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A Professional Opinion: How Architecture Can Become a True Profession

This double-installment StraightTalk validates the concept of business architecture as a real discipline and career path. It is based on the perspectives and visions from two worldwide authorities on the topic, Dr. Brian Cameron and Paul Preiss. We first explore the topic through an academic lens and then through the broader lens of architecture as a profession which includes all architects together, in business and technology.
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Architecture as a Profession

In this podcast, global business architecture thought leader Whynde Kuehn interviews Paul Preiss, Founder and CEO of Iasa Global on the topic of what it really means for architecture as a profession.
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Business Architecture in Academia

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.
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Life Architecture: Bringing An Intentional Approach to Personal Improvement

This installment of StraightTalk explores the concept of life architecture – which is all about bringing structure and intention to our own lives and personal improvement – inspired by an amazing human story.
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20-Minutes With Gary Wright: The Concept of Life Architecture

Whynde Kuehn, the founder of S2E Transformation, interviews entrepreneur, innovator, and business architect Gary Wright on the concept of Life Architecture — a framework that allows one to evaluate their personal strengths and weaknesses when life changes suddenly.
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Good to Great: How to Become a Great Business Architect

This installment of StraightTalk is a follow-on from our previous post on what makes a great business architect. Let’s get actionable on what we talked about last time.
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In Search of Greatness: How to Find or Be a Great Business Architect

What makes a “great” business architect is a topic of much curiosity and debate. So this installment of StraightTalk is about you, business architect, and what makes you tick.
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The Next-Generation Business Architect: The Bright Future Ahead

As the business architecture discipline matures and becomes an established function in an increasing number of organizations, we can now address a more advanced set of questions. How is the ­business architect role evolving and how can business architects best be leveraged during this time of transformation? What demands has this evolution placed on the role? What is the career path for a business architect who has mastered the role? In this article, co-authors Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark explore some of the truths about the business architect role, potential focuses for the role, career path options, and what the future holds for a discipline that finds itself at the heart of business and technology change.
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The Evolution of the Business Architect

The way we interact with business is changing, from online to offline. Organizations are going through fundamental upheaval. At the heart of this change is the business architect. This article, appearing in CIO online, IDG Communications leading business technology magazine, summarizes a white paper by Mike Clark and Whynde Kuehn with the same title.
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The Evolution of the Business Architect

In this white paper, industry thought leaders Mike Clark and Whynde Kuehn establish a blueprint for the evolution of business architecture and the business architect role for business architecture practitioners, for organizations, and for the business architecture discipline overall. Original Publish Date: 3 July 2017
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