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Ashridge Executive Education Focus on strategy and organisation Almost retired!

Comparing Business Model and Business Architecture

In a recent LinkedIn discussion within the LinkedIn group “Operating Models” there has been a good thread about ways of drawing operating models, methods used to draw operating models and the definition of what is an operating model.  I recommend … Continue reading

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Operating model diagrams

Not many people write simply about a subject like operating models.   So I am reproducing here a blog by Jonathan Hammond of Knadel.  Jonathan does a great job of demistifying the task of generating a good diagram of your operating … Continue reading

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Do small companies have operating models?

The following is stolen from a post by Peter Murchland in a discussion group in LinkeIn’s The Enterprise Architecture Network. Thank you Peter and apologies for the changes I have made to your insightful comments. In a new organisation, the … Continue reading

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Designing beyond the boundaries of the firm

Operating model design, like organisation design, is primarily about designing those activities that are under the control of the organisation: the inside.  But organisations are increasingly reliant on a range of external relationships to succeed.   The implication is that operating … Continue reading

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Choosing good process owners

This post is a repeat of one from June 4 – because it has a readability glitch.  One test of a good operating model is the process owner test: “do you have a list of your most important processes and … Continue reading

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Enterprise architecture, frameworks and operating models?

There has been a long discussion on LinkedIn about Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF – more than 400 comments!    What follows is stolen mainly from a comment by John Tieso – thank you John.  For those who do not normally use … Continue reading

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Thoughts about the Open Group’s new Business Reference Model

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Design Thinking is not Design

Most of the ideas in this post have been stolen from Marcio Dupont’s blog on May 1, 2014. Design Thinking has become a bit of a craze in both Business Schools and companies. But design work is more than design … Continue reading

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An enterprise architect’s view of capability maps

A good chunk of this post has been nicked from a blog by Chris Aitken from Enterprise Architects. Chris I hope you don’t mind. Copying is flattery! Chris’s blog is titled “Business Function: Does it have a place in Enterprise … Continue reading

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Levels and actors in the design process

I was stimulated by two recent inputs.  One was my two day course Designing Operating Models which ran at the end of April.   Great inputs from participants.  The second is a discussion on LinkedIn about the difference between architects and … Continue reading

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