Tag Archives: design process

The governance of design projects

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Andrew Campbell

I recently had an interesting conversation with Tom Cummins of PA Consulting about design governance.  He is doing some research on different approaches to design governance with the idea of creating a framework for helping organisations choose an appropriate and … Continue reading →

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Five guiding thoughts for good operating model work

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Andrew Campbell

I enjoyed reading an article by Marcia Blenko, a Bain & Co advisor, about operating model work for charities – https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/library/organizational-effectiveness/nonprofit-operating-models.  The article follows the Bain definition of an operating model, which is focused on organisation structure, accountabilities, governance, systems … Continue reading →

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Value chains, IT4IT and reference models

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Andrew Campbell

I have recently had a most rewarding exchange with Mark Smalley, who is part of a group working on IT4IT (this includes an information architecture to help IT tools interact with each other and a reference model – “an IT … Continue reading →

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Stakeholders and operating models

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Andrew Campbell

I had an insight as a result of a meeting with Angela Frith from Woolworths in Australia.  Angela was spending a couple of days with me to talk about operating models.   I was sharing my tools.   One tool, which I … Continue reading →

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Why Design Thinking helps Operating Model work

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Andrew Campbell

I have been reading Jeane Lidtka’s book “Designing for Growth” and wanted to share some of her insights.   I also did Jeane’s on-line course – a Darden course with Coursera – which I highly recommend (well, I did not complete … Continue reading →

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Value chain maps or capability maps?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Andrew Campbell
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The importance of starting with value chains

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Andrew Campbell

I am siting in Singapore overlooking the straights from Sentosa Island, about to contribute to a conference. (Sorry to boast but the view is … distracting)   But still time for a blog on operating models. Mark Lancelott of PA … Continue reading →

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Do small companies have operating models?

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Andrew Campbell

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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Design Thinking is not Design

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Andrew Campbell

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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How much detail do you need

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Andrew Campbell

This is a re-post of a previous blog that I have had to trash because it was attracting a stream of spam.  If you have read it before – my apologies. In a recent workshop, we were working on operating … Continue reading →

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