Cay Hasselmann

Looking into the future is something that we as humans always will due as our brain is designed around predictions to stay sane, at least as long as we are healthy we block certain possibilities out of our mind and we have the tendency to fantasise about some great things. Most architects will usually have … Continue reading On Stupidity – Roadmaps →

I am a consultant and there are many areas where consultants form an important part in todays world. however in the following little article I will show you that consultants are part of a symptom of in inefficiency, but can in some cases also be used to heal that symptom, which may sound wrong as … Continue reading On Stupidity – Consultants →

As architects we are all working on change. We are told that change is just one constant factor of life. The strange thing about change is however that the people doing the change are very change resistant. So as architects we are told by change management that we need to do change in a certain … Continue reading On Stupidity – Change →

It is strange to see how many ill fitted attempts of certifications for architects there are on the market. I have just in the last 3 month been approached by at least five certifications on business architecture that were all set up in clear violation of the business architecture of professional trying. Usually these certifications … Continue reading On stupidity – Certification of Architects →

When I am talking about stupidity on Industrialisation I want to clearly point out that industrialisation is not stupid, it is more how we deal with Industrialisation. Most people will tell us that industrialisation is something that happened hundred years ago and something that is no longer done. While it is true that industrialisation started … Continue reading On Stupidity – Industrialisation →

We architects are a bit of a strange breed within most enterprises. Usually architects are divided into two groups, one more technology focused and one more business focused, but regardless of the place that we report to as managers on a technical career path rather than managers on the staff leadership path. It is something … Continue reading On Stupidity – Promoting an Architect →

Once an architecture manager told me that he could get a good business case for all types of architect except of data architects as they would only be used to create data standards that were the death to all business. This is up to day a common view and relies in the early history of … Continue reading On Stupidity – Data Standards →

Never forget as an architect that most people talking about digitalisation are dumb on the subject and I do not mean this in a bad way. Most people get the basic concept of the idea and stop there. For example I have seen many people installing a firewall and DMZ in their digital environment, but … Continue reading On Stupidity – Digitalisation →

When as an architect you work in the business or in IT you will often meet people that will tell you that they are not interested in the details when you want to present them with the big picture, but at the same time spend endless days in discussing the screen layout of a single … Continue reading On Stupidity – Abstraction →

Often business cases of architects will contain the rule of reuse, especially if those architects are engineers. However there are two inherit problems in this area. the first is that of a business case. The assumption behind a business case is that we can predict the future and break down all complexities into a simple … Continue reading The lie of reuse →