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In my previous blog I stated that we - knowledge workers and information architects – need to add value in innovative conceptualisations of the real world. That is easier said than done. Even if you admit incremental growth, it is a step to conceptualize out of the box. One key element in this I think is our worldview. With which I mean our framework of ideas and beliefs through which we interprets the world. Our experience, our education and our upbringing have brought us that worldview. And that worldview, engraved in our brain, limits us to see new options. A first step to innovative conceptualising therefor is to become aware of your current worldview. And to try new ones. Provocation could help that. 'The glass is half full instead of half empty! There is abundance everywhere! Make it human!' The worldview dictates the problems and the solutions you (can) see. In my opinion Zachman Architecture Framework’s Scoping layer or Planner view should address the worldview used. In its current definition it does not. It defines 'the purpose and nature of the business, all the important things that manages and affects the business policies and its outcome, external requirements and drivers.' By adding and summarizing different worldviews, e.g. from different stakeholders, to the Planner’s view, innovation can begin. By taking other viewpoints, by trying alternatives, by socratic questioning, by adding chance or by provocation. I wish you many worldviews. Rijk van Vulpen is enterprise architect at Caerleon.
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