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On (not) changing the world

Posted on 13 January 2015 by Tom G — 3 Comments ↓

Back on the ‘no more arguments‘ theme, there were a couple of responses I received that, although nominally private, were so apposite and to-the-point that I really do need to reprise them here. (Because the messages were private, I’ll paraphrase them…

Tagged with: anarchist, change, chaos, complexity, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, meta-methodology, RBPEA, Society
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Power and responsibility, Society, The Outsider

RBPEA: Wrapping up on gender

Posted on 26 November 2014 by Tom G — No Comments ↓

In what ways can we use explorations at the RBPEA (Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture) scope and scale to create insights for practical use in everyday-level enterprise-architectures? For example – in the specific case of this blog-series – what can we learn from…

Tagged with: abuse, anarchist, anticlient, Business, chaos, complexity, decision-making, effectiveness, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, Futures, gender, methodology, mythquake, paradigm, power, RBPEA, responsibility, sense-making, Society, values, worldview
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RBPEA: An anticlient’s tale

Posted on 24 November 2014 by Tom G — No Comments ↓

How does someone become an anticlient – a person who’s committed to the same aims of the same shared-enterprise, but vehemently disagrees with how you or your organisation are acting within it? And, since anticlient-actions can actually kill the entire…

RBPEA: On abuse and gender

Posted on 18 November 2014 by Tom G — No Comments ↓

What is abuse, or violence? How do we prevent it, or at least reduce it? And to what extent, and in what ways, is gender a contributing factor in any of this? In line with the theme of this blog-series, in…

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Posted in Business, Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Power and responsibility, Society

RBPEA: a quick note on inequalities

Posted on 14 November 2014 by Tom G — No Comments ↓

This is a quick practical follow-on to the previous post ‘RBPEA: On equality and gender‘. In the ‘Practical applications’ section at the end, where we shift down from the big-picture and refocus on everyday enterprise-architecture, I asserted that “inequalities are…

RBPEA: On equality and gender

Posted on 12 November 2014 by Tom G — No Comments ↓

What is equality? How do we create it, support it? – and why? Is equal always the same as identical? – and if not, why not, and how not? And what part does gender play in any of these? –…

Tagged with: anarchist, Business, chaos, complexity, decision-making, effectiveness, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, equality, Futures, methodology, mythquake, paradigm, power, RBPEA, responsibility, sense-making, sexism, Society, values, worldview
Posted in Business, Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Power and responsibility, Society

RBPEA: On empathy and gender

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Tom G — 4 Comments ↓

What is empathy? How does it differ from sympathy, and why? How do we avoid the trap of pseudo-empathy, or getting caught up in the Hunter’s Dilemma? And what part – if any – does gender play in each of…

Tagged with: anarchist, Business, decision-making, effectiveness, empathy, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, Futures, gender, methodology, mythquake, paradigm, power, RBPEA, responsibility, sense-making, Society, sympathy, values, worldview
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RBPEA: On power and gender

Posted on 7 November 2014 by Tom G — 6 Comments ↓

What is power? Where does it come from? Where does it go? Who has it? Who doesn’t have it? Who should have it? Who shouldn’t have it? And why? – or why not, for that matter – to any of…

Tagged with: anarchist, Business, chaos, complexity, decision-making, effectiveness, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, Futures, gender, methodology, mythquake, paradigm, power, RBPEA, responsibility, sense-making, Society, values, worldview
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Return to RBPEA

Posted on 5 November 2014 by Tom G — 2 Comments ↓

Okay, this is where it gets scary – for me, anyway… – because it’s time for me to return to RBPEA: Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture. (The reasons why it’s definitely scary for me – and for anyone doing any of this work, frankly…

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Pre-emptive defence

Posted on 3 November 2014 by Tom G — 2 Comments ↓

I’m about to embark on a shift in direction or emphasis, to much more of what I’ve previously described as Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture (RBPEA), applying enterprise-architecture/systems-thinking principles and practices to concerns at much larger scopes and scales – all the way…