Gartner EA Summit: The Case of the Irritating Architect
This is the afternoon keynote in the EA Summit being given by Susan Cramm, the Founder and President of Valuedance, and CIO Magazine columnist. Some takeaways from her true story of Jerry, the Irritating Architect.
- People will choose likability over competence any day.
- Motivation is built upon respect, connectivity, and pride. She used these three concepts then in the key phases of architecture: strategize, architect, lead, govern, and communicate.
- You can’t influence people you don’t know.
Overall, it was a good presentation. It definitely delivered the message of adding value to others and enabling them, rather than the opposite extreme of taking power from others and disabling them. Elements of Jerry that she described made me think of a very good book I’ve read, “The No A******e rule.”
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Todd – Thanks for attending my session. There are so many talented professionals who make their professional lives much more difficult by staying in their head rather than getting out of their office. Best to you – Susan