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Lori Silverman says we need to rethink our focus on data analytics. She points out that many enterprises are not achieving the ROI that they would like from their data science and analytics efforts. Silverman argues that we need to think more broadly a…
Cutter Expert Paul Clermont helps us understand how and why capable, experienced people often make poor choices. He describes familiar pathologies like confirmation bias, groupthink, and the tendency to double down on failing courses of action in which…
Dave Martin, Tony Ponton, and Kim Ballestrin explain that humans crave certainty, and we desperately want to be right the first time. They argue that trying to be “right” can lead us astray in highly complex environments. Thus, we must become comfortab…
Get an inside look at Dell’s sustainability strategy from Page Motes, Dell Technologies Head of Corporate Sustainability.
Bizzdesign’s approach to Capability Governance is similar to BIZBOK’s but more pragmatic. Most importantly, it takes into account that many business architecture initiatives start from the IT organization as well as from a lower level of maturity. We often see that the core of a capability mapping team comes from some architecture department or team…
Do you know what data you have to unlock within your organisation to get to the information you need? This is the question many Chief Data Officers find themselves asking their Chief Digital Officers on their first encounter. Yes, believe it or not, t…
Do you know what data you have to unlock within your organisation to get to the information you need? This is the question many Chief Data Officers find themselves asking their Chief Digital Officers on their first encounter. Yes, believe it or not, t…
Digitization has placed data at the heart of organizations’ initiatives, both for operational and strategic needs. As companies capture massive amounts of data and deal with big data environments, they must maximize their value, manage risk and reduce…
Digitization has placed data at the heart of organizations’ initiatives, both for operational and strategic needs. As companies capture massive amounts of data and deal with big data environments, they must maximize their value, manage risk and reduce…
Advisors need (a) to know what they are talking about and (b) be able to convince others. For architects, the first part is called ‘architecture’ and the second part could be called ‘the psychology of architecture’.
We tend to do that already, but mos…
Cybersecurity has to move quickly. Attackers only need seconds to find and exploit a vulnerability. As Forbes reported in 2021, a cybercriminal takes around 9.5 hours to obtain illegal access to a target’s network. Every minute a company fails…
Our blog series on Capability-based Planning focused on the why, what, and how of this subject matter. We’ve discussed the meaning and value of the concept ‘capability’, its use in decision-making and planning, the design of Capability Maps, and how to model capabilities and other business architecture concepts in coherence, among other subjects. This blog…