Making Enterprise Architecture Simple

“Level 5 leaders have the humility to aspire to be the dumbest person in the room”

– Jim Collins

Complexity is the enemy of _____.

Complexity is the enemy of clarity.

If you have the only hot dog stand in town,

your hot dogs don’t have to be that good.

1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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The mist in your mind will eventually become a fog in your organization

If you don’t know exactly what you’re doing,

you’re going to have a hard time doing it

1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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We are going to build easy-to-use processes

What are you doing?

1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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Make business easy, agile and capable

1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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• What is your critical role?• What is your unique contribution?• What is your core responsibility?

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Create a one sentence job description.

Inspire our department and organization to remain fully engaged

in our mission and strategy

> My One-Sentence Job Description <

Create, implement and monitor systems that ensure our organization

remain fiscally secure

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Keep my path clear of nonessential tasks and decisions so that I can do

what only I can do

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Growth creates complexity, which requires simplicity.

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1. What are we doing?2. Why are we doing it?3. How do I fit in?

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