A week in Tweets: 30 January – 05 February 2011

And yes, another week whooshed past – where’d it go? But if a week’s gone past, it also means another week’s collection of Tweets and links, so here ‘tis: usual categories, of course. Read on?

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and other ‘big-picture’ business themes:

• kvistgaard: “new business models…are…necessary for survival. And they must be so designed that they can morph into something new on the fly” // source from the previous quote-tweet: “Architecting Business Models” http://bit.ly/gTe6Wx #entarch #bizarch
• business_design: Must read by any exec working on Business Model Innovation: Govindarajan on ‘bringing innovations to market’ http://goo.gl/jnrgI <execution is much more of a stumbling-block than idea-generation #bmgen #bizarch
• thoughttrans: why is it that #entarch architecture is about control versus being about connecting?
• CarlChilley: @thoughttrans Maybe governance and control imply hard determinism whereas connectivity and interaction implies soft exploration?
• thoughttrans: RT @pauljansen: @CarlChilley @thoughttrans Or they just understand sh*t about architecture… #entarch
• oscarberg: RT @ariegoldshlager: HBR: Best Practices Get You Only So Far: http://bit.ly/cRmt9Y #innovation < aim for Next Practices <one of the last articles by the great CK Prahalad – much missed… #bizarch #bmgen
• kvistgaard: Technology is a humble player in Toyota Way Principles: http://bit.ly/fmME4j (via @TowardsLean) #entarch
• kvistgaard: CALL FOR PAPERS – Via Nova Architectura: Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research http://bit.ly/i6wPxu <deadline Mar 15 2011
• Eclectopedic: Three Scenarios for the opening up of public databases – Makes excellent points. http://bit.ly/hZO4it
• kvistgaard: RT @timoreilly: Twitter mission statement: The Four Most Important Words. http://read.bi/e54sQB by @rdhjr via @alleyinsider <great example and analysis of enterprise-vision #entarch
• tetradian: [post] Modelling people in enterprise-architectures http://bit.ly/ey6OOy #entarch #bizarch (for @ironick @gagan_s)
• tetradian: By Nick Gall (@ironick): Motivating people is more important than modeling them http://bit.ly/iaPceA #entarch
• ironick: @tetradian tom, replied to ur comment. Motivating people is #entarch most important job. See this architectural fight: http://bit.ly/hQSqKa
• SAlhir: Hope we can bring together those two words of ‘Love’ and ‘Purpose’. RT @ConversationAge On Purpose http://ow.ly/3N1Oc [h/t @TomFishburne] <great firsthand example of the role of purpose in #bmgen #bizarch #entarch etc
• kvistgaard: RT @TEDNews: Today’s #TED talk: “oyster-tecture” http://bit.ly/hlvF4v <- lots of metaphors for #entarch
• jdevoo: Gateway for Capacity Development: Multi-actor systems as entry points to capacity development http://bit.ly/gZMFmQ <practical whole-enterprise business examples in ‘developing-country’ contexts #entarch #bizarch
• CarlChilley: RT @DougMcDavid: Postmodern EA?  Oxymoron, or compelling need? http://linkd.in/hsxELC #entarch <= post industrial would be a start
• EnterprisingA: #EAMantra (27) One sure sign your enterprise architecture isn’t happening – you’re not benefiting from it yourself.
• SAlhir: RT @customerthink Zappo’s wants you satisfied…even if they need to refer you to competitors http://bit.ly/iiadWE #bizarch #bmgen
• tetradian: [post] Power, people and enterprise-architecture http://bit.ly/geyqNn #entarch #orgarch (for @ironick @leodesousa @MartinHowitt with thanks)
• oscarberg: Best practices = use what works today & hope tomorrow will remain the same. Next practices = be prepared for a new tomorrow
• SAlhir: technology means all human made things, business and political systems RT @ArnoldBeekes Davos posts by Tim brown- http://bit.ly/hCJHfB <v.useful first-hand reports from Davos #designthinking #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @julien Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration http://bit.ly/f0Xhfd <recommend also for #entarch etc
• jdevoo: Great lunch and convo with @agiann on utopias relevant to #entarch incl social talent management http://on.mash.to/fUhMqP
• bartleeten: What DevOps Means for Enterprises http://icio.us/rzGrQZ #itarch #entarch
• CarlChilley: Are we in danger of over simplifying the labelling of organisations in #entarch? There.. (cont) http://amplify.com/u/ao6x8 <good points – recommend
• CarlChilley: Maybe #entarch should take a leaf out of the Round Table and have as a key discipline the notion of “adopt, adapt, improve”? // 2 years as an employee representative has changed my view of org behaviour completely – proves U can still teach an old dog new tricks 🙂 // RE http://bit.ly/gKKsLL re human org behaviour – always has and always will be non-deterministic and so difficult to cater for = reality // RT @mcgoverntheory: Human & org behavior cont 2 B impediments 2 proper long term planning. #entarch #cio #leadership #HR #in = reality
• adrianrcampbell: http://bit.ly/hRKC47 ITWeb: Enterprise architecture is a business, not an IT imperative. #EntArch #BizArch <huzzah! 🙂
• kdierc: #entarch RT @ebizq: Do you agree that Enterprise Architecture is a business and not an IT imperative? http://bit.ly/eGjYEu <yes! – though note we would probably not have had this unanimous agreement from all the commentators a year or two ago…
• theopengroup: RT @ebizq: Does cloud infrastructure necessitate EA to an even greater extent?? http://bit.ly/eK5TvM #entarch <yes it does
• thoughttrans: RT @bentleygtcspeed: Ask “why” to encourage strategy, “how” to encourage tactics. We spend too much time on “how,” not enough on “why.”
• trevorsnaith: Adrian Grigoriou: The organization and social aspects of an Enterprise Architecture http://bit.ly/hsNHpK #entarch
• tetradian: Ivo Velitchkov (@kvistgaard): Patterns of Informal Architecture http://bit.ly/hEckMv #entarch <recommend
• CreatvEmergence: “The Engagement Shift” by @curtisogden- http://bit.ly/hQKJth via @stevendahlberg #entarch
• SAlhir: Creating competitive advantage through intangible assets: direct&indirect effects of corporate culture and reputation. http://bit.ly/hEDlt3 <2008 article, several-pages long, but well worth a detailed read
• practicingEA: Adrian Campbell (@adrianrcampbell): Establishing an Enterprise Architecture function « on Enterprise Architecture http://bit.ly/fmw3FS
• hvaelama: Balance between Science/tech push and market pull (doing, using, interacting) that is the question #istag; smart regulation needed
• SAlhir: HBR: “We are a community first and a company second.” http://bit.ly/bOgGD3 <practical centrality of culture in #entarch etc
• SAlhir: Why Lean Programs Fail [PDF] http://bit.ly/gMhKGX #change #lean
• jdevoo: Basic intro video of the #VSM on Malik Management’s site http://bit.ly/hio8ga <nice – but they’ve slapped an (R) trademark on VSM as if it’s their own, without any reference to Stafford Beer, even though they’ve used a speech of his for the voice-over… oops…
• business_design: My #lift11 presentation is online & ready for download here: http://goo.gl/M8gOy 70 pages of #bmgen are available here: http://goo.gl/eT2Ln
• tetradian: [post] Companionship http://bit.ly/hmbIGF #entarch #bizarch
• aojensen: Stop talking about ‘imperatives’ and ‘execution’. Orgs are constituted by humans, not human cogs. Humans act, they don’t execute #entarch
• aojensen: I deny the chasm between biz and IT. Biz is IT and IT is biz. The org is an ecology, intertwined and symbiotic. #entarch
• vernaallee: RT @timkastelle An Innovation Definition: Something That Does Not Work Yet http://bit.ly/hgDyQ5 #entarch #bmgen
• joyce_hostyn: price isn’t a single fixed value: using drawings to think differently about price http://slidesha.re/eeiFK2 #vizthink <recommend #bmgen #bizarch
• jdevoo: Data vs Information vs Knowledge http://bit.ly/dlrl4Z (update via @SystemsWiki) <useful summary of a contentious topic
• rettema: @tetradian Hi Tom, do you know Dynamic Resilient Enterprise Architecture Management System (DREAMS) ? http://bit.ly/g0o4d4 <2007 project by ‘World of Systems’ unit at Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, USA – no, I hadn’t heard of it, and yes, looks interesting… #entarch
• CreatvEmergence: Idea: A Gym Membership that Charges You for Not Exercising l GOOD culture – http://su.pr/2wkGT1 <a bit like the old Chinese medical system? #bmgen
• joyce_hostyn: yes, old school behaviors need to change! RT @IATV On Design Thinking: Design has changed. Designers, not quite. http://bit.ly/fMMKpx <about business-oriented ‘design-thinking’ for (graphic etc) designers
• business_design: RT @davegray: #Gamestorming overview and cheat sheet you are asking for http://bit.ly/gkrQ8K by @selflearners #uxbcldn <v.useful resource for #change #bmgen etc
• oscarberg: RT @johnt: The second era of the enterprise http://bit.ly/emZ8x9 #socbiz #entarch
• kdierc: Excellent read : Social architecture – A Manifesto http://slidesha.re/fzQVld #entarch <strong recommend
• kdierc: RT @krismeukens: RT @hpeyret: Forrester opens #entarch community site. It is free and allows everyone to share ideas, advices, .. http://bit.ly/eGZQNl
• oscarberg: Why sharing & open is good for innovation and business: http://bit.ly/fu9t6Y via @researchimpact @cathrinelippert #innovation #entarch #economics
• business_design: “What happened to Nokia” RT @mdbraber: @business_design did you read this about Nokia by @tomiahonen? http://bit.ly/hduaLF #lift11 <detailed analysis of Nokia business-models and execution as evidenced by market-share: long (especially with detailed follow-on-articles) but well worth the read #bmgen #bizarch
• tetradian: [post] Cynefin as place: a respectful enquiry http://bit.ly/fodqbK (for @snowded) #cynefin #complexity #entarch
• kdierc: #entarch RT @alecsharp: @rolandbouman True! “What” we do & “why” are essence of intent – “who, how, and when” are impl decisions #entarch #motivation

A brief discussion from a post of mine on changes afoot in enterprise-architecture:

• tetradian: [post] Real EA: crossing the chasm? http://bit.ly/fEHO8J (for @ironick @rtolido) #entarch #bizarch
• NGA_Anita: @tetradian Great EA read – i’d like to add the myth of purpose – because the chasm between IT architects and business is so wide there.
• kvistgaard: Great post “Real #entarch: crossing the chasm?” http://bit.ly/fEHO8J by @tetradian  < the def. of the 5 myths hits the nail on the head
• jcithinker: @tetradian: Real EA: crossing the chasm? http://bit.ly/fEHO8J #entarch #bizarch < Great reading.  It’s got to be about the people
• markjappleby: RT @tetradian ‘Real EA: crossing the chasm?’ http://bit.ly/fEHO8J <doing #entarch as enterprise- & not IT- centred activity – good post
• gagan_s: Real EA: crossing the chasm? http://bit.ly/fEHO8J #entarch #bizarch @tetradian << Tipping into people-centric. For curious minds. #CIO

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

• Bonifer: good insight in2 @dickc mgt style  http://shar.es/3HSXJ improvisation—not just comedy, a way of seeing the world #gamechangers #collab #orgarch
• unorder: RT @kevinsbishop: The Good Old Training Montage and Deliberate Practice http://bit.ly/hKDWqx #km #skills
• davidcushman: Thinking that doubt is a great asset. Particularly if backed up by reason and fact. Just lazy criticism without.
• jdevoo: Goetz at TEDMed on using a simple process to engage people for change http://bit.ly/hTuuPc applies to sustainability also
• fer_ananda: witnessing synchronicities, serendipity…omens… enjoy slow. <emergence first-hand
• hvaelama: Linkage to human to human is groundwork of all ethics (Maturana&Varela) and the ultimate aim of technology/state (Kuittinen)
• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl meta-knowledge – Maximizing the Effects Of Knowledge http://bit.ly/f3N7ln RT @jabaldaia @ralph-ohr via @rotmanschool <recommend
• CreatvEmergence: The 5 Most Memorable Concepts From Nancy Duarte’s New Book, Resonate: http://wp.me/ppfaS-ol – @evasnijders <useful review of book on presentation
• SAlhir: RT @DavidHolzmer The Exhilarating Power of Purpose – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review http://ow.ly/3NPlB <emphasis here is on personal focus rather than collective (purpose for ‘the organisation’)
• theopengroup: A good read on open source community governance: http://ow.ly/3OjJT <useful generic governance-guidance for other contexts too #entarch #bizarch
• Bonifer: A gift from the heart of improvisation:  The Quili  http://bit.ly/fr3UKa #gamechangers <nice metaphor for #bizprov in #entarch
• Bonifer: yes, use your mistakes! RT @umairh RT @jeffjarvis: Meant to say “jetlagged.” Came out “netlagged.” A more chronic condition
• CreatvEmergence: RT @rafstevens The “currency” of creative collaboration & storytelling:  http://bit.ly/dJVSsm #bizstory
• heidikraft: cRT @TLNT_com: Workplace Innovation Is Not Spontaneous – need real change to make it happen  http://bit.ly/hQXEyP via @TLNT_com #collab #innovation
• joyce_hostyn: Design Practices for Co-Creation and Engagement #Gamestorming videos http://www.gogamestorm.com/?page_id=530 by @davegray
• CreatvEmergence: RT @DoseofCre8ivity: RT @Bizprov Innovate like a Kindergartner – HBR: http://ow.ly/3OPH2 <-Sounds like #improv to me! #creativity <also the Business-Anarchist theme
• unorder: Just put up a new page for our public #storytelling workshops in 2011 http://bit.ly/e3JjDt <go to this if you can 🙂 #bizstory
• oscarberg: RT @timkastelle: New blog post: The Problem With Answers http://bit.ly/hu2Nc2 #innovation
• CreatvEmergence: Free e-book, Using Improv in Business [PDF] – ideas/articles frm many improvisers (incl. me) http://tinyurl.com/38ss46z
• thoughttrans: RT @DanielPink: 4 principles of innovation: Think big, start small, fail quickly, scale fast http://bit.ly/g6EdMr (via TechReview, HT: @emccullough)
• oscarberg: RT @Leadershipfreak: “Four Ways Managers Roadblock Productivity” by far my most popular of the last 7 days. http://ht.ly/3Ovkb
• hvaelama: tangible rewards but also threats, deadlines, directives, pressured evalua-tions, and imposed goals diminish intrinsic motivation (SDT) // To build proactive and engaged teams/companies/countries employ intrinsic motivation http://bit.ly/gqlKbo #intohimottaminen <useful pointer to 2000 research on self-determination as motivation: predates/confirms research/conclusions Dan Pink’s ‘Drive’
• unorder: Patrick Lambe and I are running this workshop in Melbourne (2 Mar) on the strategic use of stories http://www.eventbrite.com/s/308x
• unorder: Reflections on development of Cynefin framework by Cynthia Kurtz http://bit.ly/ftXmcv <good clarifying comments b/w @snowded & @cfkurtz – I’m very pleased to see this: also love Cynthia’s description that “ideas are like whales that let us swim along if we behave ourselves: Part of behaving ourselves is not putting ropes on them”
• oscarberg: RT @HarvardBiz: Management Tip: Meld the Social and the Structure http://s.hbr.org/eUtjQ7 via @tduyon < +1
• oscarberg: RT @swensonkeith: Tom Davenport is Rethinking Knowledge Work http://bit.ly/gDkuM7 #socbiz #acmjam – about structured, unstructured & hybrid
• CreatvEmergence: Much of facilitating creativity is deeply trusting self-organisation inherent in it & that everyone’s already creative. Techniques are the easy part.
• business_design: the quality of a great leader is to know what he/she is really bad at
• thoughttrans: RT @tom_peters: This week: Don’t worry about “motivating.” Concentrate on not de-motivating.

Social-media, ‘enterprise 2.0’, user-interface, user-experience and online-collaboration:

• rtolido: RT @eguilloteau: Nintendos magical new 3D toy http://is.gd/gRdVVQ <autostereoscopic display (3D without glasses) – a very neat trick! #ux
• rtolido: Somehow, I think 3D UI’s are not going to happen. Not simple enough. <3D display maybe, but probably agree about 3D UIs for now
• oscarberg: Knowing & considering why, what, how, whom are pretty obvious success factors for tech adoption http://rww.to/hNx3T3 @RWW #e20 #socbiz
• oscarberg: RT @MartinHowitt: on hold so long to xxx cust service that I managed to google the problem, try 3 different solutions, and fix it before they picked up
• CreatvEmergence: 5 Tips for Smarter Social Networking by @jhagel & @jseelybrown – HBR: http://blogs.hbr.org/bigshift/2011/01/five-tips-for-smarter-social-n.html << nice…need conscious cultivation to thrive
• joyce_hostyn: Designing with content: a customer experience journey #OTCW presentation http://slidesha.re/fEjuhS <strong recommend
• joyce_hostyn: What’s your worst customer experience story? Designing experiences with content http://bit.ly/gNqhV5 [new post] #contentstrategy #ux
• jdevoo: RT @optaros: Social Marketing, Social Shopping and Social Commerce: Where’s the ROI? http://bit.ly/gsLIR0 cc @jpertusa <useful annotated links to #bmgen resources for #socbiz
• business_design: By @steveportigal: slides: Discover and Act on Insights about People http://slidesha.re/hQCPrO <recommend #ux #entarch
• oscarberg: RT @Steven_InSites: Brands are rediscovering the fine art of conversation http://bit.ly/hh2I82
• joyce_hostyn: Which is center of the universe? People-Centric vs. Content-Centric. http://slidesha.re/hG5p0s #contentstrategy #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @jacobm: The ROI of ROI: Does ROI Always Make Sense? http://bit.ly/i4lBvi #scrm #socbiz #e2.0 #socialmedia
• SAlhir: RT @Annemcx: Important post by @euan: Assimilation http://www.euansemple.com/theobvious/2011/2/3/assimilation.html #e20 #socbiz #entarch

IT-architecture, IT-systems, IT-development and other IT-oriented concerns:

• oscarberg: How many CIO’s really focus on serving info needs vs techno-centric issues such as consolidation & TCO? <‘CIO’ is often a misnomer for ‘CITO’ – only the aspects of information covered by IT
• simonbrown: A byte-sized essay about what “just enough architecture” means … http://bit.ly/hMD3wc <v.useful summary: same applies in #entarch etc
• kdierc: RT @chrisvenable: My desired-state architecture is oriented around resources provided as services, defined by a domain, driven by events. #entarch <agreed – except these principles need to apply a lot broader than just IT
• bartleeten: PaaS shouldnt be built in Silos http://icio.us/ZZoruN #itarch
• EAatWork: [POST] Comparison between Kanban and Scrum presentation http://bit.ly/gniJEX #lean #kanban Please feel free to comment
• jdevoo: RT @conneally: I just posted a copy of my @liftconference presentation on ‘Digital Disasters’ on Scribd http://scr.bi/goj4OF #readcast #crisisdata
• bartleeten: RT @HPappsServices: HP: Check how models-Cloud Computing, Everything as a Service,Industry Utilities can enable breakthrough performance #HPBO  http://bit.ly/g6PyV9 <sales-pitch for HP’s ‘holistic solutions’ (aka ‘systems-thinking’, apparently…) – change emphasis from inputs to outputs in business-process outsourcing
• kdierc: RT @techielicous: Just because your data is in the cloud, your responsibility to manage it doesn’t float away.. #itarch #entarch
• jdevoo: Internet of things application awards http://bit.ly/fw0jkr – see @pachube and @sen_se
• oscarberg: RT @dhinchcliffe: Why We Need Cloud Integration Architecture http://ow.ly/3PMSH All orgs now need to be good at this strategy. #itarch #entarch
• davidsprott: At last some serious action on cloud standards http://tinyurl.com/6ek2zxc <includes useful summary of top ten risks for public-cloud #itarch #entarch
• adrianrcampbell: Strategy and Planning Service as an Enterprise Architecture Offering – http://bit.ly/eqTado #EntArch <the IT-centric version of ‘entarch’ #itarch
• ArchiTool: Eclipse Sketch – Modelling using Freehand sketching. Something for Archi at some point? http://www.eclipse.org/sketch/ <cf my earlier post on toolsets: http://weblog.tetradian.com/2011/01/26/toolset-ecosystem/
• simonbrown: RT @jeremydmiller: Interesting idea for XP style story walls –> http://bit.ly/gJewrY <v.nice use of changed metaphor #agile

Society, culture, economics, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and other ‘bigger than business’ themes:

• SystemsWiki: YouTube – History Channel – Prophets Of Doom http://lnkd.in/ejkJ5r <long (c.90mins) – though what’s fascinating, and scary, is the number of commenters who dismissed this fairly routine presentation of current futures-scenarios as ‘propaganda’…
• kdierc: ouch … RT @patrickdewitte: #fail Fox News has no idea where Egypt is on the map! http://plixi.com/p/73294801 <oh gawd… and US folks actually rely on these incompetent clowns for their ‘news’???
• jdevoo: Systemic thinking of sustainable communities – reading list http://bit.ly/fUOLg7
• oscarberg: RT @RWW: Twitter Speaks Up for Free Speech: “The Tweets Must Flow” http://rww.to/hWaypH <relation between internet, society and ‘control’-oriented governments
• jdevoo: RT @integralcity: Death of Personal Responsibility & Nanny State => System Social Responsibility? http://ow.ly/3NrFQ #society #responsibility
• jdevoo: RT @johnthackara: Insightful- Egypt compared to Mexico http://wp.me/p2jAD-3Xf >> sense of solidarity, of community as pre-requisite for change
• fer_ananda: Here is my pearltree with beautiful videos and other resources I am collecting about currencies http://snipurl.com/next-economy
• eatraining: Egypt’s Revolution: Coming to an Economy Near You http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/02/egypts_revolution_is_coming_to.html <huge implications also for #entarch – not to mention society as a whole…
• jdevoo: RT @scottgast: (via @Jeremy_Williams) “Japan: World’s 1st Post-Growth Economy” http://bit.ly/dUPcNN >> @TheEconomist also misread Tunisians <v.interesting at global-scale #entarch #economics
• tetradian: BBC: Proposal for cyber war rules of engagement http://bbc.in/e04SuH #entarch #security #society
• SAlhir: RT @DavidHolzmer [15min video] Douglas Rushkoff » Radical Abundance http://ow.ly/3PWkc <oh dear: some good points, but in too many ways is promoting exactly what not to do… “change the money system so we can all get very rich” is a statement from someone who really doesn’t get the economic problems we face…
• SAlhir: RT @BarrettValues Our business leaders are more focused on being the best in the world rather than the best for the world. <v.good point: ego vs awareness of (own) interdependence
• SAlhir: RT @technoshaman: How and why a #commons-based society is growing in the womb of today’s capitalism http://bit.ly/hpzq0g

And, of course, the remarkable miscellany:

• thoughttrans: RT @stevegarfield: GET SEEN by Steve Garfield is the text book for online video instruction. http://amzn.to/fRbHHS New Amazon video review!
• davidriveroll: RT @smashingmag: Nice: A remarkable 24 hour photo – http://bit.ly/h3ulzB <photographing time…
• thoughttrans: Visit http://dld.bz/vT8k when you need encouragement or direction on how to get published (commercial, self, audio, and more). <useful publishing resources from Pat Ferdinandi
• davidriveroll: RT @fer_ananda RT @edwardharran: http://www.googleartproject.com/ #futureofart cc @gabrielshalom < Awesome website to enjoy art masterpieces
• getstoried: The secret to awesome looking business cards? www.moo.com (you can thank me later) <hmm… looks useful – and not just US-only, it seems
• kvistgaard: Animated Copernican model of the solar system http://j.mp/emHnvD (via @brainpicker ) <nice Flash animation
• davidriveroll: RT @smashingmag Crate: web-based file sharing done incredibly easy – http://letscrate.com #useful < Just drag & drop. Awesome!!