Socio-technical architecture with Ora Egozi-Barzilai and Evelyn van Kelle
Guests: Ora Egozi-Barzilai, Evelyn van Kelle
In this # VDDD meetup, we will talk with Ora Egozi-Barzilai and Evelyn van Kelle about their experience with socio-technical architecture. Socio-technical refers to the interrelatedness of social and technical aspects of an organization. Specific for this meetup we will discuss how teams affect the boundaries between bounded contexts and vice versa. These effects will give challenges in the way we design software architecture and organize teams around software to be highly aligned with business goals. Come join us, because together we can ask questions and discuss heuristics and patterns with Ora and Evelyn about socio-technical architecture!
Guests
Ora Egozi-Barzilai
Evelyn van Kelle
I’ve always been curious. Especially about people and what happens when you throw a bunch of very different humans into a room and expect them to build something together. Spoiler: it’s never just about the technology. My background in social sciences means I look at software development and organizations through a sociotechnical lens: how human behavior, social dynamics, and group decision-making shape what actually gets built (and whether it works).
I thrive on questions more than answers, experiments more than certainties, and the learning that comes from exploring complexity rather than simplifying it away. Curiosity drives my work, whether I’m exploring cognitive biases in decision-making, helping teams and leadership navigate conflict, or figuring out how organizations can change without burning people out.
Along the way, I realized my childhood dream of writing a book, co-authoring Collaborative Software Design - how to facilitate domain modeling decisions. I also love sharing what I learn and (think I) know at international conferences, meetups, and podcasts. And if you ever want to dive into (or rant about) how humans + tech collide, I’m your person.
You can find my blogs and gigs here: https://evelynvankelle.com/
About the host
With Krisztina Hirth