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Operating Model Choices
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursOperating model design canvas + team topology guide + Conway's Law application worksheet + Communication Structure Heatmap

How the structure of technology teams shapes the structure of the systems they build — covering Conway's Law, centralised vs federated models, platform teams, product operating models, team topologies, and designing the organisation that produces the architecture you want.

..."£100K/month team that owns product Y and delivers outcomes." Outcomes measured: customer adoption, revenue impact, operational health. Not measured: lines of code, features delivered, project milestones. Product...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureOperating ModelConway's LawTeam TopologiesPlatform TeamsStrategyView Details
Stakeholder Management & Politics
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursStakeholder map template + conflict resolution framework + executive alignment guide

How to navigate organisational dynamics, manage conflicting priorities, resolve decision deadlocks, and build executive alignment — because the best architecture recommendation fails without stakeholder alignment.

...engineering. Quantify the cost of each — "speed now costs us X weeks of rework." Innovation vs stability — business vs operations. Present risk and reward — "innovation has Y% chance of Z impact." Centralisation...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureStakeholder ManagementPoliticsInfluenceConflict ResolutionView Details
Technical Debt & Rationalisation
Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursTechnical debt taxonomy + rationalisation prioritisation framework + modernisation criteria

How to understand, measure, prioritise, and reduce technical debt — the accumulated cost of shortcuts, outdated decisions, and deferred maintenance.

...missing reviews, no CI/CD, manual testing. Detected by process audit. Medium cost — quality and speed impact. Knowledge debt — key-person dependencies, no cross-training. Detected by team assessment. High...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureTechnical DebtRationalisationModernisationGovernanceView Details
Delivery, Implementation & Architecture Runway
Intermediate (SA, EA, TS)4-5 hoursArchitecture runway template + delivery dependency map + agile architecture checklist

How architecture supports delivery instead of blocking it — covering architecture runway, phased implementation, dependency management, keeping teams unblocked, and recovering when architecture goes wrong during delivery.

...Feature logic — that's the team's responsibility. UI design details — that's design's responsibility. Business rules — that's product's responsibility. How far ahead should runway be? Too short — 1 sprint...

1 DayIntensive
PracticalSA · EA · TS
ArchitectureSolution DesignDeliveryAgileRunwayView Details
Technology Leadership & Organizational Excellence
Intermediate to AdvancedLeadership roadmap and team enablement plan

Learn to lead high-performance engineering organizations with clear decision rights, distributed leadership, and AI-augmented team management for the future of work.

...human-only vs AI vs collaborative Establish guardrails — ensure AI operates within ethical, legal, and business constraints Build AI literacy — ensure team understands AI capabilities/limitations Foster psychological...

2 DaysWorkshop
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LeadershipOrganizational DesignDecision RightsAI Augmented TeamsView Details
Current State & Target State Architecture
All levels — SA, EA, TS4-5 hoursAs-is / to-be architecture canvas + transition state design + maturity scale + AI readiness assessment

How to document what exists today, define what must exist tomorrow, and design the transition states that get you there — the discipline of architecture that connects present reality to future goals.

...including the problems, debt, and constraints. Target state describes what must exist to meet future business needs. Transition states are the realistic intermediate steps. The gap between current and target...

1 dayIntensive
PracticalCanvas exercise
ArchitectureEnterprise ContextCurrent StateTarget StateTransformationGap AnalysisView Details
Future of AI
Intermediate to Senior Leaders3-4 hoursAI horizon scan + strategic implications analysis + preparation roadmap

What's coming in AI — multimodal models, on-device AI, open-source momentum, protocols, regulation, and the shift to AI-native organisations. See around the corner without falling for hype.

...across multiple formats — text, images, audio, video, and code — in a single system. Capability Status Impact Image understanding Production (GPT-4V, Gemini, Claude) Document analysis, visual QA Image generation...

Half DayIntensive
Horizon ScanDeliverable
Future of AIAI TrendsMultimodal AIAI RegulationEmerging TechnologyView Details
Human Skills in an AI World
All levels4-5 hoursPersonal skills assessment + development plan + human-AI collaboration playbook

The skills that become more valuable, not less, as AI handles routine work. Critical thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, ethical judgment, adaptability, and the art of working with AI as a collaborator.

...relationships Customers want human connection, not just efficiency Ethical decisions Understanding impact on people requires emotional awareness Change management Bringing people along requires emotional...

1 DayIntensive
5 SkillsFramework
Human SkillsCritical ThinkingCreativityEmotional IntelligenceAI CollaborationView Details
Future Operating Model
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursFuture operating model scenarios + AI-native organisation design principles + transition pathway + Communication Structure Heatmap

How organisations will need to restructure their technology capabilities, teams, and governance as AI, automation, and platform thinking reshape what it means to run a technology function.

...constraints, reviewing outcomes, ethical oversight Communication Translating between technical and business worlds Ethics Value-based decisions AI can't make The human-AI collaboration levels: L1 Assist...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureOperating ModelAIFuture of WorkStrategyPlatformView Details
Case Study

From 15 AI Pilots to 6 Prioritized Initiatives

How a FinTech aligned AI strategy, governance, and execution in 8 weeks — cutting through pilot paralysis with a clear operating model.

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