#29: Evolving organisations using sociotechnical systems design, with João Rosa

Hello DDDers, it's time for our last in-person meetup in Athens before we hit the beach for summer! We'll have the pleasure to host the renowned author, consultant and international speaker João Rosa, in Kaizen Gaming's brand new premises!

Evolving organisations using sociotechnical systems design
"Change is the only constant in life.". You might recognise it. The saying is from Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher. The organisation you work with is changing. You don't understand why, nor can your manager explain it. Our brains like routine, and it feels like we control our lives. But more than we would like, we are faced with change.

Organisations constantly evolve, sometimes with intention, and others grab an opportunity. Often, those changes have side effects: they can affect people's practices, teams' mission and organisations' processes. Is there a way where we can be prepared for such changes?

From my experience, yes, we can be prepared for those changes. And we can use one of the oldest human skills: visualisations. More specifically, we can combine different visualisations to discuss, reason and communicate change. It doesn't matter your role in an organisation; it is possible to use visualisations to discuss other points of view and the different options and trade-offs.

This session will take you through evolving an organisation using a combination of different visualisations such as Wardley Maps, Context Maps, and Team Topologies.

Speaker bio
João is an independent consultant focused on supporting organisations in creating purposeful systems. As part of his consultancy practice, he helps organisations bridge their strategy to execution. He is passionate about the evolution of sociotechnical systems.

He is a Team Topologies Valued Practitioner. He is also one of the authors of the book Software Architecture Metrics, the curator of the book Visual Collaboration Tools and the host of the Software Crafts Podcast.

You can find him travelling with his daughter and wife or lying on the beach reading a book when he is not on his duties. João is an amateur cook in his remaining time.

Sponsor
Kaizen Gaming is one of the fastest growing GameTech companies in the world. With a focus on Technology and People they aim to continuously improve their products and services to provide the best and most trusted online gaming experience to almost 5 million customers around the world.
Kaizen Gaming operates Betano in 13 countries (Portugal, Romania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Canada-Ontario, Nigeria) and Stoiximan in Greece and Cyprus. The company employs more than 1,900 people across three continents. Obsessed with their customers, they use technology and data to constantly push the boundaries of online gaming entertainment.
You can check out their open positions in #tech and beyond here: https://kaizengaming.com/careers/

Venue
The event will take place on Monday, June 26, at 18.30, at Kaizen Campus, the brand new premises of Kaizen Gaming in Athens. The venue is located right next to the Neratziotissa metro / suburban railway station, as well as a number of bus stops. Kaizen Gaming is kindly and generously offering the venue and sponsoring this event. After the presentation and discussion, stick around for pizza, drinks and some networking.
For COVID19 safety reasons we highly recommend wearing masks during the event. Please be aware that you will kindly be asked to show some proof of identity at the entrance in order to be able to enter the venue, entrance will be strictly permitted for the members that have RSVP'd. Space is limited, so please don't forget to update your RSVP in time if you can't make it.

All the best,
DDDGreece meetup team (https://twitter.com/dddgreece)