
We had a problem. People saw our work, saw us; “architecture”, “strategy”, “whatever!”; it didn’t matter what they called it or us. They weren’t calling us; we were perceived as something slow, theoretical and bureaucratic. There was a gap between us and the business. A failure to show our value. Incidentally, we were 9500 km…

Challenge The challenge that we were set was to to create the first ever executable technology strategy for a government department. The organisation had multiple high level directional strategies and roadmaps. However, it did not have a single coherent easy to digest statement of how to use technology to deliver business goals. This absence meant…

Challenge Imagine scooping up piles of children’s building blocks and throwing them into a wooden box. You find that although all the blocks came out of the box, they do not seem to fit. Now imagine placing the blocks carefully in the box to minimise wasted space and discovering that all the blocks fit easily.…