4 Advance Knowledge & Application
Performing and Evolving the Role
- StraightTalk No. 64 – The Business Architect Imperative: Showing Up With Wow
- StraightTalk No. 91 – The Business Architecture Playbook: How to Build Your Business Architecture Methodology
- Be the Change: Disrupting Business Architecture article
- StraightTalk No. 46 – Seeing Is Believing, Part 1 – How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Presentation Design for Greater Success
- 20–Minutes With James Jones: How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Presentation Design for Greater Success podcast
- StraightTalk No. 47 – Seeing Is Believing, Part 2 – How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Graphic Recording and Facilitation for Greater Success
- 5–Minutes with Sarah Greer: How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Graphic Recording and Facilitation For Greater Success – Part 1 podcast
- 15–Minutes with Michael Pemberton: How Business Architecture Teams Can Leverage Graphic Recording and Facilitation for Greater Success – Part 2 podcast
- StraightTalk No. 48 – Seeing Is Believing, Part 3 – How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Storytelling for Greater Success
- 15–Minutes with Tamara Park: How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Storytelling For Greater Success podcast
- How to Master the Art of Storytelling video
- StraightTalk No. 66 – Servant First: How Servant Leadership Makes Business Architects More Impactful
- 10–Minutes With Jeff Dols: The Concept of Servant Leadership and Business Architecture podcast
- Visual Business Architecture: Approaching the Discipline Differently article
- StraightTalk No. 6 – The Artist In You: The Journey of a Business Architect
- StraightTalk No. 7 – An All-Star Cast: Building a Business Architecture Team – Take 1
- StraightTalk No. 8 – Organizing For Success: Building a Business Architecture Team – Take 2
- StraightTalk No. 35 – In Search of Greatness: How to Find or Be a Great Business Architect
- StraightTalk No. 36 – Good to Great: How to Become a Great Business Architect
- The Business Architecture Team white paper
- The Evolution of the Business Architect white paper
- The Evolution of the Business Architect summary article
- The Next–Generation Business Architect: The Bright Future Ahead article
- Business Architecture StraightTalk: 100 Insights to Guide the Journey
Advanced Topics for Leadership
- Leveraging Business Architecture: 3 Predictions Pointing to New Relevance and Leadership article
- StraightTalk No. 72 – The Secret: What Business Architecture Is Really About and Why It Can Be So Hard
- StraightTalk No. 3 – The Strategy Execution Metanoia: Translating Strategy Into Action With Business Architecture
- StraightTalk No. 68 – Mind The Gap: How Business Architecture Breaks Down and Bridges Silos
- StraightTalk No. 50 – Living The Dream: How to Integrate Business Architecture With Strategy Execution
- Leveraging Business Architecture to Translate Strategy Into Action video
- StraightTalk No. 81 – Crystal Clear
- The Strategy Execution Metanoia: A New Approach for Translating Strategy into Action with Business Architecture white paper
- A New Vision For Strategy Execution article
- Business Architecture: Key Enabler for Strategy Execution Redux article
- StraightTalk No. 26 – The Canvas Awaits
- 5-Minutes with Linda Finley: How Business Models Work with Business Architecture podcast
- StraightTalk No. 80 – Business Models Through the Business Architecture Looking Glass
- Straight alk No. 93 – The Bridge: How Business Architecture and Operating Models Fit Together
- StraightTalk No. 94 – Inside-Out Outside-In: How Business Architecture and Customer Experience Design Fit Together
- How Business Architecture and Customer Experience Design Work Together podcast
- StraightTalk No. 96 – The People Perspective: How Business Architecture and Organization Design Fit Together
- StraightTalk No. 95 – The SAFe Bet: Your Top 10 FAQs Answered About Business Architecture and Scaled Agile
- 10-Minutes With Jo Gilmore: 10 Frequently Asked Questions About Business Architecture and SAFe: podcast
- StraightTalk No. 53 – Ecosystem Is The New Organization: How Business Architecture #Capabilities and #ValueStreams Can Connect Everything
- StraightTalk No. 58 – Evolving the Organizational DNA, Part 1: How Business Architecture Can Enable Organizational Sustainability
- StraightTalk No. 59 – Evolving the Organizational DNA, Part 2: How Business Architecture Can Enable Policy Making and Compliance
- StraightTalk No. 60 – Evolving the Organizational DNA, Part 3: How Business Architecture Can Enable Ethical Decision Making and Actions
- StraightTalk No. 69 – A Pathway To The Future For All: How Business Architecture Can Help Us Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
- StraightTalk No.89 – The Composable Business: Business Architecture as an Organization’s Common Business Components
Other Resources and Activities
- Refer to the BIZBOK® Guide and business architecture Recorded Webinars as applicable
- Take advanced training from a Guild Accredited Training Partner™ (GATP®)
- Once program is available from the Business Architecture Guild®, achieve the second level of business architecture certification to demonstrate your competence and experience as practitioner
- Share your business architecture success stories with the community
- Join Biz Arch Mastery's Inner Circle program for ongoing coaching and community interaction, tailored for you. Learn more on the Join page and watch the brief introduction video for an overview.
- Looking for opportunities to practice the business architect role beyond what is currently available within your organization? Try Architecting For Good.
- Get help on your journey with the Private Business Architecture Training or Coaching service offering
5 Stay Aligned With Industry
In Step 5, keep your knowledge and experience current by staying up to date with the global advancements and trends in the business architecture discipline.
- StraightTalk No. 65 – We Are The World: A Global Snapshot of Business Architecture Today and Trending
- StraightTalk No. 19 – Crystal Ball as of 2018: Business Architecture Now + A Glimpse Into the Future
- Leveraging Business Architecture: 3 Predictions Pointing to New Relevance and Leadership article
- The Global State of Business Architecture: Where We Are and Where We’re Going article
- Enterprise Architecture: Key Business Priorities and Success Factors for 2019 article
- Business Architecture Trends, Predictions and Recommendations webinar
Other Resources and Activities
- Stay up to date on the BIZBOK® Guide (review the release notes for newly published versions)
- Watch Business Architecture Guild® business architecture Recorded Webinars
- Stay up to date with the latest Business Architecture Guild® news and events
- Stay up to date with the latest S2E events and news
- Engage with your Business Architecture Guild® local community in your area (or start one)
- Join Biz Arch Mastery's Inner Circle or Tribe Leader program for ongoing coaching and community interaction, tailored for you. Learn more on the Join page and watch the brief introduction video for an overview.
6 Consider Career Path Options
Once you’ve worked in a business architect role for a while, it opens many different opportunities for you. In Step 6, explore advanced business architecture career path options and other relevant ones as well.
- StraightTalk No. 67 – Life Architecture: Bringing An Intentional Approach to Personal Improvement
- 20–Minutes With Gary Wright: The Concept of Life Architecture podcast
- The Evolution of the Business Architect white paper
- The Evolution of the Business Architect summary article
- The Next–Generation Business Architect: The Bright Future Ahead article
- StraightTalk No. 6 – The Artist In You: The Journey of a Business Architect
- StraightTalk No. 35 – In Search of Greatness: How to Find or Be a Great Business Architect
- StraightTalk No. 36 – Good to Great: How to Become a Great Business Architect
Other Resources and Activities
- Join Biz Arch Mastery's Inner Circle program for ongoing coaching and community interaction, tailored for you. Learn more on the Join page and watch the brief introduction video for an overview.
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