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Transformation requires people across an entire organization to come together as an enterprise. We must not only succeed in our individual roles but also take ownership for the shared goals and outcomes for the organization as a whole. Establishing the intent to become a capability driven organization is an effective way to shift from siloed to enterprise thinking. This approach offers a simple yet effective way to institutionalize the type of holistic, systemic, and interconnected thinking that is essential for transformation.

In this article, Institute Fellow Whynde Kuehn discusses another kind of AI to come alongside artificial intelligence: awakening intelligence. This is a deep intelligence that makes us truly human, rooted in self-awareness, presence, interconnectedness, discernment, wisdom, compassion, and a sense of purpose. It is a quiet yet essential counterpart to artificial intelligence that guides how we live, lead, design, and build a future that is not only smarter, but better for us all.

This article summarizes insights from the global business architecture community on the key factors necessary for an organization to succeed with a business architecture practice, originally sourced from the European community in May 2025.

Business ecosystems are crucial for achieving organizational and societal goals. This article describes key factors for effective business ecosystems and how capabilities can be leveraged to create the critical connections within them.

In this white paper, author Whynde Kuehn explores the characteristics of an adaptive organization, how business architecture can be leveraged for as a foundation for adaptability, and practical next steps to move into action.

Effective strategy execution gives organizations the capacity to adapt and change, and it lies at the heart of successful transformations. This article describes what successful strategy execution looks like and how to move into action on the ideas.

Digital transformation is a metamorphic change for an organization. It requires every business function/discipline and role to have a holistic understanding of where the organization is, where it is going, and how it will get there – and how their role uniquely contributes to the outcomes. This article describes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to successful transformation.

Here is a summary of some key lessons from digital transformations learned over any years of leading and living business transformations.

In her article, featured within the Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal (EAPJ) Volume VII July 2023, Whynde Kuehn describes the recent advancements and strategic positioning of business architecture, and the opportunities this provides for the entire enterprise architecture discipline.

In celebration of International Women's Day 2023, this article features five experienced female enterprise architects who share on the industry, their career paths, and how diversity can help to shape the future of enterprise architecture. 

The Institute for Digital Transformation’s Digital Transformation Manifesto defines eight tenets that organizations should adopt in order to realize sustained success in driving digital transformation. In this article, Institute Fellow Whynde Kuehn describes how organizations can incorporate these tenets into new ways of thinking and working, enabled by the discipline of business architecture.

The global community speaks: what is the value of business architecture? Review this compilation of perspectives from leaders, change agents, and practitioners around the world on what they see as the value of the discipline to organizations.