Architecture
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IT/Business without a proper Architecture
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it’s a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that’s all. —Harry Seidler The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose was built by William Winchester. Although it has approximately 160 rooms, it was missing something critical: it’s blueprint, it’s architecture. The house was built without an architect; Continue reading
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AI Awareness & AI Literacy
To succeed with AI you can’t just have bunch of AI specialists, you need to educate your entire workforce — from the boardroom to front-line workers — on the technical, value and ethical aspects of AI. Most of us now have AI awareness through our own curiosity, social media or supercharged sales pitches but with Continue reading
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AI Architecture Principles
The rush by organizations to embrace AI is on. Though few know exactly how they will proceed, many are looking to use AI to innovate and change almost every area of their business and operating models. But AI brings with it serious risks of bias against individuals and erroneous or even wholly fictional output. Organizations Continue reading
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Some powerful quotes!
Morgan Housel recently shared on his blog smart-words-from-smart-people. Couple of them resonated: Continue reading
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RIP Daniel Kahneman
A lifetime worth of wisdom by one of my favourite behavioural economists. “We can be blind to the obvious, we are also blind to our blindness. “ – DK Continue reading
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WYSIATI: Edison vs Tesla
WYSIATI: What You See is All There Is! Both Edison and Tesla were considered great inventors. Edison was known more as a practical inventor who produced inventions largely through trial and error. Lacking sophisticated training in mathematics or engineering, Edison instead applied a famous work ethic to produce new ideas through brute trial and error, Continue reading
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How CTO teams are driving/helping with sustainability agenda
Sustainability has become a key part of the CTO’s job description. CTOs should ensure that their charter and responsibilities involve driving sustainability innovations through technology. In 2023, a lot of sustainability investment was focused around carbon footprint. Future sustainability requirements will extend to a wider range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. This will Continue reading
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Key trends and challenges for Architecture teams in 2024
Architecture is central to an organization becoming adaptive and resilient through composable design, efficient processes and carefully designed deliverables. EA/Architecture functions have already started shaping their deliverables with insights and focusing the value delivery to stakeholders. However to deal with the pace of AI/GenAI, architecture teams need to upskill and develop their architecture frameworks for Continue reading
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How MECE can help you create your technology strategy?
MECE, pronounced “mee-see,” stands for “Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive”. Its origins can be traced back to Aristotle to Barbara Minto’s work in ‘Pyramid Principle’, however it was popularized by consulting firm McKinsey. Lets take some examples – Spades, Diamonds, Hearts, Clubs – is a MECE list for Playing Cards Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall – is Continue reading
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