5 Key Components of a Successful Enterprise Architecture Function — Creating and managing a successful Enterprise Architecture function requires a variety of different hard and soft skills. In addition, each company is different and the Enterprise Architecture function needs to calibrate and align itself to the specific company. However, there are five common features of a successful Enterprise Architecture function…

I talk to a lot of customers in my role as IT CTO at Salesforce. Data always comes up in discussions with CIOs and CTOs. Actually, I can’t… — I talk to a lot of customers in my role as IT CTO at Salesforce. Data always comes up in discussions with CIOs and CTOs. Actually, I can’t think of any recent conversation when data did not come up as a topic. Here are some thoughts on data that I…

A simple analogy… — A simple analogy… When I present to companies about “Why does a company need an IT Enterprise Architecture team?”, I like to start with the following picture. I pose the question “Does this work?” to the audience… which of course elicits many responses. The typical responses are as follows: —…

Enterprise Architecture — How We Do It Internally — Enterprise Architecture — How We Do It Internally The two words, “Enterprise Architecture”, elicit various reactions — everything from “we tried that and it doesn’t work” to “we need that!” to “we have an effective EA practice”. Unfortunately it is possible (even easy) to do Enterprise Architecture incorrectly, with an approach that is lethargic, technology-first and theoretical —…

Eventually in your career, you will have a bad boss. Someone who epitomizes bad characteristics such as being unethical, only caring about… — Eventually in your career, you will have a bad boss. Someone who epitomizes bad characteristics such as being unethical, only caring about themselves, being insecure, taking credit for your work, etc. It’s impossible to articulate all the ways in which a manager can be a poor manager. You’ll notice…

One of our world-class Salesforce Enterprise Architects, Jonathan Laudicina (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-laudicina/ ) has done… — One of our world-class Salesforce Enterprise Architects, Jonathan Laudicina (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-laudicina/ ) has done amazing work on Business Model Exploration. I want to highlight some of his work and I think you’ll find it useful. As a reminder, Illuminate is the Enterprise Architecture Methodology that we use inside Salesforce as well…

I announced my retirement last week on LinkedIn… — I announced my retirement last week on LinkedIn… Brett Colbert on LinkedIn: It has been an amazing 8+ years here at Salesforce and I have enjoyed |… It has been an amazing 8+ years here at Salesforce and I have enjoyed my various roles as IT CTO, Solutions CTO and…www.linkedin.com In a nutshell, the comments (400+ so far) confirmed for me what I have believed for a long time:

We have a house in Truckee and the power often goes out in the winter when there are storms. The lights in the house will flicker and then… — We have a house in Truckee and the power often goes out in the winter when there are storms. The lights in the house will flicker and then power drops. Sometimes the power is back on in seconds and sometimes it takes hours. …

https://brettcolbert.medium.com/remote-work-the-new-normal-in-2021-981a20f3b7bd — original post — https://brettcolbert.medium.com/remote-work-the-new-normal-in-2021-981a20f3b7bd — original post If companies weren’t already convinced, the Omicron variant should push everyone to understand that this is the NEW normal. As I said in the first post back in January 2021 (link is above) “…COVID variants are already cropping up and the vaccines may or may not…