Subject: January News

Dear Friend,


welcome to an exciting 2023! A lot is gonna happen in the upcoming months, so stay tuned!


We will continue adding more and more blog posts by our members like the "Open the Negotiation Space" article below.


We are hoping to meet many of you at one of our upcoming webinars or at the Intersection23 Conference in Vienna in September.


Some rumors say that there will be a big product launch on March 29th... more about that in our February newsletter.


Warm regards,

Milan & Wolfgang



Open the Negotiation Space

Viewpoints of many different disciplines need to be considered in order to implement a holistically designed enterprise. Interests of disciplines closer to purpose and customer value (like service- or UX designers) must be negotiated with disciplines closer to feasibility (like business- or software architects). Designs of those groups can be conflicting, drafts of UX designers, for example, might not be feasible with proper software design or due to limited budgets.

Today those disciplines are having hard times with each other. Designers are often frustrated because their designs are never implemented in the way they envisioned. IT-Architects are frustrated because everybody perceives them as not willing to implement a certain design. Executives are feeling that the money they invest hardly ever leads to the intended outcomes. A lot of misconceptions and conflicts between designers, architects and executives arise that are usually resolved by corporate politics, not the best way to optimize overall enterprise design.


->read the full blog article


This webinar this Wednesday 4pm CET tells the story of Earnestine from starting her new job as an Enterprise Architect to having set up an impactful, collaborative Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice that spans the whole company. Using this story, recurring Enterprise Design Patterns, typical blockers and proven solution strategies are presented in an easy-to-understand way.


You will learn:


  • How to set up a continuous, collaborative EA process?

  • How to build the relationships with the many stakeholders?

  • How do you get the management support you need?

  • Which EA maps and tools are valuable in which context?

  • How to integrate EA with multi-project management and corporate strategy?


Register -> here


Next week Wednesday February 8th, Milan will be telling the story of Severin who is an ambitious and experienced designer. And when Intersection Railways called for a major overhaul of a part of their product and service portfolio, they set out for making an impact. Severin brought together all the stakeholders, they set an ambitious goal to significantly shift the customer’s experience, and with their team they researched, prototyped and mapped out a better future journey.


But then it fell apart. That reorganisation messed up the responsibilities. Many customer insights turned out to be just assumptions. The IT change was too hard, the regulations were too constraining. And their stakeholders were not that convinced after all. What just happened?


You will learn:


  • How to reveal the links: map out how your enterprise pursues its purpose, the capabilities it relies on to deliver, and the experience outcomes it enables for customers and others

  • Have the right conversations: how to create clarity when developing product strategy, business transformation or investment options, collaboratively and visually

  • How to draw your enterprise on a napkin: learn how to establish a business geography to facilitate joint wayfinding between stakeholders


Register -> here



Save the date: Intersection23 Sept18-19 in Vienna, Austria!

This is Intersection 23, the 9th leading conference about Enterprise Design. We bring together a global community with the shared ambition to design better enterprises. Since its first 2014 edition, Intersection conference has been the pioneering event for those who want to see better enterprises emerge around them. Our call for case studies will open end of February 2023.



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