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Consultants Saying Things- Episode 80: The One About Why Whynde and Chris Got Into Consulting
- Episode 79: The One About Enterprise Architect Skills for the Future
- Episode 78: The One About Building a Career Narrative
- Episode 77: The 2024 Christmas Special
- E76-01: Be Empathetic to Win Business
- Episode 76: The One About Winning New Business
- E75-01: Oliver Talks Ikigai
- Episode 75: The One About Existential Angst
- E73-02: Technologists Should Ask Better Questions
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Unconventional Archive
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10 Signs You’re Not REALLY a Director of IT
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsTitle inflation/mis-direction is vermicious. Like a Knid. -
IT Made Simple
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No CommentsWhat would it take for your business to view IT as a valuable, essential partner instead of an annoying cost-center that they're forced to deal with? Wouldn't that be better for you and better for them? -
Nogility
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsLarge technology organizations don't simply become agile. They're either agile or not. If they're not, the path to being so is via change, often radical change at that. -
Architecture is Not: a Vendor Product
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsArchitecture is about holistically describing the system of people, process and technology. It can be abstract and conceptual, or it can be concrete and detailed. But it is never merely a specific product set from a specific vendor. -
Unprincipled Architecture
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsAnything IT does should be seen as consistent. Using words like "Principle" with the definition most people have for it is a sure-fire way to disappoint folks. It turns out that instead of a iron clad 'always-will-do' thing, our Principles are merely suggestions.
