Resource Library
The Resource Library contains numerous articles, white papers, posts, podcasts, videos, surveys, and primary research — plus original diagrams and infographics about Business Architecture and Transformation. Use the Filter to narrow your search or click on the graphical shortcuts below to popular content categories. Also, check out our StraightTalk podcasts and other syndicated content available on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, or wherever you find your podcasts.
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Explore how business architecture can be leveraged to guide initiative prioritization and planning.
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Explore how to leverage business architecture for digital readiness and transformation.
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Launch your business architecture journey and career with guidance from this collection of essential resources.
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Learn everything you need to know to start a successful business architecture practice and accelerate your journey.
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Learn the core concepts of business architecture with this collection of white papers that simplify and break down the essentials from end-to-end.
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Organizations that desire to leverage business architecture for transformation, better strategy execution, or various types of decision making need to build their business architecture knowledgebase first before they can fully benefit from the discipline. This is part three of a three-part series of articles that describe how to accelerate the development of an organization’s business architecture. This article focuses on leveraging tools.
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It’s time to look back on another year of StraightTalk! This is the time when we reflect and recognize your most favorite content from 2019.
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This animated video from thought leaders Dr. Raj Ramesh and Whynde Kuehn illustrates an approach for decision-making – based on principles of structured thinking and underpinned by business architecture – using the coronavirus pandemic as an example.
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Amidst the backdrop of a digital, globally connected world and the evolution of the very purpose of the firm, organizations are beginning to rethink and shift their mindsets and structures from shareholder focus to stakeholder focus, from profit-driven to value-driven, and from competing as an organization to thriving as a key part of ecosystems. With this future trajectory in mind, this article provides an overview of the essential role business architecture plays in defining, designing, implementing, and managing business ecosystems, along with examples of where this concept is emerging in practice.
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This article by industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark articulates the role of business design in not only helping to identify the data that will power AI but also ensuring that all appropriate guardrails have been considered and are put in place.
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This visionary article discusses the areas in which business architecture will continue to play a key role and illustrates how three specific scenarios will lead the way to expanded relevance and leadership. It lays out what this might mean for practitioners, along with the steps needed to realize these benefits.
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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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