - without assists from team members, business and client successes would not be possible. Bill shares how we can be successful via learning, knowing the indicators to ask for help and how to foster an environment where people feel safe to ask for help. Lastly, his ingredient and recipe on building a high performing team. Listen in to Bill and let's level up on your teamwork!
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