Diana Montalion is the author of the Leanpub book Writing as Thinking: Practices for Technology Professionals. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Diana about her background and her career, becoming a systems architect, the nature of non-linear systems thinking, and how writing can help you learn how to think differently.

This interview was recorded on April 25, 2023.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM261-Diana-Montalion-2023-04-25.mp3. The Frontmatter podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/leanpub, in Apple Podcasts here https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/frontmatter/id517117137 or with this direct link https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/frontmatter/id517117137, on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/00DiOFL9aJPIx8c2ALxUdz, and almost everywhere people listen to podcasts.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.