Posts by: Jeff Scott

Why You – Yes YOU – Need a Vision

You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be informed by your manager and clients, but…

Why You – Yes YOU – Need a Vision

You need a vision for your organization. Not some marketing jingle for your clients and stakeholders but a clear and meaningful view of where you want your organization to go. A view that might be informed by your manger and clients, but…

Functional Decomposition Isn’t Functional Anymore

Organizations today expect much more innovation from their employees than they did yesterday and will expect even more tomorrow. And not just technology innovation, but innovative products, services, processes, strategies, leadership styles, organizational designs, and more. This means that innovation isn’t just…

Should Shouldn’t Matter

An overly large focus on the way things “should be” is one of the biggest inhibitors to innovation and productive action. A focus on what should be rather than what can be inhibits new ideas and siphons off a tremendous amount of…

Executive Education With Penn State: Enterprise Transformation & Integration

Enterprise Transformation & Integration: Beyond IT/Business Alignment. Accelare and Gartner Research have partnered with Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Enterprise Architecture to create a unique program: Enterprise Transformation & Integration: Beyond IT/Business Alignment. This program is designed for CIOs, EAs, business architects,…

Future State versus Vision – Where are you headed?

Many business architects and strategists use the terms “vision” and “future state” synonymously. While similar in the sense that both are describing a future target, they are distinctly different concepts aiming at different types of change. Since creating a long range target…
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