by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 29, 2025
Recognise that shifting deeply held perspectives, especially when it implies past decisions were suboptimal, requires significant time and patience. Avoid forcing the issue; allow individuals space to process and come to their own conclusions. Stressing people will...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 15, 2025
View resistance not as an obstacle to overcome, but as a resource providing critical information. Instead of pushing back harder, investigate the source of the resistance to understand underlying concerns, threats, or misunderstandings. This exploration is key to...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 3, 2025
Acknowledge that different functions perceive quality differently: product values ‘building the right thing’, engineering values ‘building the thing right’, and operations values ‘supporting the thing well’. Make these perspectives explicit through a formal discussion...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 3, 2025
When people are new to EventStorming, their initial approach is often to be reluctant to write things that aren't 100% correct. By making an example of the first sticky you throw away as a facilitator, you allow everyone to try something, be wrong, and improve...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 3, 2025
For a Big Picture EventStorming, we can have around 20-30+ people per wall – but even an experienced facilitator will have a hard time noticing subtleties, body language and tonal nuances when more than 2-3 conversations are going on at the same time. Limit the...
