The world as we know it is growing more complex. As we automate away those things that can be easily repeated, we leave ourselves with ever more challenging work. The way we’ve worked in the past won’t necessarily work for today’s problems… or will it? Join Diane and Doc as they explore dimensions of complexity in software development and look at how teams and leaders might adjust their behaviors (and the software they create) based on the complexity of the problem at hand.

This hands-on, interactive workshop will provide a practical introduction to Cynefin (a sense-making framework for complexity) and show how it applies to the work we do every day as creators of software. You’ll map your own work to Cynefin and learn about applicable management styles and optimal team interactions for each of the Cynefin contexts.

Uncertainty. Try as we might, we struggle to live with it. When it comes to making decisions, it is logical that we'd rather make the right decision than defer because we are uncertain and we'd rather defer due to uncertainty than make the wrong decision. But in practice; no so. We so loathe uncertainty, we'd actually rather make a decision, any decision, even the wrong decision, than live too long uncertainty. I mean, the sooner we finish the plan, the sooner we can start ... right? Understanding complexity, optionality, and the power of uncertainty gives you and your organization a tremendous advantage.

Creating a Global Engineering Culture