Join Nigel Thurlow, a leading voice in systems and complexity thinking and the former Chief of Agile at Toyota, as he hosts what is likely to be a hot debate between two leading thinkers in this space. Dave Snowden the preeminent expert in complexity thinking, and Diana Montalion who comes from a systems architecture background and applies systems thinking to manage in complex environments. Will they agree or will we find issues with conflation of terminology and science? Will they be closer together than we think? Are we confusing systems thinking and linear causality with true complex systems which are irreducible and cannot be root caused? Will it be more Ackoff or icebergs and mindsets? Take your seat early for this one!
Nigel Thurlow is currently the Chief Executive Officer at The Flow Consortium, a collection of highly regarded companies in the Lean and Agile world and the scientific and academic communities at large. The Flow Consortium strives to expand the boundaries of current Lean and Agile thinking through the understanding of complexity thinking, distributed leadership, and team science by tapping into th...
He is the principal author of a joint publication between the Cynefin Centre and the Future Systems Directorate of the European Union: ' Managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis—a field guide for decision-makers. A review by Durham University identified him as one of the leaders in applying complexity science or organisations.He has created many methods and frameworks, including th...
Diana wrote the O’Reilly book, Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills & Practices for Software Professionals. She has 20+ years experience engineering and architecting software systems for organizations including The Economist, The Wikimedia Foundation, Stanford, The Gates Foundation, Memorial Sloan Kettering and Teach For All. Her company, Mentrix, designs systems and publishes...
Daniel Terhorst-North uses his deep technical and operational knowledge to help business and technology leaders to optimise technology organisations. He puts people first and finds simple, pragmatic solutions to business and technical problems, often using lean and agile techniques.With over three decades in IT, Daniel has built a reputation as a speaker at international conferences on topics from...