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REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

Sam Holcman

Business Management

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The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in EA/BA
16/03/2026 | 14 mins.
If you are a CIO, CTO, or Architecture Manager, you are already paying an “architecture tax” you never approved.
It shows up as overlapping platforms, programs that cannot finish, and “strategic” projects that quietly die after burning millions. The surprising culprit: ten everyday EA/BA words that your organization thinks it understands - but does not.
When these words are fuzzy, your architecture is fuzzy. And fuzzy architecture is expensive.
Ontology in AI: The Hidden Skill That Makes Architecture and Your Career Work
09/03/2026 | 17 mins.
In both EACOE enterprise architecture and BACOE business architecture, ontology is the backbone: it tells us what kinds of things exist in the enterprise, how they relate, and how those meanings stay consistent as we automate, integrate, and apply AI.

Today, that makes ontology not just a theoretical idea, but one of the most valuable, underused skills in the AI job market – and a critical success factor for serious Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture work.

What an Ontology Really Is: Kinds of Things Together and Their Relationships In information and computer science, an ontology is a formal description of knowledge in a domain – the kinds of things (concepts/classes) and the relationships between them. It is more than a glossary; it is a structured model of meaning that both humans and machines can use.
Business Architecture - Belonging to a Club or Practicing a Discipline
24/02/2026 | 13 mins.
Welcome to Real Talk with Sam Holcman - where we stop confusing activity with progress and start talking about how businesses actually work.

Today I want to talk about something touchy in the Business Architecture world: the difference between belonging to a club and practicing a discipline. Specifically, the world of the Business Architecture Guild® and its BIZBOK® Guide on one side… and BACOE, the Business Architecture Center Of Excellence, on the other.
How to Help the CEO Understand Enterprise and Business Architecture - Without Losing Your Job
23/02/2026 | 7 mins.
Many CEOs excel in vision, leadership, and financial acumen - yet remain only vaguely familiar with the disciplines of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Architecture (BA). They hear the words. They see the frameworks. But they do not always connect with the business value that drives strategy, change, and decision-making. That gap can be dangerous.
What Is In and Out In Enterprise Architecture (EA) In 2026 From Exams to Practice
18/02/2026 | 6 mins.
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is shifting decisively from theory-heavy, exam-driven certification to demonstrated, practice-based competence that delivers measurable business outcomes.

In: Practitioner-based paths that validate portfolios, scenarios, workshops, and demonstrable outcomes - certifying that you can architect, not just that you can pass an exam.

Out: Credentials earned solely by scoring above a cutoff on multiple-choice exams, which increasingly fail to differentiate between memorization and actual capability.

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About 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 required. This business podcast provides practice-based insights into business transformation, enterprise architecture, business architecture, organizational transformation, and technology transformation based on real-world practices. We provide you with insights that can provide true value to organizations and individuals that face today’s and tomorrow’s competitive pressures and provide a usable takeaway from each program.

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