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A Capabilities-based Architecture
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsAs technology architecture professionals, we can only be successful and valuable to those who pay us if we frame our work in terms of capabilities at the outset. If we start with details, we'll ultimately fail. -
IT Made Simple
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No CommentsWhat would it take for your business to view IT as a valuable, essential partner instead of an annoying cost-center that they're forced to deal with? Wouldn't that be better for you and better for them? -
How We Give Fire
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No CommentsThe social experience, whether it is Facebook or Twitter or Foursquare or Flickr or the latest release of, it is all about connecting with one another in meaningful ways. A mega, super, hyperactive version of painting details of the mastodon hunt on the walls of a fire lit cave. How do we, as IT practitioners, connect with our peers throughout the enterprise and communicate knowledge that has intrinsic (or divine) value? -
Is Enterprise Architecture Left or Right Brained?
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsLogic and the ability to think analytically are central to work in technology. That is the minimum requirement, the common denominator. But there are aspects of technology that require right brain thinking in order to be performed well. Intuition, free association, expression and risk taking are traits that are required for doing IT architecture well. -
Socially Enterprising Architecture
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsThe importance of social tools, social marketing and branding and socially interactive CRM cannot be overstated. What's more, the incredible potential value to corporations in terms of knowledge management, office virtualization and organic competency growth dictates that social media and its associated tooling be incorporated into the way we do things in American business.
