A week in Tweets: 10-16 April 2011

Another week’s collection of Tweets and links. Running a bit late with this one – a lot of time and effort for the AERio conference, and then allowed myself to get distracted by the Libyan mess, which was not a good idea. Oh well. Usual categories, anyway, after the usual Read more’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, business-innovation and suchlike:

• SAlhir: RT @flowchainsensei @SEUILS @_iuliano “20th cent business model=mass production+efficiency Next=support people’s self-determination”S Zuboff
• Bonifer: We can’t think, plan or work our way out of the mess we’re in. We have to PLAY our way out of it. #gamechangers >yes! – perhaps the nicest (most fun!) form of the ‘business-anarchist’ theme?
• ArchiTool: ZapThink: “Why Nobody is Doing EA” – http://bit.ly/gDPr4x “Enterprises aren’t architected at all. They are grown.”  #entarch
• JosVanOosten: RT @kazys: Against Management Theory: For a decade now, I’ve railed against the proliferation of management theory in architecture… http://bit.ly/e2WH1o
• getstoried: RT @RobertLSmith1: People think of a business in human terms. It is kind or uncaring or trustworthy. Human terms are story terms. #bizstory #entarch
• taotwit: Are you aware of/have you used BM Gen? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynQasjpBTCk – video of Osterwalder in action #bmgen
• tetradian: By @carlhaggerty: Phew, I can now stop feeling like a fraud http://bit.ly/gshYgP >solid sense on practice of #entarch
• ironick: Ther is no automatic privilege of what u can get evrybdy 2 agree 2 (th universal) over what u cannot (th idiosyncratic) http://bit.ly/etp8oI
• thoughttrans: RT @bmichelson: integration is > pushing bits across network; need 2 flow “business thing that happened & context” #bizarch #entarch #ea
• oscarberg: 10 Things You Must ReThink http://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=11040 by Jay Deragon < Good one >agree
• thoughttrans: RT @sniukas: Free Webinar on Business Model Innovation: How to drive BMI in established companies? http://ow.ly/4ytAd <4 all new to #BMG
• bergmart: Tomorrow visit to client who are talking about urban renewal #entarch >yup, that’s a real entarch challenge – not just IT!
• kvistgaard: RT @business901: RT @warwickholder: #snowded “Every diagnostic is an intervention and every intervention a diagnostic” #cynefin #cognitiveedge >agree
• ironick: everything is at root a paradox RT @tom_peters: Focus required to succeed. Curiosity required to succeed. Paradox. #entarch
• joemckendrick: RT @maggiefox Dear Big Companies: Stop Wrecking My Stuff. [New Blog Post] http://bit.ly/i7BGkr #entarch #bizarch #bmgen
• taotwit: Prompted by the question “What *do* you do for a living” http://post.ly/1tJAw >for #entarch – incl. ‘Dumb Question Asker’ 🙂
• oscarberg: What I really like about the emerging networked & collaborative age is that it builds on empathy & kindness #entarch #culture
• JohnPolgreen: RT @raesmaa: Organizational architecture http://bit.ly/fBYlyn >v.important questions in #entarch etc
• JohnPolgreen: RT @pbmobi: Research: What is the Interaction Cost in Information Visualization? http://bit.ly/hR2G9N <= very relevant to #entarch
• JohnPolgreen: RT @mgualtieri RT @bmichelson: “As an architect…help set the target, then help people get there. Don’t stop projects. #entarch #TOGAF >central to EA governance
• eatraining: Moving EAs from commodity to differentiation.Turning work into play will drive innovation. Computing News http://bit.ly/e2CTDW
• taotwit: RT @chrisonea Are you working for a Nogile Enterprise? http://bit.ly/geW0t3 #entarch #enterprisearchitecture #bizarch #cio #cto Me: this is one of the most compelling articles I seen for a while on the importance of Values, Trust and Adoption #vpect #bcdesign >v.strong recommend
• joyce_hostyn: BPR “fad that forgot people” http://bit.ly/hfUJrM (ref my “NO!! can’t _engineer_ enterprise!!” at #AErio)
• getstoried: Amen RT @davidmcgraw: Without purpose, we tend to fall into the trap of doing to do >same applies at whole-org level #entarch
• business_design: Crowd-sourced ‘Visio template for Business Model Canvas’ http://goo.gl/EPAkR #bmgen
• eatraining: Gartner: 91% of enterprise architecture efforts don’t involve business collaboration | ZDNet http://zd.net/eaaBO0 >and they then wonder why business aren’t interested? – yikes… #entarch
• krismeukens: «Post» Agility and Agile are Brand Names! http://t.co/tLA1ofB #entarch #bizarch #itarch #hype
• oscarberg: RT @denis_zenkin: Social business as one of the key motivators for innovation and changes http://zd.net/fxACL5
• Mule_Kick: New Business Model Trend #2- Stakeholder Transparency – http://tiny.ly/S5lS #bmgen #entarch
• ironick: Maximum power principl predicts selective persistence of ecosystem desgns tht capture previously untapped energy sources http://goo.gl/FhSiZ #entarch
• JohnPolgreen: RT @chrisonea: RT @LouisCeccared: Gartner: 91% of enterprise architecture efforts don’t involve business collaboration http://zd.net/gqaInU < Fail #entarch
• joemckendrick: What exactly R the other 91% EA efforts doing if they’re not bridging technology to business? http://bit.ly/h7qMzW #entarch
• JohnPolgreen: RT @christianwig: Good about #innovation and #risk > Failure Isn’t Enough http://s.hbr.org/hw0U5Y | from @HarvardBiz
• JohnPolgreen: RT @chrisonea: RT @Metastorm: To harness the full power of a COE, you must bring together both business and IT http://bit.ly/dSOcpF #bpm #entarch < Poetry
• JohnPolgreen: RT @pbmobi: #entarch The architect is the mediator between the parts and the whole
• oscarberg: RT @FlexiblePencil: Creating Gravity for Transformation http://ht.ly/4AqIx via @elsua < Great read!
• business_design: Nice post by RT @business_inno: Can you copy business models and transfer them? http://bt.io/GvZH #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
• the99percent: Intentions and goals – not the same thing (and may be contributing to failed goals): http://bit.ly/gc7vA9
• Mule_Kick: Your Competitive Advantage vs. The Business Model – http://tiny.ly/z8sz
• davidcushman: At 6 my daughter tells me ‘adverts are full of lies. They just want to make you buy things’ Yet she pesters for Disney princesses. Lessons? // In short my 6 yr old sees through the fakery of ads but buys into the dream (believes in) Disney. // In the world of the platform organisation, if you don’t have something to believe in, you don’t have a business.
• joemckendrick: Business Process Mediocrity? No Two Business Models are, or Should be, the Same http://bit.ly/fLKMxq #entarch #bizarch
• craighepburn: HBR: Stop Chasing Too Many Priorities: http://bit.ly/hdEtuh #focus

An interesting discussion about merging and/or linking between models and frameworks in enterprise-architectures:

• taotwit: Talk about ‘merging’ frameworks – e.g. TOGAF/BMCanvas/VPEC-T me: don’t try, they serve different needs, use as appropriate // Looking for the Holy Grail – single framework for understanding enterprises – we need many lenses to understand the world #entarch // I use SWOT, PESTLE, VPEC-T, TOGAF, Zachman, 6 Thinking Hats, Kipper, T-Map etc etc as and when needed #entarch // Would it be useful to produce a map that shows when/where a particular framework/technique might be used? #entarch
• j4ngis: @taotwit Merge ’em all! One framework to rule them all! #silly #fail
• Cybersal: @taotwit wd be interested to see & participate in yr map – I tend to use Cynefin, myself as a start point for that kind of thing.
• taotwit: @Cybersal I think Cynefin too abstract for what I have in mind will probably start with business change design
• Cybersal: @taotwit OK – you want something a bit more granular – think I might have a few mindmaps buried away somewhere – will hunt for them later
• taotwit: @Cybersal @dougnewdick @drmcewan I’ll create a mind map of the suggest approach to creating
• kvistgaard: @taotwit But that would only show the opinion/experience of the map creator. And even if a group… memes, entrained patterns etc… So how to be adaptive if put in a new matrix?
• tetradian: .@taotwit: “single framework / many lenses” – sales-pitch: look at ‘Enterprise Canvas’ as unifier? http://bit.ly/gwMVBG #entarch
• taotwit: @kvistgaard @dougnewdick let’s try not to kill the idea before we start. I see no reason for this map to be ‘closed’/ non-adaptive!
• kvistgaard: @taotwit @dougnewdick of course not. And even if it’s done in a coll. environment (Google doc or smt else), I would gladly take part
• Cybersal: @taotwit Re mapping tools – Have you seen this infographic? http://bit.ly/ibkfaV (There’s also that popular visual periodic table layout )

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

• DavidGurteen: RT @ImaginaryTime: Emergence of Complexity Theory in Consulting http://bit.ly/i86BXv via @Softfacts #complexity #narrative @CognitiveEdge
• DavidGurteen: Is knowledge management failed or simply a fad? Studies suggest the concept is alive and well. http://bit.ly/gOrs5s #KM
• thoughttrans: When Consultants Collaborate http://bit.ly/dKXiEl <great checklist from Alan Weiss (he’s on my virtual mentor team … is he on yours) #collab
• unorder: RT @zahmoo: Zahmoo hint: a new group is forming; populate your Zahmoo with stories of how this group wants to work: the exemplary behaviours: immerse
• getstoried: Periodic Table of #Storytelling by @ComputerSherpa http://bit.ly/ea4e1L < staggering work of genius! >recommend #bizstory
• business_design: Take a minute!! RT @jhagel: The power of words – a very brief but powerful video http://bit.ly/eoTiWR
• heidikraft: RT @technacea: you can’t enchant unless you are trusted – you won’t be trusted unless you trust others @GuyKawasaki #adtech
• BillIves: RT @elsua: [Blog] The Power of Words – Back to Blogging! http://bit.ly/fURhIx >Luis Suares in fine form 🙂 – recommend
• tebbo: RT @drmcewan: RT @joegerstandt: awesome- A Visual Study Guide to Cognitive Biases: http://scr.bi/fh4R2J >recommend
• unorder: Story-eliciting questions: “has there ever been (a time, a situation, a moment) …” #storylistening >also in #entarch etc
• DavidGurteen: Short film illustrates power of words to radically change your message + your effect upon the world  http://bit.ly/hYPTMT /via @elsua
• oscarberg: RT @Digitaltonto: RT @jabaldaia: Unlocking the passion and purpose through empathy http://bit.ly/hZGD4i #entarch #orgarch
• ironick: The main tenet of #designthinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for. David Kelley http://bit.ly/hbbSp8 Great interview!
• jdevoo: RT @orgnet: What you think, what you do, how you act are all highly influenced by the network(s) you are embedded in… http://bit.ly/f5iKRD
• getstoried: Great idea! RT @AxiomNews: How stories re-recruit the minds & talent within your organization: http://ow.ly/4zEZO #storytelling #recruitment
• oscarberg: RT @lindegaard: The Power of Uncertainty by Mathers, Glei and Belsky http://bit.ly/dMj2CH via @timkastelle #15innoGR
• joyce_hostyn: “we face a shortage of storytellers” #storytelling at the Heart of Product Development http://zite.to/gVl4CK via @dmitryn #contentstrategy
• joyce_hostyn: @tetradian #entarch as ‘enterprise storyteller’?: Storytelling at the Heart of Product Development http://zite.to/gVl4CK
• tetradian: @joyce_hostyn ‘ #entarch as enterprise storyteller’ – yes! – see ‘Enterprise as story’ http://bit.ly/4Hj7a3 and http://bit.ly/bpP25p
• KMskunkworks: RT @Jabaldaia: Creativity, the quotients of patience and Human Resources http://bit.ly/hLD755 – Excellent!
• unorder: RT @kevinsbishop: Listening – Motivation or Ability? http://bit.ly/ejNJTO #bizstory
• DavidGurteen: How do you structure a conversation to lead to powerful, creative + practical conclusions http://bit.ly/gb9Vhh #GoodToTalk
• CreatvEmergence: RT @mgusek555: The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People Are Eccentric http://bit.ly/eiKzZW
• CreatvEmergence: Pattern Language of Group Process – http://grouppatternlanguage.org – via @VenessaMiemis
• SAlhir: RT @hackmanagement Wired.com: Why people-powered projects are ruled by tyrants (Assange, Stallman, etc.) http://bit.ly/eYDbzu

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

• oscarberg: RT @fdomon: Harold Jarche: Social Learning and working effectively http://dlvr.it/N3T0h #collab
• getstoried: From the always insightful @henryjenkins: Seven Myths About #Transmedia #Storytelling Debunked http://bit.ly/fO2l5j
• oscarberg: RT @syamant: By @drmcewan: ‘I have a deep conviction that people do not have to be prisoners of their work envirnmnts’ http://bit.ly/eP4s9g
• BillIves: How the Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District uses social media http://bit.ly/etz5E1
• joyce_hostyn: Influencing Business using a Wall of Knowledge http://slidesha.re/fzRxUa > I like the concept… but how to do virtually?
• joyce_hostyn: visitor experience: great examples of value of investing in stories vs infrastructure: Power of #storytelling http://slidesha.re/gPbEJn
• joyce_hostyn: HBR: writing as designing: think of the experience “if you want to actually have people read what you write” http://bit.ly/dJerd4 via @johnt
• getstoried: Interesting take on #storytelling, social media, & reality: @kahlilashanti: The past provides our true connections  – http://bit.ly/i6wtIb

IT-architecture, IT-systems, IT-development and other matters IT-related:

• ArchiTool: Archi 1.7 is coming…eventually… http://bit.ly/fuDRr4 >the pleasures and stresses of the developer’s life… #archimate
• oscarberg: RT @petercoffee: When it comes to cloud computing, “Some people have overly dramatized the challenges” says Federal CIO Kundra – http://tinyurl.com/65cdvc3 >the real challenges for #cloud are everything except the technology – e.g. jurisdictions, international law etc
• thoughttrans: RT @dsmorgan77: RT @eaStrategy: Joe McKendrick: Hey big consultants: isn’t there architecture behind that cloud? http://dlvr.it/NDlBw #SOA #entarch
• jdevoo: RT @danailon: resource on community detection alghoritms and generally other #sna related stuff http://goo.gl/HtomV
• ariscommunity: By @kvistgaard: BPMN vs. EPC, continued http://bit.ly/g2bZpe #bpmn2 >also links to #entarch etc
• greblhad: Using the control entity from the TOGAF metamodel http://wp.me/p7ejN-ak
• jdevoo: NoSQL Databases – NoSQL Introduction and Overview http://j.mp/fRHPuN #paper #itdev #itarch
• JohnPolgreen: #TOGAF cert course: TOGAF Data Architecture is a noble try, but best practices in the field have not congealed – tough work for #entarch.
• JohnPolgreen: RT @pbmobi #entarch modeling = cold reductionism. Where are warm engaging visionary sketches? < antidote: #TOGAF Solution Concept Diagram >I would suggest my Enterprise Canvas model-type, but I suppose that’s too abstract as well
• JohnPolgreen: New video on the power and ease of use of #TOGAF 9 artifacts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6co_8XIyY #entarch

Society, culture, economics, corporate social responsibility and other ‘big-picture’ themes:

• BillIves: Great Blog Series on Music and Fun Southwest Louisiana http://bit.ly/ihEyiM >the real world… 🙂 #culture #society
• aojensen: RT @trib: RT @kurisu: German Greens minister accessed data his mobile carrier had on him, and visualised it. 6 months of tracking http://bit.ly/i0tHXX >yes, Big Brother can watch you… cellphone as implicit tracker
• josvanoosten: RT @SysThinkReview: OpenDemocracy: The answer isn’t a what. It’s a who. The answer is a human being http://bit.ly/el7nov
• fer_ananda: Value creation is part of code of the universe: 2 rules of the commons http://ow.ly/4yLjV >responsibility-based #economics
• getstoried: OMG. RT @umairh: RT @GOOD: Mock slave auctions: How not to teach kids about America’s history http://su.pr/1uassh (Wow.)
• fer_ananda: RT @gonecoworking: Shifting our economy to the raise of intangibles.Interview w/Kevin Kelly http://bit.ly/f7VXnp
• davidriveroll: Japan’s crisis: one month later – The Big Picture – Boston.com http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/04/japans_crisis_one_month_later.html via @feedly
• jdevoo: 140 litres of #water to grow enough beans for a single cup of coffee. Off-grid water: the social dimension http://j.mp/gN6I3s via @johnthack >real #economics, real #entarch
• davidriveroll: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization | Video on TED.com http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html via @feedly
• SAlhir: RT @DavidHolzmer Integral Options: Maureen Metcalf & Belinda Gore – Resilience Through The Integral Lens – A Case Study http://ow.ly/4BGxN >not marred by association with the tedious/tendentious Ken Wilber…
• SAlhir: RT @RobertGirandola Fear is, I believe,a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual -and the soul of a people.~ Anwar Sadat >note also the debilitating fear of uncertainty and loss created at all times within any possession-based economy…

And, of course, the perhaps-not-so-multitudinous miscellany:

• jdevoo: I’m back on XP so had to find myself a screen grabber. Found a great open-source one called http://getgreenshot.org/
• business_design: Ordered all ‘Smarter Comics’ books ranging from Chris Anderson’s ‘The Long Tail’ to Sun Tzu’s ‘Art of War’ http://goo.gl/KX3pP #bmgen
• oscarberg: RT @elsua: [Blog] Improving Your Presentation Skills – Part Deux http://bit.ly/ep5oR8 < plenty of good advice, check it out >the indefatigable Luis Suares on fine form, as usual 🙂