In order to have a successful Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and data management program companies need to ensure that they are properly executing the fundamental building blocks of these initiatives. …
Why DataSecOps Is the Real Data Democratization Enabler
Data democratization allows more people in organizations to access data with minimal bottlenecks and gatekeepers. Allowing more people to use data can bring great value to organizations. Ben Herzberg, Chief …
How Can Local Authorities Use Enterprise Architecture To Work Better Together?
In a recent presentation I attended by the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI), the positive work being done to bring the best of digital, data and innovation to …
Empowering People with Core Business Knowledge: Concept Models
A while back we were helping a large pension organization develop their concept model. The ultimate goal was to integrate and re-platform several core business systems. We had been at …
Thinking About Uncertainty in Preparation of Addressing Uncertainty
At the time of writing, Apple Inc. is the largest corporation in the world as measured by market cap. The company itself, started life in the latter part of the …
Overarching Technology Trends Driving B2B Change
A diverse range of trends are driving change in the B2B world, and many of these influences are technological in nature. Technologies evolve continually, and occasionally explode forward in great …
A Short Review Of The IRM Business Change And Transformation Conference
Our relationship with IRM first started with sponsoring the Enterprise Architecture Conference in London each autumn. But last week it was our pleasure to again join the annual Business Change …
Are You Doing The One Thing That Is Most Critical To Achieving The Purpose Of Change?
Simply put, the purpose of change is to achieve a result that is currently not being achieved. You are not going to change your eating habits unless you expect to …
BCBS 239 Four Years On – And How Enterprise Architecture Can Help With Implementation
According to a report by the European Central Bank, more than five years after its inception in January 2016, standard number 239 of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS …
Your Customers Don’t Want Your Products, They Want their Effects – And This Is not Always Easy To Achieve
The common business model of many companies is to produce goods or services and sell them to their customers. In doing so, they concentrate on quality characteristics of these goods …
Collaborating And Engaging WITH Your Stakeholders
When I talk about elicitation, facilitation, collaboration, and especially engagement the key word that comes up is WITH. Elicit WITH your stakeholders. Facilitate WITH your stakeholders. Collaborate WITH your stakeholders. …
May Change Management Have A Great Funeral
A good friend, an expert in Communications, has created her new website with a prominent quote of mine, ‘Change Management as we know it is dead’ in the middle of …
How Coaching Can Facilitate Business Transformation In A VUCA World
Meet VUCA, the new normal!VUCA (pronounced voo–ka) is an acronym for: Volatility – things are changing quickly but not in any predictable way Uncertainty – past experience is not a …
Signals In The Noise
Fact 1: process management seeks to improve organizational performance.Fact 2: to manage a process effectively, its performance must be measured reliably. Roger Tregear, Principal Advisor, TregearBPMRoger presented a workshop at …
Assess – Listening To The Voices
I am increasingly drawn to the term active process management, not just as an interesting adjectival phrase or a cryptic comment about an implied sense of frequency, but as a …
Life Moves Pretty Fast; What About You?
The ability of your organisation to thrive is linked to how rapidly it can accommodate, adapt to, or avoid the challenges coming from the competitive environment. With the increase in …
Design Thinking Helps Your Team Thrive In Times Of Change
Many companies have had to adopt new ways of working at speed. In the most part, they’ve been pleased and proud of how their teams have adapted. It was an …
How To Develop A Sustainable Digital Platform
“The digital world is here but our old companies are simply not yet designed for digital”; stated by Jeanne Ross in her new book “Designed for Digital.” Eskil Swende and …
What Every Business and IT Leader Can Learn From Africa About Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is playing a key role in Africa’s development and is a driving force behind the continent’s fastest-growing economies. Elsbeth McSorley, MEGA InternationalMEGA International will be sponsoring the virtual …
How Can Data Governance Help in the Covid-19 Crisis?
We’ve all been affected by Covid-19, and I hope you and your loved ones are well. The health crisis continues to unfold, and it may be many months before it …