Straight Talk - Business Architecture

In this episode of IASA Global's podcast series, The Argument, IASA CEO, Paul Preiss has an unscripted, candid conversation with two leaders in architecture transformation and leadership: Whynde Kuehn and Eva Kammerfors. This discussion focuses on how to create a true business-impacting architecture practice, how to become a transformational chief architect, and how to help organizations manage change in a dynamic business environment. Participants discuss the qualities of bringing architects together, shared interactions between business and solution architects, and how to grow a practice that delivers on the promise of digital. Whynde Kuehn is the Founder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation, helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Whynde has extensive experience in enterprise transformation and planning and is a passionate advocate for using business architecture to enable effective strategy execution and digital transformation. Eva Kammerfors is an experienced enterprise and business architecture practitioner specializing in architecture management and governance, change leadership, and business and IT transformation. Eva is a Senior Advisor and owner of network organization Teama AB, where she acts as a mentor and leader in companies and organizations using architecture as a tool for digital transformation. Eva is an engaged speaker in the chief architect community, trainer in business and IT architecture and certifies Chief Architects at the Computer Society.

Concluding this series, business architecture thought leader Whynde Kuehn interviews Jake Walker, head of the business architecture practice at T. Rowe Price, a leading global investment firm managing over $1.5 trillion in client assets. Jake and Whynde discuss the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice.

Steven Scott, Director of Business Architecture at US-based multinational software company Autodesk, joins thought leader Whynde Kuehn on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Amélie Régimbal, Director of Business Architecture at Desjardins, Canada's financial services cooperative and the largest federation of credit unions in North America, discusses with thought leader Whynde Kuehn on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Alex Randell, Director of HR Technology at Principal Financial Group, long-time business architecture leader, and member of the Business Architecture Guild joins thought leader Whynde Kuehn for a discussion on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Business Architecture thought leader, Whynde Kuehn, talks with Chris Jarvis, Enterprise Business Architect at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulator in the UK about the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Linda Finley, Founder and President of the Twin Cities Business Architecture Forum, a BIZBOK® Guide primary author, and former Guild board member speaks with thought leader Whynde Kuehn on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Grant Ecker, Vice President of Global Enterprise Architecture at Walgreens Boots Alliance and long-time business architecture community supporter talks with thought leader Whynde Kuehn on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Coen de Bruijn, Program Director for Data and Analytics EMEA at Nike, talks with business architecture thought leader Whynde Kuehn on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

Theresa Fannin, practice leader for US-based health insurance carrier, talks with business architecture thought leader, Whynde Kuehn, on the value of business architecture, its unique role in business transformation, and how to build a successful practice in the organization.

In this podcast, global business architecture thought leader Whynde Kuehn interviews Paul Preiss, Founder and CEO of Iasa Global, a non-profit association for all Technology Architects. Paul is a leading voice worldwide for architecture as a profession and shares his unique perspectives on what it really means for architecture to be a profession, where it stands today, and what is possible for the future.

In this podcast, Dr. Brian Cameron, Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs in the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University, shares his unique perspectives with Whynde Kuehn, global business architecture thought leader and educator. Brian provides a pulse on business architecture in academics today and shares his vision for the future.

In this special three-part podcast series, business architecture thought leader and educator, Whynde Kuehn, has conversations with nine prominent business architecture practice leaders from varied industries from around the world on how to succeed with business architecture. These leaders generously share their stories, journeys, and advice on how to position business architecture, how to deliver real business value and outcomes, how to gain buy-in and shift mindsets, and how to start and grow an internal practice within an organization. Part 3 features Jake Walker, Amélie Régimbal, and Alex Randell.

In this special three-part podcast series, business architecture thought leader and educator, Whynde Kuehn, has conversations with nine prominent business architecture practice leaders from varied industries from around the world on how to succeed with business architecture. These leaders generously share their stories, journeys, and advice on how to position business architecture, how to deliver real business value and outcomes, how to gain buy-in and shift mindsets, and how to start and grow an internal practice within an organization. Part 2 features Coen de Bruijn, Linda Finley, and Steven Scott.

In this special three-part podcast series, business architecture thought leader and educator, Whynde Kuehn, has conversations with nine prominent business architecture practice leaders from varied industries from around the world on how to succeed with business architecture. These leaders generously share their stories, journeys, and advice on how to position business architecture, how to deliver real business value and outcomes, how to gain buy-in and shift mindsets, and how to start and grow an internal practice within an organization. Part 1 features Theresa Fannin, Grant Ecker, and Chris Jarvis.

In this special installment of StraightTalk, we answer your top-ten frequently asked questions about business architecture and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Business Architecture thought leader, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Jo Gilmore, marketing manager and seasoned business architecture professional at FedEx. Jo possesses over 20 years of experience in Product Development, Portfolio Strategy, and Marketing. She is a Certified Business Architect® and started the Marketing Business Architecture practice for FedEx. She is also certified as a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Program Consultant and for Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), and practices and teaches both SAFe and general Agile concepts.

Krishan Jogia and Fran Mether of Evolve & Amplify, a problem-solving advisory firm specializing in delivering executable strategic advice that’s human-centered, share their unique perspectives with Whynde Kuehn on customer experience (CX) design with an emphasis on the nexus between business architecture and CX.

Julie Choo, author of THE STRATEGY JOURNEY book, creator of THE STRATEGY JOURNEY Framework, and founder of the Stratability Academy joins long-time business architecture practitioner and global thought leader Whynde Kuehn for an in-depth conversation on the art of business architecture and the intersection of the strategy journey.

Whynde Kuehn explores how the complementary disciplines of business architecture and organizational change management set up enterprises for success. Guest star Ken Williams, Certified Business Architect (CBA)® and Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP)®, reveals how the two distinct disciplines can successfully support change leaders to drive prosperous business outcomes.

In this StraightTalk podcast, Whynde Kuehn, has a conversation with Mike Rosen on the topic of BizOps. Rosen is a published author and recognized authority in the field of digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and business and application development. Rosen unpacks Business to Operations (or BizOps) by revealing how business architecture and BizOps can play a pivotal role in managing the end-to-end journey of creating, delivering, and monitoring business outcomes.

In this podcast, S2E Transformation founder, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Mike Clark, an experienced visionary business leader and delivery-focused strategist on the topic of how organizations can manage the unexpected by leveraging business design. Clark has a deep focus on capitalizing on current and emerging technologies for the benefits of business, whilst being able to consider the impact on people. He has a comprehensive background in shaping and bringing innovative products to market against challenging timelines. He also brings a unique combination of practical experience and a 360-holistic business and market awareness. Mike Clark has an understanding of the practicalities of running and managing a business, having worked across a variety of roles, responsible for sales, business change, strategy, right through to bringing products to market. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Mike Clark and do not express the views or opinions of his employer.

Whynde Kuehn, the founder of S2E Transformation, interviews entrepreneur, innovator, business architect, and Unabomber survivor Gary Wright on the concept of Life Architecture: a framework that allows one to evaluate their personal strengths and weaknesses by providing a blueprint on how to best move forward when life changes suddenly and dramatically.

StraightTalk author, Whynde Kuehn, has a conversation with experienced business architect Jeff Dols on adopting a servant-leader mindset and how the characteristics of a servant-leader can benefit business architects to be more effective and far-reaching in their impact on organizations.

StraightTalk author, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Dr. Frank Granito, Chief Scientist, Partner, and Institute Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation on the concept of digital readiness and the critical role that business architecture can serve in accelerating an organization's preparedness for digital transformation.

In this StraightTalk podcast, Whynde Kuehn and business architecture guru, William Ulrich, explore how business architecture can enable the cognitive enterprise and ways organizations can begin the journey. Cognitive enterprise represents a shift in computing away from its traditionally programmatic approach to one that is probabilistic, where artificial intelligence and other transformative decision support play a leading role.

In this StraightTalk Podcast, Whynde Kuehn interviews Tamara Park, storyteller extraordinaire, on the power of story and how storytelling can be an inspiring and valuable tool for business architects to employ during organizational transformation. Tamara, an award-winning television producer and documentary series director, is the co-founder of StoryNow, which she describes as the first digital creative agency and production house you can take with you wherever you go.

In part two of this podcast series on graphic facilitation and graphic recording, Whynde Kuehn and business and strategy architect, Michael Pemberton, explore real-life graphic technique examples that can be used as creative methods to engage participants, at every level of an organization, to improve communication, understanding, and retention of information.

In this two-part podcast series, S2E Transformation founder and author of StraightTalk, Whynde Kuehn interviews illustrator Sarah Greer on how business architecture practices can leverage graphic recording and graphic facilitation for greater success.

S2E founder and industry thought leader, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Chicago-based presentation designer, James Jones, on how presentation design can perform a vital role in the success of business architecture.

Whynde Kuehn interviews two leading business architecture practitioners, Bryan Lail and Steve DuPont (both Certified Business Architects® from the Business Architecture Guild®), on key aspects about the TOGAF®–BIZBOK® Guide alignment.

In this StraightTalk Podcast installment, Whynde Kuehn interviews business and technology strategist Josué Batista on how business architecture can be used to leverage blockchain—an exciting emerging technology (also known as distributed ledger technology or DLT) that provides immutable data in a highly secure and encrypted manner for a host of industries and business applications.

Whynde Kuehn interviews Dr. Raj Ramesh on how business architecture can help organizations to leverage artificial intelligence (AI).

S2E founder, Whynde Kuehn and Business Architect, Alex Randell, explore how business architecture and agile processes can work together for improved delivery of products and services.

S2E founder and managing director, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Linda Finley on business models and business architecture.

Whynde Kuehn interviews customer experience (CX) guru Mike Clark on the interconnectedness of business architecture and CX.

Whynde Kuehn interviews business architecture leader William Ulrich on how business and IT architecture relate in this StraightTalk podcast.

In our first StraightTalk Podcast installment, Whynde Kuehn, noted author and S2E Transformation founder and managing director, interviews industry thought leader Mike Rosen on understanding enterprise and business architecture.