A week in Tweets: 4-10 July 2010

More catchup on the backlog: another slightly-backdated list of Tweets and links. Usual categories, probably.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and business-stuff in general:

greblhad: The Art of Enterprise Architecture – Section Four – Tactical Dispositions: http://wp.me/p7ejN-88 <more Sun Tzu for #entarch !
greblhad: The Art of Enterprise Architecture – Section Five – Directing Energy: http://wp.me/p7ejN-8b <more Sun Tzu for #entarch!
BillIves: RT @SmartDataCo: Actionable Information Management Principles: People http://goo.gl/fb/jpw4I #cloud > nice look forward to more <useful worked-example of architecture-principles – for information-management, in this case
CreatvEmergence: 3-fold opening of education – http://bit.ly/aZZJYJ – via @juneholley <open content, open instruction, open assessment – same principles apply to opening up businesses and business-models, too
CreatvEmergence: “Emergineering” – http://twurl.nl/4mt0gu (via @technoshaman @CoCreatr @analpoet @rotkapchen) #e20 #entarch
adrianrcampbell: from Gene Bellinger – New Tools for Resolving Wicked Problems: Mess mapping and Resolution Mapping Processes at http://bit.ly/bKaVW7 // EAs = Mess Mapping? <article is 34pg PDF [2007]: attempted-proprietary version of standard futures scenario-mapping, useful for those who don’t know futures-work, nothing new for those who do – and yes, much of EA is ‘mess-mapping’
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 3: Owners and Managers’ http://bit.ly/agEN5v #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 4: Layers’ http://bit.ly/b8DP9P #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 5: Recursion, Flows and Systems’ http://bit.ly/c5Ve6E #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 6: Models’ http://bit.ly/dlu9tD #entarch #bizarch (two more articles still to come in this series! 🙂 )
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 7: Patterns’ http://bit.ly/dkQ5EQ #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas, Part 8: Integration’ http://bit.ly/amffPo #entarch #bizarch
tetradian: [post] ‘The Enterprise Canvas: Summary and Index’ http://bit.ly/94squk #entarch #bizarch (that’s all for now, folks… 🙂 )
craighepburn: App Store, Hacked. http://bit.ly/dhKGSq <yikes… *very* important breaking-story for any iTunes/AppStore user… also note implications for #entarch #bizarch #secarch #itarch #csr etc
greblhad: When tailoring #TOGAF don’t ask what you want in your #entarch framework instead ask what you can do without. <yep… agree…
DavidGurteen: Are you innovative or are you awesome? http://bit.ly/dsudtG <another great Umair Haque post on HBR #entarch #bizarch
chrisdpotts: Great article in the latest issue of Strategy: “Playscript Your Strategy” http://bit.ly/bzuqq9 #CIO #entarch #storytelling <strong recommend for #entarch #bizarch etc
unorder: 5 questions to test if your org has strategic clarity http://bit.ly/azRxRU (those who dig will get preview of our beta website) <useful follow-on/crosslink to the BMGen book #bizarch
joyce_hostyn: RT @rokapchen: Permaculture to Design Thinking to Participatory Design via @jascharohr http://bit.ly/cYZJYk <Insightful.. feels important, don’t quite know why… #entarch and beyond…
CreatvEmergence: Emergence unfolds in layers…as you cultivate and co-create with one layer, it reveals the next…
rettema: Designed a workshop for strategic decision making in the realization agenda of a SOA service portfolio in relation to the #BMGEN <sounds very interesting – true whole-of-enterprise SOA
joyce_hostyn: RT @hjarche: FC: Why HR? http://is.gd/dgjYv need to change whole org DNA, not just HR http://is.gd/dgjVU <interesting perspective as usual from Harold Jarche – well worth a read #entarch #bizarch
SAlhir: RT @designthinkers @wimrampen @mycustomer Part 2of3 on The future of marketing – understanding value co-creation http://bit.ly/9KeX3R <also applies to #bizarch and role of marketing etc in overall #entarch
SAlhir: Operating in Chaos does not relax the need for being Methodical and Disciplined/Regimented. <disciplined within chaos, yes – not sure about either ‘Methodical’ (‘cos there’s nothing there to hang a method off) or ‘Regimented’ (‘cos there’s no structure to regiment)
unorder: Clear description of the Cynefin framework as a tool to augment understanding rather than for categorising http://bit.ly/bci2OG <another really useful post by Cynefin’s co-creator Cynthia Kurtz
CreatvEmergence: Emergence is a dance of structure and flow, diverge and converge, expand and contract….
JohnPolgreen: RT @ malcolmlowe frustrating when ppl talk about biz and IT. IT is part of a biz. We should say non-IT and IT parts of the biz. << v true…
bergmart: Looking for EA-trends in manufacturing industry. Any references or thoughts?
blomr: @bergmart Some of our clients work with ISA95 reference model. Helps you to architect integration ERP and machines in the plant/factory.
thoughttrans: RT @sniukas Reinventing Your Business Method Cards http://ow.ly/1qAKnM #entarch #bizarch <<like this <v.useful #bizarch
SAlhir: “venture inward 2discover their purpose & venture outward 2make a diffrnce in the world” http://bit.ly/9jBTmF via @rotkapchen @chrisflanagan <article in Richard Leider includes important re-iteration of the importance of vision in and to orgs #entarch #bizarch
RT @getstoried: #storytelling e.g. – The Empathy Telescope, Great blog post by @SamHorn_dot_com – http://bit.ly/9KEwRq <apply in #entarch? – “we can connect with the one but we can’t connect with the many”
bartleeten: Enterprise Architecture Tools – Don’t Dig to China http://icio.us/yzgesz <some wise warnings about the dangers of modelling as-is too early
davidsprott: Blogging on outsourcing madness http://lnkd.in/Qm62AB <ouch… good example of what goes wrong and why #entarch #itarch
bergmart: Went through lots of architecture documents to figure out what really architecture is and what isn’t. Why do architects write that much? #entarch <uh… sorry… ‘cos I do? 🙂
josvanoosten: RT @kherrup: What Nassim Taleb told me about BP oil spill and black swans http://bit.ly/c7InA6 <important #entarch #bizarch
oscarberg: In the business world you plan, and then you execute. There is no “learning stage” (from “Switch” by D & C Heath) // “From the business perspective, practice looks like poor execution. Results are the thing” (from “Switch” by D & C Heath) // “Everything can look like a failure in the middle.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School
bartleeten: Data is not binary – http://j.mp/bP3WQn <why open data requires credibility and transparency – and how to implement that in practice
CreatvEmergence: Launch of Mesh Directory, companies w biz models built on sharing http://meshing.it RT @VenessaMiemis @DanielPink #bizarch (also #csr?)
CreatvEmergence: Org. culture is context from wh/new creativity in the org. can emerge. Evolve culture/conditions to evolve thinking. // In the quiet, fertile fullness of Emergent Space all things are imaginable… // …and therefore creatable // Where “realists” see walls & dead ends, creators see doors & passages
basvg: Cool new term: multi-niche strategy < #bizarch #entarch #bmgen #strategy
kvistgaard: There seems 2 b too many universal approaches that claim being unique when compared to other universal approaches, the whole v the wholer <nicely ironic… 🙂
business_design: RT @bvanoosterhout: New disruptive business models could need separate organizations http://bit.ly/9zGoox #bizarch <useful review of when to split and to not split off a separate subsidiary to implement a disruptive business-model
eatraining: Jeff Scott: Six Attributes Every Business Architect Should Display http://bit.ly/dbxsjE <strong recommend #bizarch
iyigun: <post> Dealing with complexity and uncertainty – IBM CEO study http://goo.gl/Qm4j #entarch #strategy
basvg: mandatory gear for architects #entarch http://tinyurl.com/32cyrgv <nicely ironic… and, again, painfully accurate… 🙁 🙂
CreatvEmergence: 21stC business drivers: creativity, passion, imagination, meaning, serving greater good, whole-brain/whole-systems thinking < #entarch #bizarch #csr etc
CreatvEmergence: Admission into the Land of Happy Accidents requires leaving the need 4 the certain, the sensible & the neat at the gate <extremely important in the preliminary/exploratory phases for #entarch #bizarch etc
CreatvEmergence: RT @VenessaMiemis – Innovation Insanity: 67 Trends http://bit.ly/21ZvNH <another great list from the Trendwatching crew
SAlhir: Asked about the “purposeless enterprise” after the purposeful enterprise. http://tinyurl.com/l3qaec Thoughts welcome? <yet another item I need to read in depth – see also many useful/relevant comments
SAlhir: RT @VenessaMiemis: Designing For Social Purpose http:/corporation2020.org via @CoCreatr @frankspencer @mgusek555 #entarch #csr

A brief discussion on solution-architectures in TOGAF:

kvistgaard: Both TOGAF & DoDAF support the concept of EA v Solution Arc. but insist that SA is not part of EA. Why should the higher level be exclusive?
tetradian: @kvistgaard SA #solnarch should be specific to a single context and need; EA #entarch should (in principle) bridge across all contexts // also EA not so much ‘exclusive’ as at different level of abstraction: see role of EA in TOGAF ph.A-D,H vs EA+SA in ph.E-G
blomr: Typical levels of EA-involvement in projects: 1)no arch 2)pre-project principle check 3)as 2 + design reviews 4)PSA + architect in project
kvistgaard: @tetradian Exactly,so it is a part of it or of a “sequencing plan” which should b part of EA. If EA is not holistic then what is EA part of?
tetradian: @kvistgaard main point is probly that they’re parallel activities by different people with different skillsets – eg. EAs don’t (much) code
kvistgaard: @tetradian Yeah, most of the ADM is fine on that. It’s just that when trying 2 combine TOGAF w/ DoDAF would help if EA is def. as allinclus
tetradian: @kvistgaard yup, that’s the problem w TOGAF: is not-inclusive, doesn’t work outside of ‘IT/business align’. Ask @JohnPolgreen re DoDAF/TOGAF

Narrative-knowledge, knowledge-management, creativity and in-person collaboration:

CreatvEmergence: 10 Elements of Accelerated Learning – IAL: http://bit.ly/95w9En. Conf focus on theory/application/facilitation (I loved presenting there)
DavidGurteen: Steve Denning: Why Do Great KM Programs Fail? http://bit.ly/dlVPbA #KM <essential must-read for #entarch #bizarch too
thoughttrans: The key to providing creative value is to find out what the person you wish to connect with finds of value on a personal and emotional level
getstoried: an awesome #TEDify mashup on the power of #storytelling! http://bit.ly/aE0TQ9 <dunno about ‘awesome’, bit nice, certainly – and useful to help explain what ‘story’ is
JohnPolgreen: RT @tom_peters If listening doesn’t exhaust you-then you aren’t listening. << true for #entarch, #TOGAF. Stakeholder concerns are everything. <strongly agree
DavidGurteen: The Lessons Learned Handbook published http://bit.ly/92Iypu #KM <very useful-looking book from Nick Milton
joyce_hostyn: “starting with the right questions will steer you towards the right answers – by design” great preso on brainstorming http://bit.ly/awgwq1
ironick: very cool. willingness is more powerful than willfulness! the willpower paradox. http://bit.ly/aWknUy via @brainpicker
unorder: Just added some new stories to the Anecdote Story Finder http://www.anecdote.com.au/storyfinder.php #km
unorder: Knowledge repositories are knowledge coffins. It’s where knowledge goes to die. via @euan // Set off Trojan Mice instead of corporate initiatives. Lots of small things that could have a big impact. Via @euan
CreatvEmergence: RT @jhagel @spacecollective – presentation on social learning, sensemaking capacity & collective intelligence – http://bit.ly/9E7YYF
bonifer: RT @hellodelight: Wharton prof. explains why he often uses improv groups as supplementary presenters in his MBA courses: http://bit.ly/9vekaC <good uses of improv in business-context
smbounds: KM fails if you try to change things people don’t want changed http://bounds.net.au/node/53 >> @stevedenning http://tinyurl.com/236f4jb <insightful – some I don’t agree with, but definitely good points #km #entarch
Bonifer: The customer’s dual roles: http://bit.ly/aEIgUe #gamechangers #bizarch #entarch <nice crosslink to improv and the ‘business anarchist’ theme: “the best salespeople are the best improvisers”
DavidGurteen: Ask, Learn, Share http://bit.ly/c5zPHJ #KM <practical advice from Shell
joyce_hostyn: prototype to influence -> “value of an idea is 0 unless it can be communicated” nice presentation by @azaaza http://bit.ly/aDgNtq
joyce_hostyn: RT @rotkapchen Paul Bennett “…the experience comes first at all times…experiences are real.” http://twurl.nl/2mp6gy #ux #contentstrategy <fairly old (2006) but still useful interview with one of IDEO’s lead designers
DavidGurteen: The origins of Cynefin (part 3) http://bit.ly/bQNpQt #KM @snowded <interesting to note not a single reference to Cynefin’s co-creator Cynthia Kurtz, other than one aside about “Cynthia’s managers being present”
DavidGurteen: Isn’t KM everyone’s job? http://bit.ly/dsQike #KM <another insightful Nick Milton piece on #km – applies equally to #entarch #bizarch etc
unorder: RT @darrenp3: The 3 great lies procurement tell: In the last week I have had several procurement people… http://bit.ly/aeFkTB
unorder: Anecdote.com went live yesterday. Check out how we help people make their strategies stick. http://bit.ly/ccouda #storytelling #strategy #km
CreatvEmergence: RT @lifedreamer_09: 10 Lessons in Creativity From the ArtGame Weekend in Paris http://bit.ly/cSk3sD <recommend #entarch
CreatvEmergence: Divergence in a creative process is quite different than irrelevance, even tho neither may make “sense” at first glance

Social-media, ‘enterprise 2.0’ and on-line collaboration:

BillIves: via @SameerPatel: Insightful post by @rotkapchen, Infrastructure for Synchronicity http://ow.ly/26PMX #e20 #entarch
oscarberg: RT @rlavigne42: Another great post by Cecil on Enterprise 2.0 integration : 12 questions to challenge existing processes « hypertextual http://post.ly/lyWS #e20 #entarch
getstoried: Wow! RT @MagicSauceMedia: RT @jowyang Matrix: Challenges of the Social Technology Industry, July 2010 « Web Strategy.. http://bit.ly/bXGHG8 <very useful summary of business challenges
unorder: The essence of the web. See pic. http://yfrog.com/9dm03xj “globally distributed, near instant person-to-person communications”
hebsgaard: The Action, Reaction, Management, Process (ARM) for Social #CRM http://bit.ly/av7QYt
joyce_hostyn: is storytelling part of your #contentstrategy? Storytelling is the Future of the Web by @chrbutler http://bit.ly/8ZpYyB <storytelling linked to #ux user-experience for website-design
oscarberg: #e20 adoption is about adopting new behaviors & practices enabled by social technologies. It’s not about systems / platforms // I’ve seen many “adopt” social platforms without changing their behaviors (such as from need-to-know to need-to-share)
oscarberg: RT @hjarche: Fantastic prez by @sbskmi on complexity, social learning & collective intelligence http://is.gd/dkrDZ via @sebpaquet <Open University doc on complexity crosslinked to ‘power of pull’ etc
CreatvEmergence: RT @storytellin – Echo: Join the Real-Time Web – http://aboutecho.com/ <“next-generation comments for your website” – not sure about this as yet, but seems well worth exploring as soon as I can invent the time to do so!

IT-architectures, software-development and related matters:

bartleeten: Models, Methods and Tools for Availability Assessment of IT-Services and Business Processes http://icio.us/reompz <academic study of methods (280pg PDF) – important for #itarch
bartleeten: RT @krismeukens: A great collection of EA resources http://icio.us/wdegsa <more #itarch than #entarch, but useful anyway
adrianrcampbell: Common Reference Architecture at http://www.coramodel.com/ good for #Entarch <more accurately, (very) good for #itarch
kvistgaard: Task Juggler http://bit.ly/aHZ9WX looks like an interesting (and different!) open source tool for software project management.
bartleeten: RT @SiteonMobile: Yesterday finally we unveiled siteonmobile.com for emerging markets, lot of media buzz, still by invitation… <technology to compress websites for display on mobile (even SMS)
jdevoo: RT @akosma: Very interesting page with indication of known issues that might get your app rejected from the App Store http://bit.ly/dmIShh

Society, cultures, corporate social responsibility and suchlike:

rettema: Reading Komatsu about mimic words in Japanese language – inter-sensory nature is an essential to mimic words. // Komatsu – A very functional usage of mimic words is expression of our visceral senses not by specialists but by ordinary Japanese. // Okubyosa (Cowardliness) -> Odo-Odo:Nervous -> Moji-Moji: Fidgeting // When the sign of mimic words works in communication, it can not fix the meaning to be expressed. // Using MIMIC words (1), we avoid expressing clear meanings that cause a sharp contrast of values // Using MIMIC words (2), we describe an event in which the subject and the object are inclusive. // Semiotic Process of and Mimic Words in the Communication, great reading of Komatsu
ironick: sobering RT @nika7k: RSA Animate – Crises of Capitalism (FANTASTIC VIDEO) http://youtu.be/qOP2V_np2c0 #collapsonomics <agree ++ (mostly – to me standard Marxism is just another variant on re-arranging the deckchairs, still doesn’t address the deep-problems)
CreatvEmergence: RT @brainpicker – Ecosystems of the world, in one infographic – amazing interconnectedness of life – http://bit.ly/9raibi
alphalo: the giftflow project www.giftflow.org #economics #entarch #bizarch #csr
SAlhir: The Meaning and Purpose of Culture http://tinyurl.com/2ekj58o <another interesting-looking item that I don’t have time to explore in depth right now…

And, once more, the multifarious miscellany:

erikproper: Does anyone know if there is software yet that lets you control an ipad from another Mac? I.e. like a 2nd screen on your desk … // Yessssss … http://bit.ly/byjdey [AirPad] // Using my iPad as extended screen. Actual work on the main screen, and using Tweetdeck on the iPad. All from my Macbook Pro.
thoughttrans: 5 More Cool Tools for Creatives – http://b2l.me/8a2cb <<Jodi Kaplan found some really cool productive tools <includes stock-image searches and eJunkie shopping-cart – useful
craighepburn: Backup your social life here at backupify, could this be a whole new area of business for #ECM companies 🙂 http://bit.ly/2uBXBt
tebbo: WooHoo: via @elsua @neridahart wow — type in any word/phrase http://bit.ly/buEBkQ / What a fantastic find! <impressive toolset! – a really ingenious search/aggregator
SAlhir: RT @VenessaMiemis RT @jeericson: “Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.” – Clive Barker <just seemed an apposite quote, somehow…
unorder: The opposite of play is not work, it’s depression. via ABC radio. <ouch… painfully accurate…

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