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Recruiting for better business outcomes.

July 16, 2014 by Kim Parker

Business trends often tend to follow the patterns of cultural change. In the latter part of the 20th century, businesses developed an interest in fostering employee wellbeing, by installing such facilities as gymnasiums for staff use. This focus on staff … Continue reading →

Categories collaboration, Enterprise Architecture, recruitment, Teamwork

Better positioning architecture resources in the employment market.

June 10, 2014 by Kim Parker

Surveying current architecture roles in Australia reveals an explosion of numerous, confusing and frequently ambiguous job titles. Over a 30 day period a staggering 71 different job titles emerged with some probably being missed. Many of the roles advertised were … Continue reading →

Categories Architecture roles, Architecture Skills, Nomenclature, Ontology, recruitment

Two enterprise-architectures

October 17, 2012 by Tom Graves

What is enterprise-architecture? That’s, uh, one of the more awkward questions of the trade… (Quick summary: if you ask a dozen enterprise-architects, you’ll probably get at least a hundred different definitions… or just ‘It depends…’ ) In the continuing spirit of ‘Ending…

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Categories business-IT divide, enterprise, Enterprise Architecture, recruitment, skillsets, taxonomy

‘No jobs for generalists’ – a summary

August 27, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? At first glance…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3e]

August 25, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3d]

August 24, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3c]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3b]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3a]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? A quick round-up of…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [2]

August 20, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why do enterprise-architects and other generalist disciplines find it so challenging to prove the value of their work? Why does it seem that there are ‘no jobs for generalists’? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge?…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, enterprise canvas, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [1]

August 18, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard to prove the value of generalist disciplines such as enterprise-architecture? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge? As I see it at present, there are three distinct yet interrelated parts to…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, recruitment, Society

More on ‘No jobs for generalists’

August 15, 2012 by Tom Graves

Wow… My previous post ‘There are no jobs for generalists‘ certainly touched a nerve: it’s been my most popular post for months, with so far (barely a day later) well over 1,000 reads, and some 35 ReTweets so far on…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, recruitment, Society
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