Fundamental properties of digital IT have set ons on a road not to a Singularity Point, but towards Complexity Crunch. That has consequences for our strategic (IT) choices and landscapes. A ‘long r…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
Cicero, an AI, performed in the top 10% against human performers in the game Diplomacy, which is about negotiating with others. chatGPT is making the rounds with its impressive output. Are these AI…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
I am proposing a way to ‘measure’ the ‘understanding’ the top of an organisation has — how capable it is of making informed strategic decisions — on a subject, e.g. legal, f…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
The amount of IT we have brought in the world is turning the human species into something ‘extended’. IT has behaviour and as such is an amplifier of our intentions. IT is us, it is ins…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
Long ago, when computing started the ones starting it were mathematicians. This was logical as the machines were machines executing logic, the mathematician’s bread and butter. This has led t…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
It is generally accepted that IT Strategy must follow Business Strategy. It seems a no-brainer. But is it? There are reasons to look at it differently, reasons that become more pressing as organisa…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
With increasing IT volumes in the world, landscape change is getting harder and harder, and we need to adapt to that fact. Upper management is very slow to adapt and the Enterprise/IT Architect/Str…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the rounds for a while. It is now dying. But in a different way, it is actually a really important aspect of IT.| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
What happens when your organisation suddenly loses all of its IT? There are enough realistic ways for that to happen. Think: a really successful ransomware attack. As it turns out, first turning ou…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
The third ‘fragmentation wave’ of the IT-revolution is upon us, it seems. Fragmentation/encapsulation is a repeated pattern in the IT-revolution for managing complexity. First as object…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
Thanks to Gary Marcus, I found out about this research paper. And boy, is this is both a clear illustration of a fundamental flaw at the heart of Generative AI, as well as uncovering a doubly probl…| R&A IT Strategy & Architecture
