Strategy

SOA for Profits

If you look for a great book on how to deal with the implementation and adaption of an Service-Oriented Architecture the book SOA for Profits is what you are looking for. The book was published back in 2007 but is still highly…

Obliquity, serendipity and purpose

When everything is changing all around us, what is the role of purpose? And what is purpose, anyway? The starting-point for this one is a Tweet by someone I deeply respect, quoting someone I deeply don’t: RT @DavidGurteen: Obliquity and serendipity are more…

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…

Architecture for business experiments

At my company we have found a nice way to get future-oriented discussions going. We have a workshop format for discussing current strategy and trends in order to define the most important capabilities for the future. These workshops have really been a…

Creating a Powerful Vision

Organizations with a strong inspiring vision of who they want to become have higher levels of performance than purely goal-based organizations. If you aren’t sure you need to create a vision statement for you organization, go back and read “Why Most Organizations…

Unicom Enterprise Architecture Conference September 2012

27th September 2012, London. An effective Enterprise Architecture enables the organisation to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation. However new elements are affecting the way in which the Enterprise Architecture is designed and implemented. In today’s unstable climate,…

Why Most Organizations Have Weak Visions

We do a lot of strategy work with organizations big and small. It is very curious to me that few organizations create strong vision statements. A powerful vision statement clarifies management’s aspirations. It sets broad direction and inspires people to go beyond…
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