7 Collaborate
In Step 7, work with other practitioners to architect across organizational boundaries and join your tribe to share learnings and collaborate to advance the discipline.
RESOURCES TO EXPLORE AND ACTIONS TO TAKE
- Leverage these resources to guide you on how to architect in business ecosystems:
- Read StraightTalk No. 53 – Ecosystem Is The New Organization: How Business Architecture #Capabilities and #ValueStreams Can Connect Everything
- Read the Architecting Ecosystems with Business Architecture article
- Watch Business Architecture Meets Sustainability Episode 3 and Episode 4 on the circular economy
- Attend conferences, events, and community gatherings to both learn and share
- Join the Inner Circle Alumni Mastermind for continual co-creation, evolution, and exchange with your peers
- Share your business architecture success stories with the community through Biz Arch Mastery
- Join a Business Architecture Guild® collaborative team to contribute to the body of knowledge
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT YOUR JOURNEY
- Inner Circle Alumni Mastermind – If you have completed an Inner Circle cohort, make sure to sign up for the Inner Circle Alumni Mastermind for continual learning and peer collaboration.
8 Give Back
In Step 8, pay it forward or give back by mentoring and assisting other business architecture professionals as well as Architecting For Good (A4G) with non–profit organizations, small businesses, and social initiatives.
RESOURCES TO EXPLORE AND ACTIONS TO TAKE
- Check out the Architecting for Good collection of resources
- Become a mentor for another business architect
- Help a business architecture colleague find a new role or help to support and advocate for their advancement
- Share your business architecture talents with non–profit organizations, small businesses, or other social initiatives
- Learn more about Architecting For Good and the TCBAF Local A4G initiative
- Join the Women In Architecture (WIA) community (free)