REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

R.E.A.L. - Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical. Every day we hear jargon and see writing from so-called “experts,” and we don’t know what we should follow and what we should avoid. Published practices aren’t always best practices! Listen to episodes from Sam Holcman’s radio show, webinars, and podcasts, Real Talk with Sam Holcman. Each episode gets to the bottom of what business executives, managers, practitioners, and staff actually need to create innovative solutions that deliver- no utopia required. This business podcast provides practice-based insights into business transformation, enterprise architecture, business architecture, organizational transformation, and technology transformation based on real-world practices. We provide you with insights that can provide true value to organizations and individuals that face today’s and tomorrow’s competitive pressures and provide a usable takeaway from each program.

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Episodes

Wednesday Aug 02, 2023

I revived a real letter recently – yes, an envelope with a stamp and contents.  I was not sure whether the envelope and some of the enclosed writing was handwritten, or computer generated.  What did intrigue me was one of the notes that was in the content explaining why this organization used regular mail to get my attention.  Have a listen and see what thoughts this generates.

Tuesday Aug 01, 2023

Do you actually know the credentials of your Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture prior to you parting with your hard-earned money, or your company’s money?  Not just the organization they work for, but who will be providing you with the training and knowledge you need to be successful?  This broadcast outlines just a few simple questions that you should be able to get answers to, in less than ten minutes of the instructors time, prior to your investment.  Don’t regret your choice when it is too late!

Monday Jul 31, 2023

In the field of Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture, some are trying to popularize the concept of just enough architecture or minimal viable architecture and resulting products.  We suggest that underlying this trend is too much complexity in what is being represented – not level of detail, but its representation.  This broadcast will describe simple and complete as what is desired (and human consumable!).

Friday Jul 28, 2023

A United States Senator – Senator Wyden – has asked the FTC, and DOJ to investigate Microsoft for its role in a previous cyber-hack and an email breach.  I applaud this direction, but suggest that “picking” on Microsoft and looking at cybersecurity is, at most, only a start, and I may question that this is a good starting point.  Let us do “root cause analysis”, for these incidents and others.  We strongly suggest that it is the software industry that is “stuck” in Maturity Level 1 software practices, and needs to progress to Maturity Level 3.  Have a listen and your comments are welcome.

Wednesday Jul 26, 2023

Large bad data.  Obviously not good and some have recognized this as “model collapse” – the bad data causes more bad data to be generated.  Small bad data – nothing needs to be said here.  Small (vetted, provenance-known) data – perhaps within your enterprise walls – perhaps the way to go, until large, good data that is used for training appears.  When will this happen?  I do not think this is on the horizon.

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Outputs – something that is produced.  Outcomes – the result of something.  What is your “end state” that you are producing from your Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture efforts?  What are your Stakeholders seeing?  Outputs or Outcomes?  If it is Outputs, perhaps listening to this broadcast will explain the reception you are getting.  Words do have meaning, but so do Outcomes!

Model Collapse and AI

Friday Jul 14, 2023

Friday Jul 14, 2023

There is a growing realization that AI large models are being trained on AI generated content.  You may have to read this sentence again!  In some circles, this is being called AI generated spam.  And more of concern, as we enter the “political season” in the United States, the ease of which political disinformation, with AI generated disinformation will overwhelm legitimate sources.  We suggest there is a way to address this and get a real competitive advantage with this technology.

Thursday Jul 13, 2023

We describe the three maturity levels for organizations that write computer software and develop applications.  Maturity Level 1 – Make to Order, Maturity Level 2 – Provide from Stock, Maturity Level 3 – Assemble to Order.  Maturity Level three is the key to Enterprise Agility.

Wednesday Jul 12, 2023

A vendor releases a software update to address a serious flaw in their software.  The treat was serious enough to cause the software vendor to rush out a patch.  The patch itself had a problem.  The response from the vendor?  Back out the patch and await another patch!  I thought this flaw was serious.  It is still there.  We need to get this madness stopped.

Tuesday Jul 11, 2023

Some of the newest software is being developed for electric vehicles charging stations. Guess what?  Hackers are having a field day.  What is the reaction of the government and industry?  Continuing the whack-a-mole approach to after the fact security.  The madness must stop.  Just a bit of root cause analysis shows us the pathway.

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