A week in Tweets: 21-27 August 2011

Another not-quite-so-delayed collection of Tweets and links – Share and Enjoy? Usual and usual, of course: over to you…

Enterprise-architecture, strategy and all the ‘business big-picture’ stuff:

• SAlhir: RT @Annemcx RT @sajidahinakhan RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilisation http://youtu.be/l7AWnfFRc7g via @youtube #entarch
• FlorianQuarre: US energy usage: Well rendered dataViz, plus striking fact for me: 58% of energy out there is lost http://goo.gl/hSgCd
• business_design: ! RT @sachin_joshi: M-Pesa is the  main source of revenue for Vodafone in Kenya; successful #bmgen example of at BOP http://post.ly/2wwa5
• gkathan: RT @Tim_Flux What the hell is ‘Business Alignment’: http://wp.me/p1dcPl-1F #entarch
• bergmart: Interesting paper by Ralph Foorthuis assessing value of EA [PDF] http://bit.ly/otCmbt #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @agilestrategy Strategy as model and guiding business rules http://bit.ly/rkq5yT #strategy
• SAlhir: RT @jukkaam The Value of an Existing Customer http://bit.ly/ps9Ve7 #strategy #customer #sales #bizarch
• gkathan: writing for visual thinkers – sample chapter – http://bit.ly/nSablr >#entarch toolbox
• jdevoo: RT @frogdesign: What successful companies and cities have in common http://bit.ly/q9rh5t
• DavidGurteen: Trust is the bandwidth of communication. Karl-Erik Sveiby http://bit.ly/8spWu #entarch
• Bebela239: Guide to Greener Electronics | Greenpeace International http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/ >good example of a ‘natural anti-client’ issue in #entarch
• SystemsWiki: #stwg Hard and Soft Systems Thinking Approaches [PDF] http://bit.ly/mW6thI >useful 5pg summary of differences
• greblhad: Interesting work on value modeling http://neffics.eu/2011/05/vdml-and-cmmn-submissions/ >technical specifications for value-delivery metamodel and description-language #entarch #bizarch
• bergmart: Forrester predicts as the ultimate cloud business model: full cloud broker who is able to dynamically source all kinds of cloud resources #itarch #cloud
• vernaallee: Love this gem from Nick Holt – Value is neither the subject nor the object, but the relationship between the two
• DavidGurteen: Between the subject and the object lies the value. Robert M. Pirsig http://bit.ly/8X47cY
• gkathan: RT @chrisonea Post – Developers vs Architects: Cage Match  http://www.chrisonea.com/2010/07/16/dev_vs_arch/ #entarch #bizarch #itarch #cio #cto >excellent read
• CreatvEmergence: Creative Thinking: Diverge and Converge – on my blog  http://bit.ly/oLJbse >useful infographic #entarch
• greblhad: Is it not strange that the architecture of systems is generally thought of/viewed as parts instead of wholes >by people who don’t understand architecture but like to think they do, yes… 🙁 – this is one of the fundamental problems in communicating #entarch etc
• CreatvEmergence: HBR: Embracing Complexity http://bit.ly/p6SOwC via @LisaKimball >good HBR-style summary #entarch
• business_design: time for management & organizational innovation RT @Acluytens: 81 percent of workers feeling overwhelmed or burnt out- http://bit.ly/pvZAlN #orgarch #entarch
• aojensen: RT @CharlottePell: John Seddon new article – Lessons from Blair’s years of delivery – On Line Opinion – 24/8/2011 http://bit.ly/nEAUIM #entarch #change
• chrisdpotts: Philanthropy, or charity | RT @HarvardBiz: EBay’s Founder on Innovating the Business Model of Social Change http://s.hbr.org/ptSzP9 #bmgen #bizarch #ngo
• business_design: RT @InnosightTeam: Interesting read in HBR – how to use emergent vs. deliberate strategy effectively #innovation http://bit.ly/qYZvXi
• KMskunkworks: RT @thotstr: Fair Process – Managing in the Knowledge Economy [PDF, 2003] http://awe.sm/5RnNT #KM #leadership #Ts #HBR [Good read!] >centrality of trust in #collab #entarch
• Cybersal: RT @Ronald_G_Ross: Zachman makes headlines: a real shocker if you’ve ever heard him speak… http://goo.gl/08ALS #entarch 🙂
• CreatvEmergence: Aliveness in Marketing – my latest blog post http://bit.ly/pG0eBI >trust and transparency are key here
• theopengroup: By @ArtBourbon: Monet revisited (or: non-traditional approaches to developing TOGAF® Next) http://nblo.gs/m624K #entarch
• ArtBourbon: @pbmobi @tetradian @neternity @moneydecisions  thanks for the ideas  Blog: Monet revisited  http://bit.ly/eOKg7W @theopengroup #entarch
• Cybersal: RT @timkastelle By Kay Plantes: Business model #innovation lesson in HP exiting PCs http://bit.ly/pLoIJ6 #bizarch #entarch >”HP mistakenly defines its business by products. Apple on the other hand defines its business around a value promise – making access to and management of electronic information effortless.”
• CreatvEmergence: Slideshare: The Future of Living Networks and Organizations by @rossdawson http://bit.ly/qGKykH #entarch
• DavidGurteen: Blog Post: There are only business strategies http://bit.ly/nNx5ki >on strategy and #km
• jdevoo: RT @cjsequeira: CFO’s Sustainability Role Still Growing, Ernst & Young Says http://bit.ly/oiggFj >> the CFO looks out for social and env?! hm
• gkathan: RT @OBASHI_Chief: New blog | Zombies, dataflows and the CxO career apocalypse http://ow.ly/6cvQ2 #Entarch #bizarch #itfail
• gkathan: Howard Jarche: “hierarchy is a prosthesis for trust” – http://bit.ly/pTQuw3 #entarch
• DavidGurteen: Using stories and km to develop strategies people embrace http://bit.ly/oHJMC9 #km #storytelling #bizstory #entarch
• simonbrown: RT @flowchainsensei: “People think the public sector is doing worse in IT than private companies – our findings suggest they’re just as bad.” http://goo.gl/2fbb5 #entarch #strategy
• gkathan: RT @present_tense Information Visualization Manifesto http://pear.ly/wfK0 via @pearltrees #visualthinkingcomplexity #visualthinking #entarch
• business_design: RT @stattys_world: #bmgen canvas in @thinkpublic & @nesta_uk prototyping process [PDF] http://t.co/udVNbMQ >recommend #entarch
• CreatvEmergence: Emergence – Why Impossible Happens More Often http://t.co/e7VKvpY by Kevin Kelly via @edwardharran @petervan #society #culture #entarch
• JosvanOosten: Since a relationship involves two members… http://dlvr.it/j78Zk #bmgen #bizarch #reputation

A few comments on the retirement of Steve Jobs from Apple:

• SAlhir: RT @dave_carpenter Seth Godin succinctly puts Steve Jobs announcement in perspective. Important quick read http://bit.ly/n52Yca
• thoughttrans: RT @presentationzen: Just like his presentations, Steve Jobs’ resignation letter is simple,clear, & 2 the point. http://tinyurl.com/3s974b5
• Cybersal: #SteveJobs: “We think we have the right architecture not just in silicon but in the organization to build these kinds of products” #entarch
• thoughttrans: RT @tedchris: I just re-watched Steve Jobs’ powerful Stanford speech, more poignant than ever. “Do what you love.” http://on.ted.com/9bj6
• thoughttrans: My few words on what I hope Steve Jobs is doing now that he has the time. http://ow.ly/6d8cm
• SAlhir: RT @bizshrink: New Post: An Icon Never Retires #SteveJobs – http://bit.ly/roQNaR

Anything about people working directly with others, or working on new ideas:

• thoughttrans: RT @TCagley: SPaMCAST 147 – Selfishness and Process Improvement http://bit.ly/qUkBmr #Change #Agile #CMMI #Kanban
• CreatvEmergence: The ‘yin’ of marketing –> RT @zen_habits The Quiet Theory of Influence: http://zenhabits.net/shhh >recommend #entarch
• CreatvEmergence: Right on! -> Arts-based learning in Journal for Business Strategy: http://tinyurl.com/42hkdv6 via @T_C_P (Engage some at #cibc11)
• CreatvEmergence: What Ants Can Teach the Enterprise About Teamwork – bit.ly/nMqVuR via @rossdawson #collab #entarch
• BillIves: post – Review of Kate Pugh’s Sharing Hidden Know-How http://bit.ly/nOCnJM #km
• thoughttrans: How my old skills from my older career came in handy in my new very different career! http://ow.ly/69lNg >the importance of the ‘desk-check’
• DavidGurteen: Video: The 7 design principles of the World Cafe http://bit.ly/r24z7G #theworldcafe #kcafe
• DavidGurteen: RT @ConnectIrmeli: Contextualism http://bit.ly/qvUURM #KM /things can only be understood in context
• CreatvEmergence: HBR: Disrupt Yourself by @johnsonwhitney http://s.hbr.org/px0vSd >see also http://bit.ly/9WPfgn by same author – both give v.useful lessons for me right now
• CreatvEmergence: The “Aha” Moment: Top journalists on how great ideas come to them. http://journ.us/hR2JnD via @SeanKellyStudio #cibc11 #narrative #bizstory
• DavidGurteen: Information rag and bone men curate the weak signal and the long tail. (from @euan) http://bit.ly/p0VY0l #KM
• KMskunkworks: Keeping Crucial Knowledge From Leaving Forever http://j.mp/pDv7ng [excellent read!] helps with this KM problem http://bit.ly/oHOIsd >key #entarch issue, far too often overlooked
• Cybersal: By @podnosh, via @davebriggs: Storytellers, weavers, architects and navigators in Local Govt http://bit.ly/q5oi8i >threatened by cuts
• CreatvEmergence: The Never-Ending Story | design mind http://bit.ly/ptztP9 via @JohnCabra @frogdesign  #bizstory
• joyce_hostyn: “Discipline isn’t willpower. Discipline is setting up the perfect environment…” http://j.mp/p1J3PU RT @VMaryAbraham by @chrisbrogan >recommend (as much to myself as to anyone else… 😐 )
• CreatvEmergence: You might be part of a self-organizing community if… http://bit.ly/pQRGjZ via @sebpaquet @collectiveself
• chrisdpotts: Me too | RT @mkrigsman: Answered ‘What’s the best project management advice that you’ve ever been given?’ http://bit.ly/oj8OnL #pmp #pmot
• DavidGurteen: HBR: Why You May Be Blind to a Good Idea (and What to Do About It) http://bit.ly/o1TgBJ #KM #collab
• SAlhir: RT @Annemcx @VisceralBiz putting the power of storytelling on the board agenda Business60 Transforming Ideas http://bit.ly/pTC3sg >visual storytelling: interesting sales-pitch for a sales-pitch? 🙂
• SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia “Before we can think outside the box, we must start with the box!” http://bit.ly/qjb3Tv #creativity #innovation
• SAlhir: RT @sniukas Innovation is new ideas made useful… http://bit.ly/qC5xwJ >well put
• CreatvEmergence: How Do We Create Cultures of #Creativity with @johnmaeda bit.ly/jJPOGK via @StevenDahlberg #AspenIdeas
• KMskunkworks: Keeping Crucial Knowledge From Leaving Forever (Perigean Technologies – Public Power Magazine) wp.me/pUfyy-a7 #KCube #KMers #Training
• simonbrown: Short and to the point! RT @PapaChrisMatts: #Blogflog “The last IRRESPONSIBLE moment” http://bit.ly/nIeEO5 #lean >now translate this to #economics #society #sustainability…
• DavidGurteen: Nonaka in 60 seconds http://bit.ly/pXrQXi #KM
• ArtBourbon: RT @pbmobi: FrogDesign: “Stories online aren’t really stories right now” http://bit.ly/n4awLB >> #entarch must have a Cow Bird (thanks to @ruthmalan) #bizstory #e20
• DavidGurteen: Making sense of our world http://bit.ly/ocvxGk #KM >sensemaking as part of personal-KM
• oscarberg: Unless you prepare & open your mind to serendipity it’s less likely to happen
• oscarberg: RT @s_ko: @oscarberg serendipity is too important to be left to chance… < Good way of putting it
• SAlhir: RT @JudithEGlaser Cluttered environments lead to cluttered and disorganized minds. http://t.co/4m4XZD9 #creatingwe >yeah, yeah, I know, I know… 🙁
• DavidGurteen: Facilitation isn’t just about taking a tried + true process + using it yet again http://bit.ly/qDSFi2
• CreatvEmergence: Born to think in iterations > creativity expands. Socialized to think pass/fail > creativity contracts. We need iterative thinking culture >agree, tho’ note that this implies need for total restructure/refocus of education etc
• gkathan: RT @SunniBrown: Does anyone read these days? Some doodle articles just in case:  http://sunnibrown.com/doodlerevolution/articles/ #creativity #sensemaking

Online-collaboration, user-experience and suchlike:

• thinksmith: 7 Strategic design principles for web-product people, copywriters, designers,  UX & IA’s: http://tumblr.com/xwh4919t5w
• joyce_hostyn: Do you have an app for that? http://bit.ly/og4NqT [new post] >useful user-scenario case-study #ux
• oscarberg: A platform focus is a sure path to  #e20 failure. Design services for people, their goals & work contexts.
• simonbrown: Booking a Ryanair flight for the first time … I don’t like it already :-/ >’first time user’ – #ux #bmgen #bizarch etc please take note?
• CreatvEmergence: RT @MarionChapsal – IDEO a New Collaborative Tool #MIX – http://bit.ly/q8m2P1 – built on #Passion >internal #collab tool at IDEO

IT-this-that-and-the-other:

• basvg: series of blogpost on TOGAF, crosposted to  http://sgp.cm/de2920 #entarch #togaf http://sgp.cm/bff497
• chrisdpotts: How to approach BYO technology: explore what architectures would have looked like if consumer IT had predated corporate IT. #CIO #entarch
• simonbrown: RT @huddle: Have you checked out the #1 SharePoint Alternative? Over 90,000 businesses already have! Try a Huddle Free Trial today http://ow.ly/6apks #itarch #socbiz #e20
• gkathan: RT @OndrejGalik Software Architecture and “The Principle of Small Decisions” http://t.co/F6J11zT /via @wordpressdotcom >valid for #entarch too >so true
• basvg: RT @brendabizz: See BiZZdesign’s whitepaper “Capturing Architecture for the Adaptive Enterprise” http://bit.ly/qRcy2O >useful resource for #itarch #entarch
• joemckendrick: Wireless data can be delivered by LED lights, anywhere: call it ‘Li-Fi’ http://smrt.io/nnzdaW
• Cybersal: RT @MIT_CISR New MIT CISR survey on enterprise architecture! To participate http://ow.ly/6dBLP #ea #entarch #CIO

The societal big-picture, with economics, sustainability and the like:

• CreatvEmergence: Vision for Conscious Community http://bit.ly/rulJP7 #society #sustainability #economics
• JosvanOosten: G. Edward Griffin: The Mandrake Mechanism and Debt Cancellation http://dlvr.it/h9J89 #economics #politics #society
• SAlhir: RT @stevedenning RT @bmdesignhki: How USA (and UK) have lost the ability to Make Things. http://patk.in/r9VgiK via @patkinsel @GrabCAD
• CreatvEmergence: RT @VenessaMiemis: excellent resource for building local #resilience – Asset-Based Community Development Institute http://www.abcdinstitute.org/abcd09/
• SAlhir: RT @Annemcx RT @RichardMerrick Some notes on Bureaucracy by @hjarche http://bit.ly/oZXFCN >”tyranny was the solution to a communications problem” – a brilliant insight on the relationship between bureaucracy and tyranny
• SystemsWiki: #stwg Evolution myths: ‘Survival of the fittest’ justifies ‘everyone for themselves’ fm New Scientist http://bit.ly/p3Bwn7
• oscarberg: RT @nahumg: RT @ej_butler: 12 mind-blowing concepts from Malcolm Gladwell’s bestsellers http://read.bi/qoOfeo /via @tbi_warroom
• tetradian: [post] Listen for the real narrative http://bit.ly/qdxom8 #narrative #km #change #society
• KMskunkworks: Building a society’s knowledge capacity wp.me/pUfyy-9L
• thoughttrans: Seth’s Blog: Short-term capitalism http://bit.ly/pi7BRI
• jdevoo: RT @redesign: Surprise: history is not your therapist. This is the New Age you never expected. Crybabies need not apply. http://bit.ly/mYrL0k
• DavidGurteen: Video: A bureaucrat is “out stapled” http://bit.ly/o3e6j4 /Absolutely hilarious
• Cybersal: Reading this interview,  http://bit.ly/oOJDDY discovered I went to same school as the heroine of the Hackney riots. http://bit.ly/qjuTT3 >for the original video, see http://youtu.be/aOZjPT2Juxw
• fer_ananda: RT @JenniferSertl: Mindfulness Required:This is not the age of info. Is the age of resonance http://bit.ly/m2R4CO Meaning is the new currency >yes – though note that it’s neither a hoardable nor exchangeable commodity (i.e. cannot be used for a ‘pseudo-scarcity’ economy)
• CreatvEmergence: RT @SpiralEyes: An article I wrote with @integralcity on how generational values impact city policy. Integral Leadership Review http://bit.ly/rdRUYA
• DavidGurteen: Britain: Nine Meals From Anarchy http://bit.ly/pw7mqZ #economics #society
• ArtBourbon: RT @dlinden: Go green before it’s too late! Aliens will punish us for screwing up the planet (English version) http://bit.ly/ogweuQ >nice example of serious futures-work (yes, serious.)
• kvistgaard: RT @nelderini: Wow, @ericgarland manages to slay bad futurists, their customers, journalists & editors in one stroke! http://bit.ly/neooiM #futures
• SAlhir: RT @ChuckBlakeman: Riches vs. Wealth – big diff – http://bit.ly/n4nMCJ #society #economics
• jdevoo: RT @phisab: @jdevoo What’s mine is yours… collaborative consumption http://bit.ly/myMmz0 >> great resource #society #economics
• CreatvEmergence: Living Web Films – Regenerative Agriculture by Beezhan Tulu – Kickstarter http://kck.st/pLFdXE
• SAlhir: RT @intmf “If the youth are not initiated into the village, they will burn it down just to feel it’s warmth” — African Proverb >the real origin of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ #society #culture

And, the items that really matter – the ever-ineffable none-of-the-above’:

• Bebela239: RT @GuardianBooks: nature and nurture finally reconciled – the new evolutionism. review of controversial The Epigenetics Revolution http://gu.com/p/3x9a5/tw #books >interestingly, confirms that the ‘Lamarckian heresy’ is in fact sort-of valid – acquired traits can be passed on to subsequent generations under certain conditions and contexts
• tetradian: [post] Not quite bus-pass day… http://bit.ly/osOabf
• kvistgaard: Pomodairo, a pomodoro technique application, works great. And it’s free: http://bit.ly/ayGSFB >Adobe AIR (multi-platform) version of the Pomodoro technique
• simonbrown: Impressed with ChronoSync … sync’d 46GB of stuff to the Time Capsule without any errors (which Time Machine doesn’t always manage)!
• Cybersal: Brilliant set of writing tips here:  http://bit.ly/qTRa4D (via @DanielPink ‘s excellent newsletter)
• joyce_hostyn: RT @chuckfrey: AWESOME STORY! >> The Martial Arts of the Mind from @mitchditkoff: http://ht.ly/6bmfI #innovation #leadership
• mikejwalker: McAfee: Android malware soars while iPhone untouched http://aol.it/nvJfGm >oh dear… 🙁
• Bebela239: RT @wiredscience: Dolphins using big shells as tools to catch fish. Landmark scientific implications aside, it’s so darn cute! http://is.gd/T2j0Xg