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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

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05:50

How Many Initials After Your Name

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/28

Have you ever pondered the tangible accomplishments or real-world impact of individuals who showcase an extensive array of academic credentials, professional certifications, or honorific initials in their email signatures or business cards? Let us explore this and what it could mean.

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05:55

Ban the Term User

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/26

The unkindest symptomatic term that technology people use to describe the people that pay the bills – USERS. It is a mindset; it is an insult. It needs to stop being used by information technology people now. Listen in as to why.

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05:30

Year 2038 - Get Going Today

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/24

Let me summarize. If you were involved in or part of activities regarding the date issue in year 2000, year 2038 is going to make year 2000 look like child’s play. Time to get started! Let us start with an inventory.

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07:45

Operations Evaluation and Optimization - First...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/21

Operations Evaluation and Optimization – something we have been doing for over twenty years with our clients. First Process, then Technology, and then People – this order is important. Starting with headcount reduction does not address the Root Cause – inefficient processes. Process Visualization is the key to Root Cause understanding, and optimizing the whole.

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05:20

Zombie Software and Hardware - Do you have these...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/19

What is Zombie Software and Hardware? It is hardware and software that has not been completely removed – eliminated – from your organization's physical implementations. Why is this a serious cyber threat? Listen in.

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06:30

Data and AI - The Questions to Ask

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/17

We all know what makes artificial intelligence work is data. But how much do you know about the data that is being used in artificial intelligence? Whether it's a model that you obtained off of the Internet, a large language model, a small language model, or other sources. What is the quality of that particular data? Who actually owns the data? What context is the data coming from? Can you actually trust it? These and more questions are outlined in this episode of Real Talk with Sam Holcman. Stay

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06:00

Educate Demonstrate Train - They Are Different

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/13

In the world of Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture, the terms educate, demonstrate and train are often confused. In this broadcast, we will define each one of these terms from the context of two different audiences - one is the Enterprise Architect and Business Architect, and the other is the stakeholder’s context. As you will hear from this broadcast, the skills you require are different for educating, demonstrating, and training, and we hope that this broadcast will help you to be

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07:15

Business Architecture - A Distinct Discipline from...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/10

Business Architecture is often misunderstood and incorrectly categorized as a mere component of Enterprise Architecture. This concise exploration aims to dispel the marketing hype and provide clarity on this crucial yet frequently misinterpreted field.

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06:45

AI and Software Development - Still Stuck in Maturity...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/07

Paving over the cow paths. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting change. All you have do to is buy a package and you will never have to work and thing again (and you can get rid of all o f the programmers!). How many of these have you heard? Here we go again – AI Coding will solve all ills. Have a listen.

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08:30

EA and BA Failures - Lessons from Strategic...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/05

Let us look outside of EA and BA at failures in other disciplines to see if we can learn something. This gets us away from siloed thinking in our own domain. Perhaps we can learn something!

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06:30

The Thirst for Ease

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/03

Humankind has a thirst for ease. Sometimes, we just fill out forms with 123 Main Street, Joe Doe as our name, 123-456-7890 as our telephone number. Innocent or mischievous? Does your favorite AI tool or language model know this? Of course not. If you have not dug into this yet in your language models, you will possibly be surprised. The issue is large and growing.

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06:50

Beyond The AI Algorithm

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2025/03/01

Beyond the AI Algorithm: Rediscovering Authentic Learning and Best Practices. The Broadcast will outline the four categories of data (information), and the limitations faced today with large language models.

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10:50

General Motors and Software Development History from...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/22

General Motors has had a number of changes in their software development organizations, for a number of decades now. It's like déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra stated. Perhaps it is not who is developing the software that needs to be addressed - it is how it is being developed. An understanding that needs to be put forward.

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08:25

How and Who Writes your Software

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/20

Can you trust and verify the software you are using (or developed internally) is secure, safe, and functions as intended? Do you know where the software was developed, who maintains is, how it is maintained, and how it is changed? In this age of increasing cyberattacks, these questions are now an imperative. Listen in for some insight into this very important topic.

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07:40

Consultants - Not to be Feared

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/19

Does the word Consultant bring fear to you or your organization? Let us examine how to turn that fear into trust and hope. There is one overarching thing that you can do to make this happen. Have a listen!

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05:00

Moving the EA and BA Practice to Professional Status

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/16

Are you, unfortunately, a C.I.N.O. Architect? Don't be mad or upset - do something about it. Have you, as a hiring manager, now realized you have C.I.N.O. Architects in your organization rather than C.I.P. Architects. Don’t be mad – do something about it. Upgrade the skills required to actually develop Enterprise Architectures or Business Architectures. (C.I.N.O. – Certified In Name Only, C.I.P. Architects – Certified In Practice Architects.)

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08:30

The Next Silver Bullet is Already in your Organization

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/14

Have any "grey-haired" people in your Organization? Perhaps you should talk to them about the Silver Bullet already available in most Organizations - Mainframes and liquid cooling. Rethinking Artificial Intelligence in the midst of a bit of a fade that already is present.

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07:00

Think you are too small to be cyber attacked - think...

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/12

If you think you are too small to be affected by cyber-attacks, ransomware, etc. - please listen to this broadcast. All are vulnerable to these attacks. And we all need to look at the root cause of these attacks, rather than just pointing fingers at various actors.

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06:00

Learnings from the Olympic Games

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/09

What can we, as Enterprise Architects or Business Architects learn from observing the Olympic Games? We will outline these lessons, and how we as Architects can gain skills, recognition, and satisfaction, by following these examples.

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14:30

The Four Types of People on a Project

REAL Talk With Sam Holcman ·

2024/08/02

When you are working on a project with a group of individuals, there are four types/categories of individuals you may encounter. We will discuss these four types of individuals, how they can help or hinder a project, and also take a look at the most damaging of the type of person you may encounter - the cynical project manager.

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