“Are you the guy who writes books?”, asks the young woman behind me in the cafe. Well, yes, I am – but much as for her, it’s taken me a moment or two to recognise her, and then remember the…
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What I do, and why
Posted in Business, Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge Tagged with: Business, chaos, complexity, effectiveness, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, Futures, methodology, power, responsibility, sense-making, skills, skills development
Is culture-change the same as software-change?
Should we approach culture-change as if it’s the same as software-change? At a current conference, James Archer seemed to interpret Alex Osterwalder as saying just that: jamesarcher: Company culture can be methodically designed, built, and tested almost like a software product.…
Posted in Business, Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Power and responsibility, Society Tagged with: Business, business architecture, business culture, complexity, culture, effectiveness, enterprise, Enterprise architecture, Futures, paradigm, RBPEA, responsibility, Society, worldview
Luddite, and proud
I’m an enterprise-architect, deeply engaged in every aspect of technology and more. Which means that at times, yes, I’m also an active Luddite – and proud of it, too. Luddites? Aren’t they those crazy technophobes who go around smashing machines because they’re…
Posted in Business, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Power and responsibility, Society Tagged with: anarchist, Business, business anarchist, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, luddism, luddite, RBPEA, responsibility, shaker, Society, technology, technology adoption, technophilia, values
Seven sins, sensemaking and OODA
Following from that recent series on sensemaking and ‘Seven sins of dubious discipline‘, it seems worthwhile to look at that whole context-space from a different direction, another example of a proven metaframework for much the same kind of metadiscipline – namely…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, context-space mapping, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, OODA, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – a worked example (‘Natural rights’)
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, and more: they all depend on discipline and rigour, in thinking, sensemaking, decision-making and action. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be lost? How can we…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, rights, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – 7: Lost In The Learning-Labyrinth
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, or just about everything, really: they all depend on discipline and rigour – disciplined thinking, disciplined sensemaking and decision-making. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – 6: The Reality Risk
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, or just about everything, really: they all depend on discipline and rigour – disciplined thinking, disciplined sensemaking and decision-making. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – 5: The Possession Problem
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, or just about everything, really: they all depend on discipline and rigour – disciplined thinking, disciplined sensemaking and decision-making. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – 4: The Meaning Mistake
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, or just about everything, really: they all depend on discipline and rigour – disciplined thinking, disciplined sensemaking and decision-making. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
Seven sins – 3: The Newage Nuisance
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, or just about everything, really: they all depend on discipline and rigour – disciplined thinking, disciplined sensemaking and decision-making. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be…
Posted in Complexity / Structure, Enterprise architecture, Futures, Knowledge, Power and responsibility, Realities Tagged with: complexity, decision-making, discipline, effectiveness, Enterprise architecture, Futures, innovation, invention, Knowledge, methodology, paradigm, responsibility, SCAN, sense-making, skills, skills development
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