Do you perform Information Architecture or a Data Architecture?

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So, full disclosure, I care about Wikipedia.  Call me dumb, I know.  Wikipedia has been described, alternatively, as the best platform ever invented for fostering useless arguments among ignorant people /and/ the most successful encyclopedia effort of all time.  The truth, as always, lies between these extremes. Well, I’m part of a small team that…

Enterprise Architecture: Need for Speed

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Sharing knowledge an good practices is one of the core values of BiZZdesign. We regularly organize and contribute to online and offline seminars, conferences and round tables. Recently there was a very successful seminar on Enterprise Architecture in Dutch healthcare. After presentations on “Dilemma’s for Architects”, the relation between physical and digital architecture in hospitals and “Data Management”, we had a World Café on various topics. Please share your good and worst practices by reacting to this blog.

My Experience with Mindfulness/Meditation

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A number of journals and articles in recent months are addressing the ancient practice of meditation or mindfulness. I suppose those more engaged with this practice would distinguish between the two. The following is less a technical discussion of the topic but rather my random thoughts based on my experience. Two ways I find some […]

The Age of The Micro-UI

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In this article from the Wall Street Journal, author Christopher Mims quotes mobile analytics company Flurry’s data that 86% of our time on mobile devices are spent in apps, and just 14% is spent on the web. While Christopher’s article laments that this is the “death of the web”, I’d like to put a different […]

Who is your Chief Architect?

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If you work in a moderate to large organization there is a better than 50/50 chance someone there has the title of Chief Architect. That’s too bad, ’cause it’s probably wrong.

There are a number of descriptions for Enterprise Architecture. The one I…

RBPEA: On abuse and gender

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What is abuse, or violence? How do we prevent it, or at least reduce it? And to what extent, and in what ways, is gender a contributing factor in any of this? In line with the theme of this blog-series, in…

Enterprise Architecture and Innovation: A Cultural Change

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Over centuries, we have seen architects and engineers leading innovation. The Romans building ingenious aqueducts, the construction of the Canal du Midi and the Eiffel Tower in France, or more recently the Norman Foster’s Millau viaduct or  landmark buildings like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao by Frank Gehry. Buildings that inspire and stretch technological possibilities. Ideas that have literally shaped construction and design, and transformed their surroundings.

Bridging Technology and Innovation: The CIO’s Role in Driving New Growth

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co-authored with Rob Shelton Savvy chief information and technology officers have always known that IT capabilities could deliver more than efficient, repeatable business practices. Many CIOs and CTOs understand that a well-designed and fully leveraged technology strategy can usher in breakthroughs and competitively disruptive capabilities. With this in mind, CIOs can focus on an important question: How can technology become an enabler for innovation? This is a particularly sensitive point in today’s changing business world. […]