REAL Talk With Sam Holcman
Episodes
Luke Peters On The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke is the President/CEO at Retail Band, where he aims to help businesses sell appliances through online channels and allow their market to grow and ...
The Status of the Cloud Revolution
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The movement of applications to the cloud are well underway. With this movement, of course, comes observations both pro & con. We will cover the g...
Security Architecture - What, How, Where, Who, When, Why
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our EACOE Enterprise Architecture practice looked at security as part of Enterprise Architecture, not as a separate activity. Starting with this objec...
Mass Customization is in your hands - your stakeholders and customers also want this true agility
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you looked at your “smart phone” and its “agility” – your ability to change what you see with a simple press on the screen, and compare...
No One Really Wants An Enterprise Architecture
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You want a roadmap to clearly define what needs to be done to enable your Mission Strategy. No one wants a series of endless “sprints” not knowing...
Business Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture - Join the Revolutionary Movement
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Major analyst & advisory firms recognize two distinct focus areas in Enterprise Architecture – (1) focus on technology enablement, & (2) foc...
Are You Making Decisions Based on Solid Data or a Data Swamp?
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Being data driven, achieving digital transformation, developing effective marketing campaigns, making valid business decisions, & ensuring regulat...
Top 10 Questions and Answers to DeMystify Enterprise Architecture
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is Enterprise Architecture (EA)? How long has EA been around? How do you cost justify EA? Where should EA reside in the organization? Who is the ...
What Business Executives and Managers Need To Know about Software
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most agree that software are a fundamental requirement in today's digital focus & transformations. What do we really have to understand about soft...
In Search of a Search Engine
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We examine what search engines actually are and the possibilities of what will come next in the future of search. We draw on history for some ideas. A...
Artificial Intelligence - Perhaps Augmented Intelligence
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence was first coined by John McCarthy in 1956. We define what artificial intelligence is, then summarize both positive & negat...
Technical Debt – It Is Much More Than Just Technical
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Technical debt is a shortcut taken by technologists, & business personnel, to get the solution out the door. It's also used to justify different c...
Your Business has an Architecture - do you know what it is? Part 2
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All businesses have an Architecture – the question is, if explicit or implicit. Various groups approach the concept & practice of Business &...
Your Business has an Architecture, but do you know what it is?
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A driving need for Enterprise & Business Architecture is to enable IT teams to quickly, accurately & iteratively deploy prioritized, stable &a...
The Critical Role of the Business Technology Collaborator/Partner
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Business Technology Collaborator/Partner (BTP) understands business needs, possibilities of technology to address needs, & presents a business...
RightSourcing – Balancing Inhouse/Purchased Services and Software
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations have had a mix of purchased, leased, or rented technologies, software, and human services. Yet we have seen little practiced or wri...
Process Visualization Unlocking your Hidden Assets
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this age of digital transformation, big data, cloud computing, & numerous other actions you may be undertaking or thinking about in your organi...
Application Portfolio Rationalization and Optimization Strategies
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Application Portfolio Rationalization & Optimization is an approach to maximizing the value of current application assets, & laying a firm fou...
Business Architecture Actually Developing Business Capabilities
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Model mania develops model after model, based on some identified general body of knowledge, rather than doing REAL Business Architecture – the ident...
Business Architecture - Identifying Needed Business Capabilities
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Business Architecture is explicitly representing an organizations desired state and as is state, through a set of independent non redundant artifacts,...
Cutting Through Technobabble/Claptrap in Business and Technology
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
IoT Platform, Deep Neutral Networks, Digital Twin, Biochips, Brain-Computer Interface, Quantum Computing, & 5G. Global, downsize, marketplace, 110...
The Digital Transformation Mistakes to Avoid!
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Public reports states 84% of Digital Transformation projects are failing to deliver their expected benefits. Organizations realize that looking for th...
Enterprise Architecture – The How-To Methodology
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most information technology personnel look at & “do” information technology modeling & implementation rather than REAL Enterprise Architec...
Enterprise Architecture – what is it and what is it not, actually
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A great thing about the internet, is anyone can write anything about anything. One of the problems with the internet IS, anyone can write anything abo...
Enabling Business Strategy in the Hypercompetitive Digital World
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Public reports state that 84% of Digital Transformation projects fail to deliver their expected benefits, organizations look for “silver bullets”,...
Hyper-Competition – Going Beyond Digital Transformation
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many organizations embarked on digital transformations are underwhelmed at the return on investment they see. Our observations suggest a high percenta...
Cybersecurity – what you need to know
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss cybersecurity, & what you as a business person, technology professional, or just an innocent citizen needs to know. Do you need or know...
Human and Business Change is Hard - you need A.C.T.I.O.n.
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Less than 50% of Digital Transformation is about technology. Why? This is the "easy" part. The difficult area of Digital Transformation is the human s...
Get over it – the hackers have won!
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Finger-pointing is great, but that doesn’t mean anything is going to be addressed. The path is clear. The path is logical. It is really not complica...
Big Data and Good Data and Enterprise Architecture
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As consultant Tom Davenport said, “At American Airlines, they told me they had 11 different usages of the term ‘airport’. As a frequent traveler...
Moving To An Agile Digitally Transformed Strategic Enterprise
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Any other hyped words I can throw into the title of this episode?! Much has been discussed in virtually every media outlet on the movement toward digi...
A Rational Approach to Government Contracting
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you heard the term "beltway bandits", this episode will be refreshing to you. We interview Brad King and Liam Speeden CEO & CTO of Robbins-Gioi...
Digital Transformation and Continuous Change is here!
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are entering the Information Age, & existing the Internet Age. Digital "everything" is no longer a nice-to-have, it is an imperative. Yet, most...
Fostering State Government Tech Excellence - Getting to know NASCIO
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Sweden, Program Director at NASCIO – the National Association of State Chief Information Officers is our guest today. NASCIO’s mission is to ...
Soft Skills - What are they and do I need them - YES!
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the other side of the brain – soft skills. Being a technical wizard, or expert in a field, is no longer enough in today’s digital commu...
The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Digital Transformation efforts sweep across Government & Corporate America, enterprises find results of Digital Transformation efforts are much...
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 3
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We complete our discussion on understanding 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Informatio...
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 2
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion on understanding 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Informatio...
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We provide an understanding of 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Information Age. Each o...
Setting the Stage for the 2020 Enterprise and Beyond
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This show is about sorting through the internet-driven advice madness that exists in business today. We provide practice-based insights in business tr...
Data Driven Marketing – the Key to Digital Transformation
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Technology changed the way companies deliver their marketing message but not its basic marketing principles. Customer data is the most valuable asset ...
Distance Learning – The New Normal?
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with three college students, from 3 different universities, about their experiences with the change to Distance Learning as a result of the c...