Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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Herding Cats, Seeding Clouds
Yesterdays post/A by Bard Papegaaij/A talked about the often used statement “Culture eats Change for breakfast”. And that got me thinking about the term I use often. Professional Cat Herder. Like there are levels to that endeavor. Maybe I use it too often? In my day-to-day balancing act both in work and private life I…
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Do what I mean, not what I say
And the gentle art of wrangle meaningful responses from our Generative AI tools While listening to Welcome to the machine by Shadows Fall I was wondering about the current state of Gen AI. These AI-powered assistants are designed to generate human-like responses. But did you know these “human-like” tendencies spread beyond the general responses to…
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Gravitational Lensing in Digital Transformation
I love when I am walking the dog and different words or concepts mesh together and give me a new way to think about my experiences as an architect and consultant. With digital transformation, organizations are traversing through a cosmic landscape where familiar landmarks seem to shift and/or warp under the influence of all these…
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Decision making, to err is human
This idea has been on my mind for a while now. Ever since I heard the news that Algorithmic management, primarily known in the platform gig economy, where algorithms manage employees, is now being introduced in other sectors as well. Being fired by an algorithm is not how I would have predicted the rise of…
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AI is coming for your job!
There were some awesome news articles about AI and the new stuff they could do: Devin a generative AI powered coding engineer from Cognition OpenAI the company behind ChatGPT has been working with a robotics firm Figure to develop humanoid robot There are quite some releases around AI and Project Management Yes I’m skipping SORA,…
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Architectural OCD
A couple of week’s ago the Fridays Nonsense post by Karsten Scherer had an interesting topic that had me thinking about internal systems. He mentioned systems that we are not aware of, until they stop working. For example your inner ear balance. That post kickstarted my thinking about switching between unconscious and conscious. Becoming aware…
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Data Governance as the Bedrock of Effective AI Governance
As an organisation you need a plan to address the market disruption of Generative AI. You don’t need to build your own version of ChatGPT. But you need a plan on how your organisation will deal with all the initiatives that will start. Otherwise I wish you good luck with the conversation you will have…
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AI and its intrinsic link with data governance
I hope you found my previous blog post on AI governance and its link with data governance insightful. The feedback and engagement from you have been very interesting. As I am getting back in the habit of writing a blog a month (or more), I wanted to explore my own thoughts into the critical role…
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“In space, there is no problem so bad that you cannot make it worse.”
In one of his TED Talks/A, Chris Hadfield mentions this saying and sheds a light on how to deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations. Risk Management In the astronaut business the space shuttle is a very complicated vehicle. It’s the most complicated flying machine ever built. All…
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Complexity? It is everywhere!
All of us Architects have experience with our different customers and their complex and bulky application landscapes. And the numerous challenges that they cause. We are not allowed to change or update the MiddleWare because it is so critical for our day to day operations Usual Suspects The Usual Suspects https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/ Next to high maintenance…