The book, Surviving Strategy and Architecture, has been released as a paperback on Amazon via KDP. This book is about how to survive and thrive in the highly rewarding, but emotionally taxing, world of technology strategy and architecture. This book is not specifically about strategy or architecture, it is about you, the strategist or architect….
Author: Michael D. Stark, New Zealand
In addition to being an Enterprise Architect in a large multinational organisation, I’m a lifelong learner with a passion for Philosophy (focusing more on Eastern Philosophy e.g. Taoist, Buddhist, Hindu, Kongzi/Confucian), Psychology (including Behavioural Psychology with a focus on cognitive bias and decision making), History, Information Management, Business Strategy (including business and operating models), Technology Strategy and Architecture, Social Media (Societal Impact), Social Theories (e.g. Post-Colonial Theory, Intersectionality etc but from a point of understanding not judgement) and most other things that impact our lives. I believe that Enterprise Architecture is mostly about humans, within a technology context, and some of the soft concepts listed can provide great architectural benefit to organisations, and the people within them
emotional diversity (chapter 30 extract)
At a humanistic level it is important that we can bring all aspects of ourselves to our roles, including our cultural, emotional, and spiritual selves. In this article we look at true emotional diversity, which can perhaps be suppressed by the way corporations interpret and focus on Emotional Intelligence (EQ). This is an extract from…
what is a good strategy? (chapter 23)
What is strategy? This might be an odd sounding question, yet like other common concepts, it is something we all know the meaning of until we must give a clear explanation of it. Take a moment to define how you would explain what strategy is to someone that didn’t just know. In this article, which…
a very common tragedy (chapter 17)
Although the tragedy of the commons is best known in economics, ecology, and other sciences, I think we can observe such behaviour in technology strategy and architecture, it is just harder to notice it for what it is. We can also look at some principles from Elinor Ostrom on how collectives successfully manage this problem…
the 7 wastes of architecture
The concept of the seven wastes comes from lean thinking. Lean is based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). Lean thinking has provided significant benefit to many people through its impact on manufacturing, service provisioning (including healthcare), and technology development, along with many other industries. Importantly, these people benefits have been to customers, shareholders, and…
thinking humanistically about enterprise architecture 