Uncertainty

Acting under uncertainty

A general approach to respond to uncertainty

Uwe Friedrichsen

14 minute read

A black swan (seen in Stuttgart, Germany)

In the previous post, I introduced the concept of uncertainty as the unifying main driver of rethinking IT. I described how it breaks the certainty-based value prediction model that most of our acting (not only) in IT is based upon and why so many people and companies have difficulties to accept and adapt to uncertainty.

Understanding uncertainty

Why uncertainty changes everything

Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

Elephant sculpture (seen in front of the Natural History Museum Vienna)

After a few posts discussing some aspects of software architecture, I would like to continue with the probably most important concept that I see in the world (not only) of IT today: uncertainty.

The three waves of digital transformation

Digital transformation without the hype, smoke and mirrors

Uwe Friedrichsen

10 minute read

A quiet sea with swans swimming on it

“Digital transformation” is probably one of the most overstressed terms of the last years - not only in IT, but also everywhere else: in the news, the media, every conference, everywhere. You just cannot not escape it. But what makes it really annoying is that most people who talk about it do not seem to have any proper idea what it actually means.