An architecture of responsibility

Following on from the previous post on ‘Possessed by possession‘, if it’s true that there is no way to make a possession-based economy sustainable, then it seems worthwhile to take a look at some of the implications.
First, though, a story, and a warning, from history.
I’ll admit I’m no true scholar of Australian Aboriginal history or […]

Observations on Capability Driven Management

I’m finalizing my presentation for Business Ecology Initiative’s Optimization for Innovation conference slated for March 22nd in Washington DC.  Initially, I was approaching it as a humorous rejoinder on how to cope with taking the reigns of an or…

Security Forum Completes Third & Final Phase of Risk Management Project: Cookbook for ISO/IEC 27005:2005

We created the Cookbook for ISO/IEC 27005:2005 for anyone tasked with selecting, performing, evaluating, or developing a risk assessment methodology. I can say with confidence that we have met our goals in creating comprehensive and needed guidance an…

Possessed by possession?

In case you hadn’t noticed, there are some big changes happening right now in the wider world… Lots and lots of them, at every scale and in just about every major context, from political to social, environmental to technological, and much else besides.
Myself, I look at all of these things with an enterprise-architect’s eye – […]

Link Collection (weekly)

Pinning Down Cloud Computing – WSJ.com Is Cloud Computing a backlog killer?

“But while improved cost-efficiency and greater business agility are attractive, what really excites cloud enthusiasts are the macro-economic possibilities.

Many …

The Art of Enterprise Architecture – Section Seven – Maneuvering

In work, the Chief Architect receives his instructions from the CEO. Having allocated the people, the Chief Architect must build the team by blending and harmonizing the different elements thereof before marketing their services. After that, comes tactical maneuvering to position the team as a high performing unit within the larger organization. The difficulty of […]

A week in Tweets: 20-26 February 2011

A somewhat skimpy week of Tweets and links this time, as I missed out on most of a couple of days in transit from Australia back to England: hope it’s useful, anyway. Usual categories, of course: over to you?

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, innovation and other business-type stuff:

oscarberg: “We must destroy the concept of the CEO. The […]