A comprehensive talk on Event Storming, a collaborative workshop format that helps teams better understand business processes and domain knowledge. The speaker shares his journey from focusing on technical DDD patterns to discovering the importance of ubiquitous language and bounded contexts, demonstrating how Event Storming can improve communication between developers and domain experts through practical examples of modeling various business processes.

A detailed case study of a 2003 train runaway incident in Melbourne, Australia, used to illustrate important software engineering principles around system design, fail-safes, observability, and incident management. The speaker uses the real-world incident to draw parallels with modern software development challenges and emphasizes the importance of proper documentation, communication, and designing systems with failure modes in mind.