On EA as a discipline: what it's for, what it isn't, and how it gets pulled out of shape.
Enterprise Architecture
Yes, you read that right; it's the reverse of Rudofsky's MoMA exhibition, Architecture Without Architects. You noticed it. Anyway, onto the article. The observation Some engagements produce no target state at all; no future-state diagram, no gap analysis, and no roadmap; the client owns the
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I've been reading Dirty August, a book of poems by the Turkish poet Edip Cansever, and the part that stayed with me wasn't a poem (I struggle with most poetry, but it was on a sale rack in my local bookshop!). It was the translators'
Enterprise Architecture
Walls of string There is a wall in most conspiracy films. Photographs, newspaper clippings, index cards, and red string connecting them all. The wall is always accurate. The people in the photographs really did meet, the payments really were made, the dates really do line up, and the string is
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What the sinking of the Wasa tells us about how we fail to design and scale innovation today… more inspiration from Scale, by Geoffrey West. The Wasa sank in full view of Stockholm, less than a mile into her maiden voyage. She had been launched with cannon fire, crowds, and
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From a LinkedIn post from August 2023, rewritten in July 2026 Time to ditch the technology domain Some time off work, plenty of thinking time, maybe some overthinking, reading, and some challenging work experiences have made me reconsider the role of enterprise architecture and the enterprise architect. As is typical
Enterprise Architecture
Reproduced from a LinkedIn post in February 2026 I have a chat with a consultancy later. Like many organisations, they want their EA practice to have a greater impact. For years, I’ve believed that presenting EA within a target operating model context is the way to have greater impact