Why vision? Whose vision? What do we mean by ‘enterprise vision’, anyway? And who’s responsible for it? – who should create it? This enquiry arose from a great multi-way Twitter-conversation following my previous post ‘Yes and No‘: tetradian: [post] Yes …
[A slightly risky post, this, given the unfortunate history between myself and Dave Snowden: but I want to emphasise that it is in good faith, as a genuine enquiry that I believe would be of real value to those of …
We really can’t explore the theme of people in enterprise-architecture without addressing the theme – and problem – of power. In principle, power should be straightforward. The physics definition – roughly speaking – is that power is the ability to …
This one extends the models-for-enterprise-architecture theme from the previous post. Although for me this theme goes back a long way, the start-point here was a Tweet from Dutch EA consultant Martin van den Berg (@bergmart) that triggered off a veritable …
“Gotta rush! Time equals money, ya know!” But does it? More accurately, are they ever actually equivalent? It’s not a trivial question – because if they’re not equivalent, just how much damage is that metaphor doing to our enterprise-architectures, business-architectures …
Over on the long-running LinkedIn thread about enterprise-architecture as a bridge between strategy and execution, there was a bit of discussion about trusted advisors and a potential role for Pat Ferdinandi‘s parrot (Scarlet – the star of Pat’s enterprise-architecture how-to …
Okay, so that’s all of the Mythquake book-project. The chapters, in variously-complete condition, are as follows: Mythquake MQ-1: Everyday upsets MQ-2: The centre of the universe MQ-3: I am what I do MQ-4: Whoever you voted for… MQ-5: Money makes …
The final section of the Mythquake book-project – a book I know I’ll now never complete, so I’m making it available for anyone who wants it. The previous chapter, ‘MQ-9: Possession‘, explored what will probably be the source of the most …
More on the Mythquake book-project – a book I’d been trying to write for some ten years, but now recognise it’s time for me to hand it over to someone else (if anyone else wants it! 🙂 ) The previous chapter, …
Summary of another chapter from the Mythquake book-project. The previous chapter, ‘MQ-7: Sugar and spice‘, covered probably the most controversial class of mythquakes, around cultural, societal, interpersonal and personal definitions of gender. It’s controversial because it’s something every person will experience …