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Layoffs Are A Reality Of The Agency Business Each January the industry weathers account losses, budget cuts or contract changes that result in layoffs. Last week four agencies announced post-Holiday staff reductions: Grey Group reduced 2.2% of staff. …
I believe most firms have an existential need for a great digital experience service provider — an agency or consultancy — that can help them design, build, and sometimes operate the complex digital experiences your customers crave. Your ne…
I ran across a document from the Dept. of Commerce that describes Enterprise Architecture as follows: “An Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a blueprint that explains how the results of Strategic Planning, Performance Planning, Budgeting, Capital Pl…
Responsibility is like a hot potato, but we have developed better ways to handle it than simply passing it on. We keep paying for this trickery, and so far, we can afford it. However, the stakes grow exponentially. This is another essay in the Autonomy and Cohesion series. Autonomy and Cohesion is one of the essential balances that […]
Writing a practical guide to enterprise architecture means leaving a lot out. Here’s what didn’t make it in—and the reasons behind those choices
What do empathy, common enemies, and small talk have in common? They are all cohesion mechanisms. And so are calendars, clocks, protocols, plans, meetings, and memes. Cohesion mechanisms make elements be a whole or work as a whole. They do so by imposing constraints. Constraints reduce freedom and, in the case of agents, decrease autonomy and […]
All cohesion mechanisms impose constraints and reduce autonomy. However, standards and protocols are unique. When well-designed or evolved, they can increase the overall autonomy and agency of the coordinated participants. This assay is part of the Autonomy and Cohesion series. When social systems become more complex, conventions, norms and rituals emerge to absorb the access of […]
The words Enterprise Architecture often elicit a predictable reaction: a nod of polite acknowledgement, sometimes tinted by mild apprehension or indifference. Somewhere along the line, it became something that busily hums behind the scenes, tucked away in senior briefing decks or internal frameworks, occasionally referenced but rarely felt at the grassroots. Yet that quiet presence hides a paradox. For many organizations striving to steer through complexity, boost resilience, and drive transformation, Enterprise Architecture is not an optional refinement — it is the missing puzzle piece that makes everything else fall into place.
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(Editors Note: the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) likes to highlight its experienced and dedicated workforce. What follows are the words of architect Henry Chambers, who shares his story.) My name is Henry Chambers, and […]
March 2013 From my post on Enabling PrejudicesOne of the key insights of the early work on Design Thinking (Bryan
Lawson, Peter Rowe) was the importance of heuristics, or what Rowe
(following Gadamer) calls enabling prejudices, which will hopefu…
March 2013 From my post on Enabling PrejudicesOne of the key insights of the early work on Design Thinking (Bryan
Lawson, Peter Rowe) was the importance of heuristics, or what Rowe
(following Gadamer) calls enabling prejudices, which will hopefu…
By Lisa Woodall Saatchi & Saatchi, a renowned global communications and advertising agency, is known for its guiding principles, often referred to as “Saatchi & Saatchi Principles.” Could these principles work as guiding IT principles […]