Pattern Cards Workshop: Diagnosing & Planning Your Transformation

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To ensure a high-quality, hands-on experience for everyone, we are curating the guest list for this session.

Please follow these 2 steps to apply for a spot:
👉 Step 1: RSVP 'Yes' on this Meetup page.
👉 Step 2: Submit your official registration on our website.

Please Note: Due to the interactive nature of the workshop and limited capacity, registration does not automatically guarantee entry. We review every application to ensure the right mix of attendees and will send you a final confirmation email shortly if your spot is secured.

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Description
The technology landscape is in constant motion. Just as your organization masters the currents of the Cloud Native paradigm, the next great wave—AI Native—is already on the horizon. Successfully navigating these continuous shifts is the defining challenge for modern technology leaders. How do you move from abstract strategic ideas to a concrete, co-created plan that your entire team can get behind?

This hands-on workshop provides the tools and a structured process to do just that. At the heart of this session is a unique and powerful "pattern language"—a physical deck of Paradigm, Antipattern, and Transformation cards. These tangible tools provide a shared vocabulary to diagnose your current state with unflinching honesty and design a future that is both ambitious and achievable.

Join us to turn complex strategic conversations into a dynamic, engaging, and visual planning session. You will leave not with a document that sits on a shelf, but with a collaboratively built roadmap and a clear, unified vision for your transformation journey.

How it Works
We will guide your team through a structured, 3-hour collaborative process:

1. Diagnose Your Digital DNA (Current State Analysis) We begin by defining your "North Star"—the single most important objective for your transformation. Using Paradigm Cards, we will visually map your organization's maturity across the three great waves of innovation: Legacy (Waterfall), Cloud Native, and AI Native. Crucially, we will also use Antipattern Cards to expose the hidden traps and cultural pitfalls currently slowing you down.

2. The Strategic Pause Before planning the future, we introduce three powerful mental models: The Product Lifecycle, The Waves of Innovation, and The Six Modes of Operation. This brief "teaching moment" ensures everyone in the room has the strategic context needed to build a robust plan.

3. Build Your Actionable Roadmap This is where strategy becomes action. Using Transformation Pattern Cards, you will co-design a multi-wave roadmap. You will sequence the key moves needed to mature your current practices, responsibly "strangle" legacy systems, and prepare for the AI-native future. Finally, we pressure-test this plan against your identified antipatterns to ensure it solves your most critical problems.

Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for technology leaders, architects, product managers, and cross-functional teams who are:

• Kicking off a new transformation initiative.
• Feeling "stuck" in their current Cloud Native or digital transformation.
• Seeking to align leadership and delivery teams on a shared strategic vision.
• Looking for a structured, repeatable process to build actionable technology roadmaps.

What You Will Achieve
By the end of this interactive session, your team will have:

• A Shared Language: A common vocabulary of patterns to make strategic conversations more effective and inclusive.
• A Clear Diagnosis: A visual, honest snapshot of your organization's current state, including your maturity across the waves of innovation (e.g., Waterfall, Cloud Native, AI Native) and the hidden antipatterns holding you back.

An Actionable Roadmap: A collaboratively built, multi-wave transformation plan with clear, prioritized next steps to implement immediately.