A week in Tweets: 14-20 November 2010

Still somewhat in catch-up, so here’s another somewhat-late collection of Tweets and links – usual categories, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and all manner of business-related stuff:

  • oscarberg: RT @dcarli: Investors Don’t Care About Sustainability… Yet Accenture’s recent study w/ the U.N. confirms that CEOs do http://www.bit.ly/aH5dfg <important for #entarch – another side to stakeholder-engagement
  • trevorsnaith: Fluidity in enterprise architecture http://hub.am/aX45o4 #entarch
  • CreatvEmergence: RT @CoCreatr: The Shibumi Strategy: 11 principles for enlightened business by @matthewemay http://bit.ly/d0UEMg <a quiet, thoughtful recommend… #entarch
  • business_design: Biggest fear of my corporate clients… RT @vpsingh: Skip Perfection & Launch Early http://goo.gl/9Jzbl via @the99percent #bmgen #bizarch
  • kdierc: RT @pauljansen: The Next Really, Really, Really, Big Thing http://bit.ly/cLQ2Ja (RT @wimrampen) #orgarch #entarch
  • mcgoverntheory: Intelligence is like underwear. It’s important that we all have it but it isn’t necessary that we show it off. #entarch #infosec #cloud #in <yep… 🙂
  • SystemsWiki: Systemic Intervention: An Unfolding Systems Thinking Example. http://lnkd.in/s7eGBg <good example of relatively-hard-systems-theory – Complicated rather than truly Complex
  • SAlhir: Imperious Institutions, Impotent Individuals – Gary Hamel http://bit.ly/cMl1Ij <loss of trust = mythquake ahead… – recommend #entarch
  • thoughttrans: vision is emotional-based…if it isn’t, it won’t be reached. <often forgotten, but fundamental to #entarch
  • chrisdpotts: RT @tetradian: RT @thoughttrans: vision is emotional-based. If it isn’t, it won’t be reached. <but fundamental to #entarch |me: and visual!
  • EAatWork: Archimate relation overview now in xls format http://tinyurl.com/archimaterelationoverview #archimate #entarch <useful reference-sheet for Archimate notation
  • SAlhir: RT @tedcoine RT @KRCraft: By @GrahamHill: Manifesto for Social Business http://bit.ly/9pXwJd <strong recommend #entarch #bizarch
  • eatraining: Adrian Grigoriou: Generic One Page Business Architecture, cnt’d http://bit.ly/cQQqgV <recommend #entarch #bizarch
  • krismeukens: SEI: Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: A Strategic Planning Framework [PDF] #entarch http://icio.us/grqdvr
  • nickmalik: How would you train a business architect?  Here’s how I would do it. http://bit.ly/agGjiC #bizarch #entarch <as per question by Brenda Michelson, this doesn’t describe what said Business Architect would actually do… – but useful nonetheless
  • chrisdpotts: RT @mcgoverntheory: #entarch: Documentation cannot compile, run or do useful work. http://bit.ly/bW5vWv | me: or make enterprising decisions
  • vernaallee: RT @jorgebarba: RT @brucenussbaum: Design and Business: The Bottom Line: http://wp.me/pMjPx-4K @HelenWalters on where design needs to go. #designthinking #entarch
  • vernaallee: RT @RosabethKanter: Five Ways to Get Out of the Rut and Get Moving http://bit.ly/drt7gT [New @HarvardBiz blog post] #bizarch #entarch
  • vernaallee: RT @timkastelle Welcome to the Attention Economy http://bit.ly/99TYZR – featuring @valdiskrebs video <recommend #entarch etc
  • jdevoo: Möller and Schaltegger join sustainable development and balanced scorecard [pdf] http://bit.ly/a4QJT2 <for #entarch etc?
  • CreatvEmergence: RT @fastcompany: RT @fastcodesign: New Firm Built on “Hybrid Thinking” Tackles World’s Toughest Design Problems: http://bit.ly/aCl65j <reads a bit too much like a sales-pitch, but relevant nonetheless
  • CreatvEmergence: FastCompany: Nussbaum: The Essential Optimism of Design http://bit.ly/anmGRa via @davidahood #society #designthinking #economics
  • thoughttrans: I uploaded a YouTube video: Delicious Architecture http://youtu.be/W-lHxUUH8l8?a <fun metaphor on #entarch
  • basvg: new #blogpost “Modeling locations with Actors in ArchiMate”. See http://tinyurl.com/2uvjgqy #entarch. Comments welcome! <nice workaround for one of several really-annoying limitations in Archimate
  • vernaallee: RT @humancapleague Truly Innovative Companies: How They Do it Year after Year http://su.pr/32gy0X
  • DavidGurteen: Umair Haque: Why You Should Focus on “Worst Practices” http://bit.ly/cPJA03 <different twist on ‘worst practices’ – #bizarch , not #km
  • SAlhir: RT @LionSapience When culture eats strategy – http://wapo.st/9FShUV via @washingtonpost <GM’s near-suicidal illustration of Drucker’s classic dictum… #bizarch #entarch
  • DavidGurteen: Steve Denning: The Death- & Reinvention-of Management: A draft synthesis http://bit.ly/a3ceoO <recommend #entarch #bizarch
  • chrisdpotts: Kindle version of “recrEAtion” now available! http://amzn.to/cEAkcO #entarch (also ‘fruITion’ at http://amzn.to/9fC7js )
  • chrisdpotts: Approaching a non-zero-sum situation with zero-sum mindset increases the likelihood of losing. #strategy <strong agree
  • livsystems: Is organisational culture on-topic for enterprise architecture? #entarch #syseng #hf <YES IT IS!!! 🙂
  • thoughttrans: Can someone see the company vision in your #entarch? <if they can’t, it’s probably only an #itarch, not #entarch…
  • getstoried: RT @greggvm Customer Journey Mapping from HBR http://bit.ly/aq0hOJ #storytelling #framework <recommend #bizarch
  • gleganza: The more I talk to ppl re info archt the more I’m convinced that it can’t be discussed outside EA/IA circles as a separate subject // …gotta talk about biz capabilities & biz outcomes, linking those to the needed info arch activities. // If you talk to biz ppl about data quality issues, they think “IT needs help with some data thing.” But info arch is about biz capabilities
  • business_design: RT @bmichelson: #bmgen book in BPTrends Advisor: Paul Harmon: What is Business Architecture? (PDF) http://bit.ly/9EjEif #bizarch
  • tetradian: is done: Enterprise Canvas book sent to Lightning Source – hooray! – should have copies in time for Stockholm EA conf. – see you there?
  • thoughttrans: RT @bmichelson: my (simplified) #bizarch domain diagram from 2009 is #1 google image result; how cool is that? http://bit.ly/bhyffr #entarch
  • taotwit: My  current client’s business offering: http://bit.ly/9TfnbP : Information systems are critical  to them and where they look for innovation <ex-Royal Mail + Home Delivery Network + DHL = Yodel?? – someone’s branding-agency needs to be shot… but otherwise excellent example of a logistics #bizarch – look forward to hearing more on this
  • SAlhir: RT @armano Humanizing Business and Brands: Your Ambassador Ecosystem http://bit.ly/aI4qvj <recommend: human side of #entarch
  • vernaallee: RT @CRozwell: Good post on crowdsourcing I found while looking for something else http://bit.ly/aVc9zb #bizarch
  • getstoried: RT @ParadigmLeaps: Causes:  guilt trips r’ us approach decreasingly effective @katyaN4G #story10 <very important in #bizarch for #nonprofit etc
  • nickmalik: Enterprise Architecture fills in the white space between enterprise stakeholders.  #entarch <a useful-sounding catch-phrase, certainly…
  • business_design: My students produced some common craft-style videos for the e-biz model class. Here the first on publishing: http://bit.ly/bpjlD5 // Movie Industry video by my students also pretty impressive: http://bit.ly/aTx3FW Congrats!
  • tetradian: [post] Not quite VPEC-T (for @taotwit) http://bit.ly/dpSwlD #ecanvas #entarch #vpect
  • ironick: +1 RT @rosatyan: Gartner Expo. Richard Buchanan. Hybrid thinking. Design thinking. Wicked problem. Enterprise Architecture. Interesting.
  • ironick: RT @affirmrisk: Gartner ‘Design Thinking’ session BEST session thus far. Concept of #DesignThinking & it’s linkage with #EA was innovative.
  • ironick: RT @mattdaniel: IT advisor group Gartner’s take on #designthinking : #hybridthinking.  http://bit.ly/9Yg55V. Putting emotion into process! <useful pointer to Gartner’s ‘Hybrid Thinking’ paper [Apr 2010]
  • SAlhir: RT @Jabaldaia: Integrative thinking and the misuse of power http://bit.ly/avZhL4 << Great read! <apply to #entarch etc

A brief back-and-forth on trust as a core of an enterprise-architecture:

  • eatraining: Richard Branson on What They Don’t Teach in Business School http://bit.ly/cRrsvL <recommend re trust etc #bizarch #entarch – “We are often told that the Virgin brand is one of the most powerful brands in the world; my current goal is to make it one of the most trusted.
  • chrisdpotts: @tetradian The breakdown in trust between enterprises and people is bi-directional. Some of it deserved, some not. #entarch
  • tetradian: @chrisdpotts “breakdown in trust b/w enterprises & people bidirectional..some deserved, some not” – yes, agreed – a key #entarch concern
  • chrisdpotts: @tetradian Breakdown in trust between enterprises in people: architecturally, a concern or simply a truth? #entarch
  • tetradian: @chrisdpotts breakdown in trust: architecturally a concern b/c we have to design for/around it (discuss in Cryptic session somewhen? 🙂 )

Narrative-knowledge, knowledge-management, creativity, leadership and in-person collaboration:

  • DavidGurteen: Harold Jarche: Integrating learning into the business http://bit.ly/cdV2Ny #km <recommend #collab #orgarch #entarch
  • DavidGurteen: You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions http://bit.ly/bdQ1sO #km <“responses not answers” – recommend
  • chrisdpotts: “Partners need to possess a delicate balance between similarities and differences” http://econ.st/bqJhKl <The Economist with notes on partnership from Keith Richards and Michael Eisner
  • SAlhir: Trust is about one’s confidence in another, merit is about another’s worth in a shared purpose. Much confusion!
  • DavidGurteen: Get rid of the tables! http://bit.ly/aZTjIB #KM via @johnniemoore <radical suggestion for meetings, conferences etc
  • vernaallee: RT @NancyWhite: Chris Corrigan: 7 factors of community empowerment in tribal communities http://bit.ly/b1taEK <recommend
  • unorder: Brene Brown: terrific storyteller in action http://bit.ly/9pfcDh Thx @irldexter <“stories are just data with a soul” #bizstory
  • getstoried: “EPIC Model of storytelling: Encourage, Protect, Invest, Connect” – CPI #story10
  • getstoried: Learn more at http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org #story10 – Absolutely amazing ensemble and inspiring work. <from Margolis’ ‘Reinvention Summit’ #Reinvention
  • BillIves: KM World + ESS 2010 Session Notes: The Resilient Organization by @snowded http://bit.ly/bs8ifl #kmw10 #ess10
  • joyce_hostyn: RT @snowded: Slides and podcast from #kmw10 loaded http://bit.ly/a8E5zn <I can’t view this, but probably useful #km etc
  • DavidGurteen: RT @rotkapchen: “The only way you can understand a complex system is by engagement with it.” @snowded #KMW10 #UX #ethnography <yes, but how does one engage with it? – need to write a blog-post on this
  • CreatvEmergence: How 2 Create Practical, Real-World Improvisation Experiences by @21stCenturyAI: http://bit.ly/bFKE6P #bizprov
  • vernaallee: Linda Stone on “continuous partial attention.” http://bit.ly/99kq73 – worth more than partial attention!

Social-media, social-business, ‘enterprise 2.0’, user-experience and online-collaboration:

  • oscarberg: RT @KRCraft: How will Social Media & New Tech impact our [IT etc] industry the next 5-10 years? [slides] http://slidesha.re/cyqvqR via @jimworth @webtechman
  • oscarberg: RT @esauve: “Social doesn’t stand on its own…[it] is foundation for recasting existing business process -beyond collab as point solution” <yup – hence, as someone else warned, don’t bother trying to use it in a biz that won’t/can’t change its biz-processes #entarch
  • oscarberg: RT @rotkapchen: RT @KRCraft The heart of Community is collaborating people, not collaboration tools http://t.co/Khn6IjB #e20 by @juliebhunt <strongly agree #collab #entarch
  • oscarberg: New blog post: Time to socialize your business processes? | Enterprise 2.0 Blogs http://bit.ly/dpjz1i #e20 #socialbusiness #socbiz
  • ChristineArena: How can companies guard against making PR mistakes during a moment of crisis? http://bit.ly/dnUVkp <also use in #entarch
  • vernaallee: Great conversation yesterday with @SubrayaMallya – sharing a mindset that the time is now for collaborative work design and value networks <am noticing the same here in Mexico
  • oscarberg: “We gave this new feature/solution, how do we make people use it?” is the wrong question to ask <agree… #bizarch #entarch #itarch etc
  • oscarberg: “Using solution X, this is how we can work smarter. Now how do we make people adopt this new practice?” is the right question to ask <disagree somewhat… sorry, but it’s still too close to the previous question above…
  • oscarberg: How to fix the social anything bind http://zd.net/b9VkBb by @dahowlett <nominal #e20, implications in #entarch also
  • oscarberg: In a way, an organization is a sandbox for exploring & testing ideas before showing them to the public // social platforms provide orgs with a giant sandbox for exploring & testing ideas – participation, openness, dialog & transparency is crucial
  • oscarberg: “Social” isn’t new to businesses. What is new is the scale, immediacy & reach of social activities. // All businesses start out as social constructs. Before the Internet, the only way to grow was to become more like machines. // Social [whatever] allows a business to remain social while growing = to stay agile, innovative & responsive like a small business

IT-architecture, IT-development, IT-systems and general IT-related matters:

  • eatraining: Case study: Enterprise architecture at Syngenta http://bit.ly/b96473 <useful Computer Weekly summary of case-study for #itarch (rather than entarch)
  • eatraining: Mike Rollings (Gartner): IT Value and Delusions of Effectiveness http://bit.ly/aZsVqY #itarch #entarch

Society, culture, economics, corporate social responsibility and suchlike themes:

  • business_design: moving Aaron Huey: America’s native prisoners of war #TED http://goo.gl/4UFAX <important, though its angry aggression is a good illustration of how to alienate your audience…
  • ironick: “Collapse? What Collapse? Societal Change Revisited” new  #Science article http://bit.ly/bKq10h perhaps #collapsonomics is just #VUCAnomics <seems more likely to be another case of ‘both/and’ rather than ‘either/or’
  • jdevoo: RT @OurWorld20: New forecast warns oil will run dry before substitutes roll out http://bit.ly/as7JOx >> read and try on http://bit.ly/dgkx0e #society #economics #entarch
  • davidriveroll: RT @fer_ananda: Fantastic video about the Future of Money!  Congratulations @VenessaMiemis @gabrielshalom & team:  http://bit.ly/bkyiHI <to me the future of money is that there isn’t one (i.e. it doesn’t have a future) – some of the speakers hint towards this, but don’t quite seem to get there…
  • heidikraft: RT @uwehook: Why do bankers earn 100x times more than teachers? What does it say about our society? http://is.gd/hgSSW <quiet recommend…
  • jdevoo: RT @milesparker: Can we PLEASE drop the phrase “Sustainable Growth”? The math is really simple, folks: under limited resources, growth is never sustainable!! #sustainability
  • SAlhir: RT @openworld Are we seeing slow economic growth due to increased virtual happiness? http://bit.ly/dxo8J4 RT @clydestinks <interesting twist on #economics #bizarch
  • vernaallee: RT @TheEconomist – shrinking population makes harder to rekindle growth http://econ.st/cqq249. Does growth = prosperity? Let’s rethink this! <agree – the ‘growth’ model is slow suicide: need a true sustainable model
  • SAlhir: RT @umairh: “Huge concentrations of wealth corrode soul of nation”.i’d say the opposite: they point to a loss of soul, meaning, and purpose.
  • alphalo: What is the gift economy currency analogue to local currency ? We think maybe we have stumbled upon one answer.. // Future of money video project http://www.emergence.cc/futureofmoney/ // A circle of gifts – article by Charles Eisenstein http://ow.ly/3cAcu // In a local currency the notes act as an exchange mechanism. In a gift economy there is no exchange. What function would notes then play? // Money facilitates transactions between strangers. Could a gift economy currency facilitate gift transactions between strangers? // Money helps a society adjust where it puts its effort. Can a gift currency help a society adjust where it put its effort? // Gift economy blog by @kjwrite http://ow.ly/3cBwx
  • thesuperfluid: @sebpaquet @alphalo Currency helps a gift economy by broadening community +reminding users that they should be both receiving and providing
  • DavidGurteen: Video: Hole-In-The-Wall-Education http://linkd.in/bA0Teo #socialgood /love it <applying the amazing work of Sugata Mitra
  • alphalo: Heres our idea for a gift economy currency http://ow.ly/3d00A <a really nice idea, but don’t call it a currency! #economics
  • alphalo: When we think currency we usually think exchange. But gifting has no exchange. We need to generalize concept of currency. // Once we have generalized concept of currency then we can figure out what a gift currency is. // Some possible properties for a generalized currency 1. it gets passed from person to person 2. it facilitates transactions // 3. it provides information on what people find valuable <this is exactly why not to call it a ‘currency’…
  • alphalo: A currency is something that flows or circulates.A gift currency would be something that flows or circulates without exchange #futureofmoney

And, of course, the ‘maginable miscellany:

  • tebbo: Out with Mr Dandy this morning, checking out the coppicing and there was Swakeleys House peeping through a new gap http://twitpic.com/36w7qk <nice: somehow a very English view…
  • kvistgaard: Dark room http://they.misled.us/dark-room is really nice. <‘feature-free’ writing-application for Windows – useful for raw-text
  • SAlhir: “survival of kindest” is key to our success as a species. RT @aaker The science of happiness and compassion http://bit.ly/bWytN2 <video-series on research from Berkeley Uni
  • SAlhir: Loreena McKennitt – Dante’s Prayer http://youtu.be/oTLX7h54jIg <great piece by one of my favourite singers
  • miket0181: RT @VenessaMiemis: omg, too cute! RT @maverickwoman Warning: Here comes meltdown cuteness. http://youtu.be/9vIfNn4pgw8 (ht @CreatvEmergence ) <yup, def’ntly too cute! 😉
  • CreatvEmergence: OMG, it’s impossible not to laugh out loud at that one! Thx! RT @VenessaMiemis try not smiling. i dare you: http://bit.ly/6uicgn <the parodies are even worse… 🙂
  • davidriveroll: I liked a YouTube video — Disconnect to connect http://youtu.be/PDa1Ek3LVlc?a <very good point…
  • rtolido: you just know things are getting out of hand when you start to use hashtags in SMS text messages <uh… yes… 😐

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