The Value Flywheel Effect: A Modern Cloud Strategy • David Anderson & Charles Humble

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David Anderson - Software Architect at G-P/Globalization Partners & Author of "The Value Flywheel Effect"
Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant
RESOURCES
David
https://x.com/davidand393
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-anderson-belfast
https://theserverlessedge.com

Charles
https://twitter.com/charleshumble
https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble
https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble
https://conissaunce.com

Links
https://blog.container-solutions.com/adrian-cockcroft-on-serverless-continuous-resilience
https://www.wardleymaps.com
DESCRIPTION
David Anderson, co-author of "The Value Flywheel Effect", shares his experiences and insights from his time at Liberty Mutual, where he drove significant technological transformation through a serverless first approach in a conversation with Charles Humble.
Anderson discusses the importance of aligning business and IT strategy, fostering an environment of psychological safety, and enabling teams with the right tools and frameworks to achieve rapid software development. He emphasizes the value of principles-driven development, collaborative processes, and the impact of using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to create reusable patterns. Anderson also highlights the continuous nature of software evolution and the importance of timing and momentum in driving successful change in large organizations. [...]
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
David Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • The Value Flywheel Effect
Gregor Hohpe • The Software Architect Elevator
Gene Kim, Nicole Forsgren & Jez Humble • Accelerate
Jim Collins • Turning the Flywheel
Gene Kim & Steve Spear • Wiring the Winning Organization
Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis & Nicole Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook
Elisabeth Hendrickson • Explore It!
Gerald M. Weinberg • Be

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Adoption of serverless-first approach (00:03:57)

3. Practical application of Wardley Mapping (00:09:18)

4. The role of architects in driving change (00:11:49)

5. The 4 phases of "The Value Flywheel Effect" (00:17:04)

6. Building momentum & enabling teams (00:26:41)

7. Cloud Development Kit (00:34:08)

8. Outro (00:44:35)