Many techniques for software architecture are designed to support reviews and approvals, rather than ongoing development and evolution._x000D_ _x000D_ This makes perfect sense when we're in a Desert company, where we are optimizing for ease of management. It often doesn't serve the needs of Forest companies, where we care more about building value. _x000D_ _x000D_ We can do better._x000D_ _x000D_ How might engineers surface our designs to technical and non-technical stakeholders for validation? How can leaders communicate our goals and set engineers up to delight us? How do we build a company-wide practice of modular, testable design?_x000D_ _x000D_ From flip books to sumi-e to rules sets, Beth draws on Domain-Driven Design, experience engineering and hir background in technical theater to creatively build cross-team alignment on what software goes where. _x000D_ _x000D_ This talk will prepare attendees to agilely support ambitious architectural evolutions, one small, safe step at a time. Tested in high-trust technical cultures, these techniques scale to address the essential complexity of design as teams grow.