Enterprise Architecture

The Gate Has a Side Door: What Enterprise Architecture Actually Defends

Good architecture isn't about letting everything in—it's about knowing what to keep out, and recording what you let through. On accountability, Tech Radar deviations, and the one document most EA teams are missing.

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When Leadership Becomes a Liability: A Pragmatic Look at What Happens When Self-Interest Wins

A leader prioritizes personal interests over the organization. Risks get handed to the team. Feedback gets shut down. Misinformation spreads. At some point, this stops being a leadership style and becomes a business problem.

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That Multi-Vendor "Resilience"? It's a Trap.

After 15+ years in IT operations, I've seen the same pattern repeat: one solution, two vendors, split workload — sold as resilience but delivered as chaos. Here's why that approach is a trap, and what we should be doing instead.

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Why one team owning everything—from design to operations—can undermine infrastructure excellence

In many organisations, a single infrastructure team carries the full lifecycle load—from architecture and design, through build and procurement, into operations. While this seems efficient, it often results in hidden inefficiencies: no dedicated standardisation, limited budgeting transparency, innov

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