by Rob Malcolm | Jul 12, 2026 | Subject Area
Purpose, Ethics, Competence and Trust Governance is often seen as committees, policies, controls, compliance, risk registers, and board packs. While these elements are part of governance, they do not define its core. True governance is the discipline that ensures an...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 10, 2026 | Subject Area
Return to: Sensemaking Domain Organisations do not adapt because they possess more information. They adapt because they maintain a continuous dialogue with reality. Organisational Awareness refers to an organisation’s ability to continuously sense, interpret,...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Glossary
Kanban Architecture is architecture pulled by need, not pushed by function. It makes governed architectural knowledge available at the point of work, in the form people need to address the problem in front of them. Kanban: A pull-based method originating in the Toyota...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Source Note
Architecture pulled by need, tested at the place where work is done (Gemba), governed through the Knowledge Base Most architecture is pushed. A central team develops models, principles, standards, roadmaps, patterns, diagrams, and governance artefacts. These may be...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Glossary
A value stream is the end-to-end journey through which a need becomes an outcome for a customer, stakeholder or beneficiary. It connects work that may cross several teams, decisions, systems and organisational boundaries. Unlike a business process, which explains how...