Since 2005 I have done a wide range of things. I have been a university researcher and teacher; consultant; trainer; tech lead; engineer, and architect of software products. I spent three years working on my startup as founder, CEO, lead engineer, and consultant. From 2017 to 2022, I was a Principal Tech Lead at bol.com, the biggest online retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium. There I led and participated in multiple vital initiatives, such as the transformation of data science from a central department into a “discipline”; transformation into a product-led organization (35+ products, 160+ product teams); and kickstarting and leading the Tech Leads Network - a network of 35+ Tech Leads in and across all the different products in the organizations).
-Currently, I am working as an independent consultant. My mission is to help tech-enabled organizations achieve a sustainable fast flow of change. I take a sociotechnical framing, i.e., a co-evolution of teams/org and technical systems - driven by customers, environment, and business goals. I coach, train, advise and consult with organizations to help them understand, orient, and shape options and ways to navigate and “skill up” in these topics. I use different methods and techniques to do this. For example, Team Topologies (for which I am a Valued Practitioner - TTVP), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Wardley Mapping, and Product Thinking, among other things. I research, write, and often give talks on these topics (find more information on esilva.net).
+Currently, I am working as an independent consultant. My mission is to help tech-enabled organizations achieve a sustainable fast flow of value & change. I take a sociotechnical framing, i.e., a co-evolution of teams/org and technical systems - driven by customers, environment, and business goals. I coach, train, advise and consult with organizations to help them understand, orient, and shape options and ways to navigate and “skill up” in these topics. I use different methods and techniques to do this. For example, Team Topologies (for which I am a Valued Practitioner - TTVP), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Wardley Mapping, and Product Thinking, among other things. I research, write, and often give talks on these topics (find more information on esilva.net).
I am originally from Portugal but now live in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Eduardo da Silva is an independent consultant in sustainable evolution of sociotechnical systems, architecture, and leadership. He also is a Team Topologies Valued Practitioner (TTVP). His work focuses on helping tech-enabled organizations find strategies, structures, and operating models to achieve and scale a sustainable fast flow of change. He takes a sociotechnical systems’ framing, considering org/people, technical, product (customer and environment), and business perspectives. He regularly speaks at events and writes about these topics at esilva.net
+Eduardo da Silva is an independent consultant in sustainable evolution of sociotechnical systems, architecture, and leadership. He also is a Team Topologies Valued Practitioner (TTVP). His work focuses on helping tech-enabled organizations find strategies, structures, and operating models to achieve and scale a sustainable fast flow of value & change. He takes a sociotechnical systems’ framing, considering org/people, technical, product (customer and environment), and business perspectives. He regularly speaks at events and writes about these topics at esilva.net
Since 2005 he has been an academic researcher, entrepreneur (founder of a startup), software engineer/architect, and consultant in multiple companies (from startups to scale-ups). From 2017 to 2022, he was a principal tech lead and sociotechnical architect for the largest online retailer in The Netherlands and Belgium (bol.com). He worked on various technical and organizational challenges to scale this product-led organization from 70 to 150+ teams.
diff --git a/consulting.html b/consulting.html index 19af722..bac5320 100644 --- a/consulting.html +++ b/consulting.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@Welcome to my consulting services page. Here, you can find an overview of my consulting mission and the types of engagement options I offer to help organizations improve and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of change.
+Welcome to my consulting services page. Here, you can find an overview of my consulting mission and the types of engagement options I offer to help organizations improve and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of value & change.
🛠 Services | 🗺️ Change facilitation | 🧠 Up-skilling facilitation | 📥 Contacts
- 🧭 My mission: help (software) tech-enabled organizations to modernize and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of change...so they can quickly & continuously respond to their increasingly fast-changing environment. +🧭 My mission: help (software) tech-enabled organizations to modernize and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of value & change...so they can quickly & continuously maximize their value and respond to their increasingly fast-changing environment. |
🎯 help you modernize your teams, organization, software architectures and strategy towards achieving a more sustainable fast flow of change.
+🎯 help you modernize your teams, organization, software architectures and strategy towards achieving a more sustainable fast flow of value & change.
It is about the ability to evolve the social (teams and their topologies) and technical (elements that make the products) systems of the organization (and their boundaries) to enable continuous innovation and the ability to quickly react to customers and market demands/forces (a.k.a: "sustainable fast flow of change"). This requires nurturing enabling constraints and boundaries that allow teams to have better conditions to work, but also align and iterate at high velocity on the flows of change of the products delivered to customers.
+It is about the ability to evolve the social (teams and their topologies) and technical (elements that make the products) systems of the organization (and their boundaries) to enable continuous innovation and the ability to quickly react to customers and market demands/forces (a.k.a: "sustainable fast flow of value & change"). This requires nurturing enabling constraints and boundaries that allow teams to have better conditions to work, but also align and iterate at high velocity on the flows of change of the products delivered to customers.
I have been working on these topics for many years, developing different ideas, thinking models, and tools, especially in Product-oriented organizations. I have applied and experimented with many of these ideas in different situations (e.g.: while being Principal Tech Lead working on scaling bol.com tech & teams - largest online retailer of the Netherlands and Belgium). I frequently write articles and give talks on these topics.
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My name is Eduardo da Silva, and I am an Independent Consultant on Sociotechnical Systems, Architecture, and Leadership modernization. I also am a Team Topologies Valued Practitioner (TTVP).
-My mission is to help (software) tech-enabled organizations to modernize and achieve a faster and more sustainable flow of change - so they can better cope with the ever-changing environment (customers, business goals, markets, technological changes, etc.). I do this by bringing modern thinking models (SocioTechnical Systems Thinking, Architecture & Leadership Modernization, Team Topologies, DDD, etc.); helping shape more suitable operating models; and coaching leaders and teams so they can sustainably drive the necessary changes in the organization.
+My mission is to help (software) tech-enabled organizations to modernize and achieve a faster and more sustainable flow of value & change - so they can achieve better business outcomes (value) and cope with the ever-changing environment (customers, business goals, markets, technological changes, etc.). I do this by bringing modern thinking models (SocioTechnical Systems Thinking, Architecture & Leadership Modernization, Team Topologies, DDD, etc.); helping shape more suitable operating models; and coaching leaders and teams so they can sustainably drive the necessary changes in the organization.
On this website, you can find information on my consulting services, products, my writings and talks, among other things.
🤝 Book free 30-min video-call to discuss possible collaborations.
diff --git a/products.html b/products.html index e0169ca..2368689 100644 --- a/products.html +++ b/products.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@Welcome to my products and services page. Here, you can find all my offerings (created based on my research and interactions with my customers).
-✅ My goal is to develop & provide products and services that can help software tech-enabled organizations address the fundamental aspects necessary to increase their "effectiveness" and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of change.
+✅ My goal is to develop & provide products and services that can help software tech-enabled organizations address the fundamental aspects necessary to increase their "effectiveness" and achieve a more sustainable fast flow of value & change.
Feel free to schedule a 30-min free session to discuss possible collaborations.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@🎯 multi-month programs to help you effectively modernize your teams, organization, software architectures, approach to architecture, strategy, and other essential elements to evolve towards a more sustainable fast flow of change operating model.
+🎯 multi-month programs to help you effectively modernize your teams, organization, software architectures, approach to architecture, strategy, and other essential elements to evolve towards a more sustainable fast flow of value & change operating model.
🎯 talks, keynotes, masterclasses, and other formats to inspire or kickstart learning about essential topics around the topics of sustainable fast flow of change.
+🎯 talks, keynotes, masterclasses, and other formats to inspire or kickstart learning about essential topics around the topics of sustainable fast flow of value & change.
You can get an up-to-date overview all of my talks on my talks page (including slides and videos of the talks).
diff --git a/products/architecture-as-enabling-team.html b/products/architecture-as-enabling-team.html index 35655e2..44f2cfc 100644 --- a/products/architecture-as-enabling-team.html +++ b/products/architecture-as-enabling-team.html @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@Because modern organizations need to shift from "Controlling" to "Enabling Thinking" in order to be able to achieve a sustainable fast flow of change, and with that better respond to the different challenges and opportunities emerging in their environment.
+Because modern organizations need to shift from "Controlling" to "Enabling Thinking" in order to be able to achieve a sustainable fast flow of value & change, and with that better respond to the different challenges and opportunities emerging in their environment.
One of the critical aspects to accomplish that is to modernize your approach to architecture, in particular adopt "Architecture as an Enabling Thinking approach" (and possibly (re)position Architecture team/networks as an Enabling Team). This means you stop having a central "Architecture Team" controlling architecture, and transition to an approach where architecture is decentralized, and designed and decided by teams/people close to the problems (with the possibility of still having Architects facilitating multi-team/broader architectural topics).
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@We will explore different methods and techniques, and have multiple exercises that help consolidate the fundamental ideas to adopt this new thinking model. We will also look at essential aspects that can help adopting and bring these ideas into your organization's operating model.
-Architecture as and Enabling Team and Thinking approach is in my view one of the most important and relevant (Architecture Topologies)[https://esilva.net/architecture-topologies] for most modern software tech-enabled organizations. Organizations that fail to adopt such thinking models and practices will struggle to achieve a sustaianble fast flow of change and respond to the many challenges and opportunities arising in their environment.
+Architecture as and Enabling Team and Thinking approach is in my view one of the most important and relevant (Architecture Topologies)[https://esilva.net/architecture-topologies] for most modern software tech-enabled organizations. Organizations that fail to adopt such thinking models and practices will struggle to achieve a sustaianble fast flow of value & change and respond to the many challenges and opportunities arising in their environment.
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ℹ️ Provide individual or group coaching and mentoring to help Architects accelerate their journey towards "Enabling Architects", who can better support organizations on achieving sustainable fast flow of change.
+ℹ️ Provide individual or group coaching and mentoring to help Architects accelerate their journey towards "Enabling Architects", who can better support organizations on achieving sustainable fast flow of value & change.
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ℹ️ Provide individual or group coaching and mentoring to help (Socio)Tech Leaders and Architects accelerate their journey towards "Enabling Leaders", who can better support organizations on achieving sustainable fast flow of change.
+ℹ️ Provide individual or group coaching and mentoring to help (Socio)Tech Leaders and Architects accelerate their journey towards "Enabling Leaders", who can better support organizations on achieving sustainable fast flow of value & change.
Because organizations can improve their effectiveness and return on investment when they leverage Enabling Teams and Enabling Thinking strategically.
-Enabling Teams is one of the most misunderstood Team Topologies fundamental team types. Organizations often think they are a waste of money as they are not directly producing product features. However, this is a rather naive thinking, as by adopting Enabling Teams to help addressing your most relevant challenges (in particular ones that many teams are facing - e.g., missing skills or capabilities), you can leverage their multiplying effect. With this you avoid waste and unnecessary complexity & technical debt, since you avoid having many teams solving the same problems sub-optimally. Instead, you empower your experts and pioneers to help facilitate all of those teams on adopting the most appropriate approaches for their challenges. This is fundamental to help organizations navigate the fast-moving environments they exist - namely: how to enable people in the org and teams to be more effective "faster", and with that achieve a faster and more sustainable flow of change.
+Enabling Teams is one of the most misunderstood Team Topologies fundamental team types. Organizations often think they are a waste of money as they are not directly producing product features. However, this is a rather naive thinking, as by adopting Enabling Teams to help addressing your most relevant challenges (in particular ones that many teams are facing - e.g., missing skills or capabilities), you can leverage their multiplying effect. With this you avoid waste and unnecessary complexity & technical debt, since you avoid having many teams solving the same problems sub-optimally. Instead, you empower your experts and pioneers to help facilitate all of those teams on adopting the most appropriate approaches for their challenges. This is fundamental to help organizations navigate the fast-moving environments they exist - namely: how to enable people in the org and teams to be more effective "faster", and with that achieve a faster and more sustainable flow of value & change.
Architecture Topologies is a set of thinking models and practices to help organizations understand and improve their approach to architecture. Particularly, how does the organization approach learning, design, and decision-making in its different scopes: in its teams, across the teams, and across the organization? Making this activity of improving and addressing any blockers an essential part of the organization's operating model is crucial to allow it to respond sustainably to its ever-changing context and environment.
-I introduced the term "Architecture Topologies" in 2021 in this article.The name and ideas are highly inspired by Team Topologies - i.e., like Team Topologies, Architecture Topologies focus on providing a simple and representative language to understand and improve our approach to architecture to enable a sustainable fast flow of change. Since then, I have been using this model with clients and improving it with new insights and learnings.
+I introduced the term "Architecture Topologies" in 2021 in this article.The name and ideas are highly inspired by Team Topologies - i.e., like Team Topologies, Architecture Topologies focus on providing a simple and representative language to understand and improve our approach to architecture to enable a sustainable fast flow of value & change. Since then, I have been using this model with clients and improving it with new insights and learnings.
This page compiles the essential resources and materials on Architecture Topologies.
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-In this series, I will explore why Enabling Teams and the essential thinking and behaviors for them to thrive can help shape the cultures, structures, and incentives that organizations need to continuously learn and improve and, with that, achieve a sustainable fast flow of change.
+In this series, I will explore why Enabling Teams and the essential thinking and behaviors for them to thrive can help shape the cultures, structures, and incentives that organizations need to continuously learn and improve and, with that, achieve a sustainable fast flow of value & change.
💡 Feedback Form for Enabling Thinking and Teams Series - I would love to hear from you if you have challenges around Enabling Teams and Thinking, ideas for articles, or “vote” on the current list of articles I have lined up so I can prioritize which topics to focus on first. This should not take more than 2 minutes. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@Discuss the fundamental ideas of Enabling Thinking & Teams and why they are essential for organizations to move towards continuous and effective learning and improvement. That ability gives the organization a foundation to continuously achieve better design and decision-making to address its different challenges and opportunities—or achieve what I like to call a “sustainable fast flow of change.”
+Discuss the fundamental ideas of Enabling Thinking & Teams and why they are essential for organizations to move towards continuous and effective learning and improvement. That ability gives the organization a foundation to continuously achieve better design and decision-making to address its different challenges and opportunities—or achieve what I like to call a “sustainable fast flow of value & change.”
In this article, I will discuss different ideas around positioning Leadership and Management teams (typically working around and across multiple product teams) as Structural Enabling Teams. I have been experimenting with this idea for several years in different organizations, and I also see other people discussing it. It seems like an essential ingredient to shift from the classic “command-and-control” leadership and management towards enabling teams and people close to problems to have more conditions to design and decide, which leads to better conditions for them to achieve a more sustainable fast flow of change.
+In this article, I will discuss different ideas around positioning Leadership and Management teams (typically working around and across multiple product teams) as Structural Enabling Teams. I have been experimenting with this idea for several years in different organizations, and I also see other people discussing it. It seems like an essential ingredient to shift from the classic “command-and-control” leadership and management towards enabling teams and people close to problems to have more conditions to design and decide, which leads to better conditions for them to achieve a more sustainable fast flow of value & change.
Here you can find some of my most recent talks/presentations (for a full list check Speakerdeck and Slideshare). I am continuously working on - these and new talks related with the topics I work and am passionate about (e.g., Technical Leadership and Architecture modernization, Team Topologies and Effective Enabling Teams, Sociotechnical Systems Evolution and Architecture, and many related topics around the ideas of helping organizations achieve a "Sustainable Fast Flow of Change").
+ these and new talks related with the topics I work and am passionate about (e.g., Technical Leadership and Architecture modernization, Team Topologies and Effective Enabling Teams, Sociotechnical Systems Evolution and Architecture, and many related topics around the ideas of helping organizations achieve a "Sustainable Fast Flow of Value & Change").⭐ ️I am available to give these talks (and extended/adjusted versions with Q&A/AMA) on different public of company events. Feel free to reach out for more details.