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O'Reilly Workshop: Learning Systems Thinking February 2026
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Learning Systems Thinking

A three-hour workshop on systems thinking for software professionals. Understand how to view software systems holistically, recognize and correct common mistakes, and develop strategies to improve systems-thinking skills.

DDD Europe
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Knowledge Flow Workshop

How do you design information systems when knowledge falls into the gaps between teams, priorities and software? This workshop is an invitation to design knowledge flow. With hands-on practices grounded in real-world examples.

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DDD Europe

Knowledge Flow Workshop

How do you design information systems when knowledge falls into the gaps between teams, priorities and software? This workshop is an invitation to design knowledge flow. With hands-on practices grounded in real-world examples.

DDD Europe Antwerp
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O'Reilly Workshop: Learning Systems Thinking February 2026

Learning Systems Thinking

A three-hour workshop on systems thinking for software professionals. Understand how to view software systems holistically, recognize and correct common mistakes, and develop strategies to improve systems-thinking skills.

O'Reilly Workshop: Learning Systems Thinking February 2026
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Analysis Architecture Design 2025

Architecting Emergent Meaning: Designing Temporal Intelligence

For decades we’ve built software and organizations around plans and repositories — but knowledge isn’t static. In this keynote, Diana Montalion introduces Emergent Meaning Architecture (EMA): a new paradigm for designing systems that think with us. EMA turns architecture from rigid pipelines into living, relational systems where meaning emerges, adapts, and flows.

Analysis Architecture Design 2025 Melbourne
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Analysis Architecture Design 2025

Architecture as a Collective Practice: A Role-Playing Simulation

You’ve just joined Mago — and the system is on fire. In this first-of-its-kind role-playing simulation, you'll navigate organizational chaos, consult fictional execs, and deliver an architectural recommendation under pressure. Practice systemic reasoning, evolve models together, and experience architecture as a collective, socio-technical practice. And have wicked fun doing it.

Analysis Architecture Design 2025 Melbourne
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Analysis Architecture Design 2025

Knowledge Infrastructure

Analysis Architecture Design 2025 Melbourne
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O'Reilly Workshop: Learning Systems Thinking October 2025

Learning Systems Thinking

Join Diana Montalion's 3-hour workshop to learn systems thinking for software professionals, where you'll understand how to view software systems holistically, recognize and correct common mistakes, and develop strategies to improve systems-thinking skills. This course is ideal for technologists who seek to integrate diverse expertise, work with complex systems, and become leaders who can foster collaborative, insightful environments with minimal oversight.

O'Reilly Workshop: Learning Systems Thinking October 2025
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Craft 2025

Architecture is Designing Knowledge Flow

The tech industry needs to shift from focusing on individual knowledge stock to fostering knowledge flow to make better decisions amidst change. This involves understanding the differences between data, information, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, and recognizing the importance of developing knowledge systems as a core architectural practice.

Craft 2025 Budapest
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Craft 2025

Panel about Systems Thinking, Complexity Thinking

Nigel Thurlow hosts a debate on systems and complexity thinking with experts Dave Snowden and Diana Montalion, discussing the conflation of terminology, the difference between systems thinking and complex systems, and whether their views align or diverge on these nuanced topics.

Craft 2025 Budapest
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Craft 2025

Architecture is Designing Knowledge Flow

Explore how the tech industry's emphasis on knowledge stock limits potential and why fostering knowledge flow is crucial for decision-making and adapting to change, including the distinction between data types, the shift from management to systems leadership, and the development of knowledge systems as a core practice.

Craft 2025 Budapest
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KotlinConf 2025

Qualities of a Well-Functioning System

Diana emphasizes the intricacies and adaptive qualities such as resilience and self-organization within hierarchical structures of software systems.

KotlinConf 2025 Copenhagen
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Explore DDD 2025

Architecture is Designing Knowledge Flow

The tech industry must pivot from valuing individual knowledge to promoting knowledge exchange and system development for improved decision-making in a dynamic environment.

Explore DDD 2025 Denver
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QCon London 2025

The Friction Fix: Building Collaborative Relationships Between Teams

Diana Montalion and Cat Morris will explore the root causes of friction between product and technology teams, providing practical strategies based on their 30+ years of experience to foster effective collaboration and informed decision-making for impactful outcomes.

QCon London 2025 London
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