On Slippery Ice – EA Voices

1 year, 6 months ago

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

The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the round…

1 year, 6 months ago

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

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.

1 year, 9 months ago

Is Your Consultant a Parasite?

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.

1 year, 9 months ago

The many lies about reducing complexity part 2: Cloud

by Gerben Wierda

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

The post The many lies about reducing complexity part 2: Cloud first appeared on Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal.

3 years, 13 days ago

Gossip, Trust and the Information Revolution

by Gerben Wierda

Our massive use of IT (the information revolution with its information inertia and its fast but stupid behaviour) is enabling our innate behaviour to surge against our learned behaviour and that is severely damaging the social structures we humans have created. Why is this happening and what can we do about it?

3 years, 19 days ago

IT is us

by Gerben Wierda

The amount of IT we have brought in the world is turning the human species into something ‘extended’. IT has behaviour and as such is an amplifier of our intentions. IT is us, it is inseparable from us. What culture does your organisation’s IT embody?

3 years, 1 month ago