From a Bookstore to Systems Thinking

As a kid, Diana had the feeling that she loved the wrong things. We discussed how she discovered computers but didn't embrace them for a long time. Diana explained how she wanted to become a writer, moved to Montana, and opened a bookshop. We talked about rediscovering programming,and how she finally went all-in, moved to Austin, TX, and became a systems expert.

Systems Thinking

Diana Montalion shares how we think in terms of systems to accommodate for what we want as users, depending on the context we’re in.

It requires a way of thinking we’re not used to: systems thinking, or non-linear thinking. But doing so and adapting the software we create, can open up opportunities that weren’t there before.

Nonlinear Thinking

We are used to linear thinking – but really nonlinear thinking and systems thinking is what helps in a lot of modern challenges around software architecture. Diana Montalion is an expert on these subjects and applies them to software architecture regularly. She will tell us how nonlinear thinking helps with software architecture and why it is important.

Author Interview

Diana Montalion is the author of the Leanpub book Writing as Thinking: Practices for Technology Professionals. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Diana about her background and her career, becoming a systems architect, the nature of non-linear systems thinking, and how writing can help you learn how to think differently.

APIs in a Nonlinear World

In this episode, Mike and Matt are joined by Mentrix Group founder Diana Montalion. They discuss the relationship between APIs, software architecture, and non-linear thinking, as well as the most powerful ways that non-linear, systems, and pattern thinking can be applied in the context of digital transformation.

Systems Thinking

What is Systems Thinking? Vaughn and Diana discuss how this form of thinking can help software architects. Includes cat herding, metacognition and a few shared personal experiences.

Building Trust

In this episode you can hear Diana Montalion and Andrei talk about partnering with people who are good at covering your blind spots, the process of structuring change and the essential quality called trust.