Posts by: Steve Nimmons

5 Enterprise Architecture Picks

Something for the weekend…   5 Enterprise Architecture picks for the weekend (much more interesting than the launch of the Sun on Sunday!). Title Abstract Notes Mapping the Enterprise Architecture Principles in TOGAF to the Cybernetic Concepts–An Exploratory Study Although principles are…

Useful Eponymous Laws and Anti Pattern Avoidance

One of my favourite eponymous laws is Greenspun’s tenth rule: Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp Any self-respecting sceptic should memorise Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice…

Open Innovation Signposting

Thanks to my good friend and Open Innovation cohort Francisco De-araujo-roso Pinheiro, for signposting some interesting posts on the 15inno group on LinkedIn from Stefan Lindegaard, and some of the academic work he is guiding with EOI Innovation students. Please read, ruminate,…

The Quadruple Helix

The Quadruple Helix – Citizen Engagement in local innovation I am currently researching a number of Open Innovation and Social Networking hypotheses using a specific Tech Cluster as the research vehicle. This work is at a very early stage, but I did…

Who’s Who: Departmental Scientific Advisors

  I am a member of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), which is the leading policy advocate for science and engineering in the UK. In the January (2012) issue of CaSE News, CaSE published a ‘scorecard’ of Departmental CSA (Chief…

Deloitte Tech Trends 2012

The theme of Deloitte’s 2012 annual Tech Trends report examines: those topics that have the most potential to impact businesses over the next 18 to 24 months. This year’s theme, Elevate IT for Digital Business, examines the broad impacts of five technology…

On your Bike: Pattern to Anti Pattern to Pattern

Patterns becoming Anti Patterns and Anti Patterns becoming Patterns. An illustration using the ‘history of cycles’: 1817 to 1819: the draisine or velocipede Positives: basic concept established Negatives: no pedals Note: Foundational Pattern Established.   1860 Bone Shakers Positives: Reduced weight, sleeker,…

Maxims on Monday: Self-Knowledge and Self-Deception

Self-knowledge and self-deception   As George W. Bush would have undoubtedly remarked, take care not to ‘misunderestimate’ (sic) self-knowledge and self-deception. Brian Clough I wouldn’t say I was the best manager, but I was in the top one. Osbert Lancaster For self-revelation,…

Organisational Design Anti Pattern: Headcount Justifying the Manager

A feudalism Anti Pattern?   This Anti Pattern attracts controversy. It is potentially incendiary, and presents itself during analysis of business architecture, particularly organisational design and efficiency. Anti Pattern Name [Headcount Justifying the Manager.] Type: [Managerial, Organisational.] Problem: [Organisational Structure may have…

What is Systems Thinking?

Systems Thinking – going beyond the technology Wikipedia defines Systems thinking  as: the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole. In nature, systems thinking examples include ecosystems in which various elements such as air, water, movement, plants, and…

The Play Watchers – Games are Getting Serious

Games are getting serious Serious Gaming Taxonomy [source: Serious Games Initiative] Serious Gaming is a serious business and is manifested across a number of sectors including: Educational Games, Simulation, Virtual Reality, Alternative Purpose Games, Edutainment, Digital Game-Based Learning, Immersed Learning Simulations, Social…
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