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25/07/2007 by Roger Evernden.
I see that James McGovern has changed the subtitle of his Enterprise Architecture blog - from “Thought Leadership”, to “From Incite comes Insight…”
I like it - it’s a reminder that a blog is best when it has something to say. OK - we all have something to say, but does it contribute to our understanding, does it say anything interesting or useful.
There are two effective ways to catch someone’s attention - to offer them candy, or start a controversy.
Personally I like a good discussion - and controversy is a great way to get a discussion started: incite to gain insight.
Enterprise Architecture is an exciting discipline - it covers a broad and might arena, it deals with organizational complexity and change, and it can make a positive difference to our world. But sometimes it is dull and boring.
So we need people like James to shake things up a bit - to provide the Incite that provokes discussion and creates Insight. And its one of the reasons that I called my own web site Enterprise Architecture with a difference - to inject new ideas and to advance the discipline of architecting information.
Roger Evernden
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20/07/2007 by Roger Evernden.
A key component of Enterprise Architecture is communication. In fact I’d go further - EA needs communication, communication and yet more communication to be successful.
So we need to think about how adopting social computing could help how we go about architecting the enterprise.
Stephen Collins has a great presentation on SlideShare that demonstrates the power of social computing in a collaborative world - Liberate your control freaks.
Enterprise Architecture is not about control, although much of what we do appears to be controlling or patrolling the enterprise. EA is really much more about liberation - providing the freedom that comes from creating an enabling workspace.
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