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Gerben Wierda

Is Your Consultant a Parasite?

June 6, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

Good consultants do exist. But so do parasitic ones. This story is about why they happen and how to spot them.

Categories #eavoices, All Posts, Enterprise Architecture, Management and Organisation Tags #eavoices

Is Your Consultant a Parasite?

June 1, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

Good consultants do exist. But so do parasitic ones. This story is about why they happen and how to spot them.

The post Is Your Consultant a Parasite? first appeared on Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal.

Categories #eavoices, On Slippery Ice Tags #eavoices

The many lies about reducing complexity part 2: Cloud

May 29, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

The world has been getting a lot more complex, most…

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Categories #eavoices, Enterprise Architecture, On Slippery Ice Tags #eavoices

Yes, 2-speed IT is real, but not like you think

May 28, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the rounds for a while. It is now dying. But in a different way, it is actually a really important aspect of IT.

Categories #eavoices, Enterprise Architecture, Management and Organisation Tags #eavoices

About ‘being right’ versus ‘being heeded’

May 24, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

[De Nederlandse versie van dit verhaal vind je hier] About 15 years ago, someone I knew left an organisation where they had an advisory role. When they left for another job, at the farewell-party, management said the following: “With [X],……

Categories #eavoices, Management and Organisation Tags #eavoices

Over ‘gelijk hebben’ versus ‘gelijk krijgen’

May 24, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

[The English version of this story can be found here] Een jaar of 15 geleden vertrok iemand die ik kende bij een organisatie waar zij een adviserende functie had vervuld. Ze ging ergens anders werken. Bij haar afscheid zei het… Read More Over &#…

Categories #eavoices, Management and Organisation Tags #eavoices

How well does your top management understand IT?

April 30, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

I am proposing a way to ‘measure’ the ‘understanding’ the top of an organisation has — how capable it is of making informed strategic decisions — on a subject, e.g. legal, finance, or what is my particular interest: IT.

Categories #eavoices, All Posts, Enterprise Architecture, Information Revolution Tags #eavoices

Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 is now available

March 3, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

Hurrah! Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 is now live. You can read about it on the book’s home page. And you can buy it there. All customers who bought the previous edition on or after 5 Nov 2019 (the date version 3.1… Read More Mastering ArchiMate…

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Mastering ArchiMate, modelling, The Mastering ArchiMate Book Tags #eavoices, bpmn

Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 Free Excerpt is available

February 21, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

The free excerpt is the first part of the fourth edition to be released and it is compatible with ArchiMate 3.1. As before, it contains a full step-by-step introduction to the language. You really do not need anything else to… Read More Masterin…

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Enterprise Architecture Tags #eavoices

Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 is done

February 20, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

YES!! Done. Finally. The free syntax excerpt will be released soon. The PDF version will follow shortly thereafter. The hardcover will follow after I’ve waited a few weeks to see if some glaring issues have been noted by readers. As… Read …

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Mastering ArchiMate, The Mastering ArchiMate Book Tags #eavoices

You’re invited (by The Open Group) to contribute to the next minor #ArchiMate release

February 17, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

You are invited to a webinar by The Open Group about the possibility to contribute to the next minor #ArchiMate release.

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, modelling, The Mastering ArchiMate Book Tags #eavoices

Perspectives on the Information Revolution

January 13, 2021 by Gerben Wierda

What is the information revolution doing to us humans? A very condensed journey from essences of digital technology and human intelligence to the role of talk, trust and the impact of IT on society.

Categories #eavoices, Brittle Logic, Extended Humans, gossip, Gossip versus Ratio, Information Inertia, Information Revolution, intelligence, language, Psychology, social dilemma, Society Tags #eavoices, trust
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