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The most powerful metaphor for modern leadership comes from the symphony orchestra. When you watch a conductor at work, they guide the flow of music with their baton. If a musician makes a mistake, they give a subtle tap to get them back on track. What they never do is jump down, grab the instrument,…
By Holt Hackney As AI, cloud computing and digital platforms revolutionize enterprise technology, the role of a chief architect has evolved much more than just technical ability at best as they now represent a relationship […]
How enthusiasm slowly turns into routine, routine into neglect—and eventually into irrelevance
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As organizations become more AI-fueled and pursue complex digital business opportunities, they must have a new system of guardrails that enable them to innovate quickly yet safely. Leaders must also prove that every data byte and model run i…
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Big organizations, especially those with big aspirations for leveraging AI technology, increasingly need data assets with high data liquidity (i.e., ease of data asset reuse and recombination) to achieve their aims. In this presentation, Bar…
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In 2018 MIT CISR published the book What’s Your Digital Business Model? based on several years of survey and case study research. In this presentation, Peter presents a provocative business model framework on how we anticipate firms will mak…
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In this presentation, Alan unpacks the risks, benefits, and costs associated with each of four IT operating models. He shares how leading organizations’ IT functions support business units whose performance is heavily IT and AI dependent. Th…
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MIT CISR introduced a four-stage Enterprise AI Maturity framework in 2024 to help enterprise leaders make sense of the AI landscape and identify how to create value from the technology. Recent survey results show that enterprises are making …
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As AI becomes more embedded in enterprises, we are asking the questions “What is a digital colleague?” and “How should they be managed?” There are already enterprises with digital colleagues joining human teams, managing other digital collea…
By Stuart Dee Over the years I have bought many books on architecture and, as you invariably find, they tend to fall into one of two camps. Either they are heavy on technology, or they […]
By Holt Hackney In the current era of rapid technological shifts, the role of the Enterprise Architect has evolved into something far more strategic. Leaders in this field must now navigate the complexities of generative […]
The rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers transforms what once seemed like invisible, back-end digital infrastructure into a highly visible, very localized challenge. According to Forrester’s US Tech Market Forecast, 2025 To 2030, AI could add 1.3 …