REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

By Sam Holcman

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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.

Episode Date
The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in EA/BA
Mar 16, 2026
Ontology in AI: The Hidden Skill That Makes Architecture and Your Career Work
Mar 09, 2026
Business Architecture - Belonging to a Club or Practicing a Discipline
Feb 24, 2026
How to Help the CEO Understand Enterprise and Business Architecture - Without Losing Your Job
Feb 23, 2026
What Is In and Out In Enterprise Architecture (EA) In 2026 From Exams to Practice
Feb 18, 2026
Having A Lot of Data Is Not the Same as Having AI Ready Data
Feb 16, 2026
LLMs Copyright Infringement as a Service
Feb 13, 2026
What is In and Out in Business Architecture (BA) in 2026: From Exams to Practitioner Certification
Feb 11, 2026
Why You Can't Modify What You Have Not Done: Absurdity of Theoretical and Book-Learned Architects
Feb 09, 2026
Still Doing Architecture Principles
Feb 06, 2026
How to Get Your Enterprise Ready for Agentic AI
Feb 04, 2026
The Real Cost of Standing Still
Feb 02, 2026
The Key Enterprise Architect and Business Architect Survival Skill for 2026: Critical Ignoring
Jan 30, 2026
LinkedIn Posters: An Analysis of Internet Personas
Jan 28, 2026
AI Fabrications, Context, and LLMs
Jan 26, 2026
Practitioner Certification Transformation: from Multiple Choice Exams to Demonstrated Competency
Jan 24, 2026
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Jan 23, 2026
The 47 Second Enterprise: Why EACOE and BACOE Design for Human Attention
Jan 21, 2026
Yes, you CAN begin Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture Next Monday Morning
Jan 20, 2026
What Makes a Great Enterprise Architect or Business Architect
Dec 20, 2025
Irrational Exuberance and the AI Mania: Are We Living Through a Bubble?
Dec 18, 2025
Why TOGAF® Needs a Refresh
Dec 16, 2025
When Software Eats Itself
Dec 10, 2025
EA and BA Advice – How Can You Determine How To Best Spend your Time and Money
Dec 07, 2025
Agentic AI, EA 5.0, and EACOE
Dec 05, 2025
No I Will Not Peg My Biz on AI!
Nov 19, 2025
Data Center Growth – Good or a Waste
Oct 24, 2025
To-Be Models and As-Is Models – Which Always Comes First
Oct 22, 2025
Thought Leader – Thought Mimicker – Cult Follower: Who are you actually hearing?
Sep 19, 2025
Data for AI - Building New Age Architecture
Sep 11, 2025
AI and REAL Enterprise Architecture
Sep 09, 2025
Why Real Enterprise Architects and Business Architects Ignore the AI Hype Machine
Sep 05, 2025
Prompt Engineering or Prompt Manipulation - A Critical Look at How We Shape AI Responses
Sep 03, 2025
The Executive and CIO’s and Your Risks of Over-Reliance on AI in Enterprise Architecture
Aug 28, 2025
Human Consume-ability of EA and BA Deliverables
Aug 21, 2025
Moving from AI to OI
Aug 19, 2025
Learning from Information Technology Implementation Failures
Jul 30, 2025
The Danger of AI – Anything you say to AI can be used against you
Jul 29, 2025
Today’s AI – Just Guessing
Jul 28, 2025
Commentary - AI Has a Safety Problem – This Is How to Manage It
Jul 25, 2025
Buyer’s Remorse: When an Enterprise or Business Architecture Certification Isn’t a Great Fit
Jul 23, 2025
What Opportunities or Problems is AI Trying to Address?
Jul 11, 2025
Understanding Both Sides of AI's Use in Enterprise Architecture
Jun 30, 2025
Enterprise Architecture’s Gobbledygook
Jun 26, 2025
Power of Architecture: Shaping Progress from the Industrial Revolution to Enterprise Transformation
Jun 24, 2025
Success with AI starts with quality data – any questions?
Jun 21, 2025
The Hidden Risks of “Initial Cost First” in Enterprise Architecture Training and Certification
Jun 17, 2025
The Newest Click-Bait – Artificial Intelligence
Jun 10, 2025
The Four Types of People We Interact With
Jun 06, 2025
Comparing the Agility of a Salad Bar and the EACOE Enterprise Architecture Framework
Jun 04, 2025
Enterprise or Business Architect Certificate Planned Obsolescence: New Certification Version Impact
Jun 02, 2025
Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky and Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture
May 29, 2025
High Impact EA and BA Trusted Architects (HITA) vs. Certified In Name Only (CINO) - Which Are You?
May 27, 2025
Capability and Ability – They Are Different
May 26, 2025
What is a “Standard” in Business and Technology?
May 21, 2025
The B.A.I.T. Models Missing Silo – People
May 19, 2025
Intellectual Property Terrorism – The Enemy from Within
May 16, 2025
AI Chatbots Caused Quality Drop – Hiring Human Workers Again
May 14, 2025
Small Language Models – Enterprise Augmented Information (EAI) – the Time is Now
May 12, 2025
The Purpose of Business or Enterprise Architecture? The Baseline for Change
May 07, 2025
An Architecture Model No One Uses Is Just Cosmetology
May 04, 2025
TOGAF® and Wikipedia – Take A Look
Apr 21, 2025
Thinking before Deploying AI and LLM’s
Apr 17, 2025
AI Training Data - Both Digital File Cabinets and Digital Trash Cans are in the Learning Experience
Apr 15, 2025
EA and BA Training: A Necessary Partnership Between HR Organizations and EA and BA Departments.
Apr 14, 2025
Tariffs, Reciprocal Tariffs, and Subsidies – Oh my!
Apr 11, 2025
Enterprise Architects: Be Careful – Do not develop new “silos"
Apr 09, 2025
The Windows Phone - time for a second attempt?
Apr 07, 2025
The True Value of AI is in the Data
Apr 04, 2025
TOGAF - Frameworks and Methodologies
Apr 03, 2025
The Imperative for One Enterprise Architecture Framework
Apr 01, 2025
How Many Initials After Your Name
Mar 28, 2025
Ban the Term User
Mar 26, 2025
Year 2038 - Get Going Today
Mar 24, 2025
Operations Evaluation and Optimization - First Process, Then Technology, Then People
Mar 21, 2025
Zombie Software and Hardware - Do you have these vulnerabilities
Mar 19, 2025
Data and AI - The Questions to Ask
Mar 17, 2025
Educate Demonstrate Train - They Are Different
Mar 13, 2025
Business Architecture - A Distinct Discipline from Enterprise Architecture
Mar 10, 2025
AI and Software Development - Still Stuck in Maturity Level 1
Mar 07, 2025
EA and BA Failures - Lessons from Strategic Intelligence Blunders
Mar 05, 2025
The Thirst for Ease
Mar 03, 2025
Beyond The AI Algorithm
Mar 01, 2025
General Motors and Software Development History from 1984 to Today
Aug 22, 2024
How and Who Writes your Software
Aug 20, 2024
Consultants - Not to be Feared
Aug 19, 2024
Moving the EA and BA Practice to Professional Status
Aug 16, 2024
The Next Silver Bullet is Already in your Organization
Aug 14, 2024
Think you are too small to be cyber attacked - think again
Aug 12, 2024
Learnings from the Olympic Games
Aug 09, 2024
The Four Types of People on a Project
Aug 02, 2024
The CEO and Software Development Maturity
Jul 31, 2024
Project Management Post COVID November 2019
Jul 29, 2024
Explaining ChatGPT in Nine Minutes
Oct 19, 2023
Setting up your Artificial Intelligence Sandbox for about $100
Oct 03, 2023
Data, Information, Information Technology, Information Management – let us take a look
Sep 28, 2023
What can Wayne Gretzky Teach Technology Personnel, EA’s. and BA’s?
Sep 27, 2023
The Attack on Google Search
Sep 22, 2023
Commentary on 5 Signs Your Agile Practices Will Lead to Digital Disaster
Sep 21, 2023
The Importance of the Number 7
Sep 15, 2023
Shadow AI – It is here and will make Shadow IT look like child’s play
Sep 14, 2023
Rethinking the Cloud First Approach
Sep 11, 2023
The Deliverables String Test
Sep 08, 2023
Selecting an Enterprise Architecture Methodology; A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook
Sep 05, 2023
Enterprise Architecture Definitions – the What Definition and the How Definition
Sep 01, 2023
AI and Lawsuits – A Brief Status Report
Aug 31, 2023
Cloud Provider Hacked? Now what?
Aug 30, 2023
Overhyped Technologies or Marketing – Which is it?
Aug 29, 2023
What is Strategy? Part 4 – Begin with One Sentence.
Aug 24, 2023
What is Strategy? Part 3 – Fool’s Gold
Aug 23, 2023
What is Strategy? Part 2
Aug 22, 2023
What is Strategy?
Aug 21, 2023
Questions to ask your EA or BA consultant advisor prior to engagement
Aug 18, 2023
Business Architecture Defined
Aug 17, 2023
Continuous Digital Transformation – The Move-Ahead Alternative
Aug 15, 2023
Ontologies=Architecture Flows and Hierarchies = Implementation
Aug 14, 2023
Causation, Contributing, Correlation, Coincidence. Four Very Different Words!
Aug 11, 2023
The Key Sentence and Key Step To Begin Digital Transformation
Aug 10, 2023
Laying the Foundation for your AI Environment
Aug 09, 2023
R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architects – More Important Than Ever!
Aug 08, 2023
Reward-Risk Balance with Today’s Hyper Technology Innovations
Aug 07, 2023
Digital Transformation – What End State Are You Trying To Achieve
Aug 05, 2023
China discussing internet time limit for those under 18 years of age.
Aug 04, 2023
Postal Mail, Email, Links, Text Messages – and Security
Aug 03, 2023
Questions to ask your EA or BA Instructor Before You Enroll.
Aug 02, 2023
Think Simple and Complete, Not Minimal or Just Enough
Aug 01, 2023
Investigate Microsoft for Negligent Cybersecurity? Or do root cause analysis.
Jul 28, 2023
Large data sources with bad data. Smaller data sources with good data. Which is better?
Jul 26, 2023
Outputs and Outcomes - What are you producing from your Architecture Efforts?
Jul 25, 2023
Model Collapse and AI
Jul 14, 2023
The Software Development Maturity Model
Jul 13, 2023
Patch the Patch, and we spend our time and money doing this.
Jul 12, 2023
Hackers already are attacking EV charges – so what is new?
Jul 11, 2023
Think Simple and Complete, not Minimal
Jul 10, 2023
Computer Hardware Compute Capabilities and Software Development Advancements
Jul 07, 2023
Confirmation Bias in Artificial Intelligence Solution Selection
Jul 06, 2023
RightSourcing - Making Sourcing Decisions Based on Optimizing Achieving Organizational Goals
Jul 05, 2023
The Architect Roles In An Enterprise
Jul 03, 2023
The Fuel for the Internet/Knowledge Age Is Data, and Who Owns The Data Is Front And Center
Jun 30, 2023
Digital Transformation – Going on Fifty Years?
Jun 29, 2023
The Key Skill for Business Architects and Enterprise Architects
Jun 28, 2023
Cloud Computing and In House Computing - The New Reality
Jun 27, 2023
The Six Questions To Ask When Hiring A Consultant, and One That Is A Waste Of Time
Jun 26, 2023
Leveling the Playing Field Between Content Producers and Content Outlets
Jun 24, 2023
What questions do you need to ask when looking at new technologies?
Jun 23, 2023
Paid Information Sources or the Public Internet
Jun 22, 2023
AI Writing Your Code? You are still in Maturity Level 1
Jun 21, 2023
Eight Famous AI Disasters (Plus One)
Jun 20, 2023
Google AI Bard Privacy and Use Statement and Best Practices
Jun 16, 2023
EA and BA Multiple Choice Exams - the time has come to end this practice
Jun 15, 2023
What Data are AI Engines Being Trained On?
Jun 14, 2023
Artificial Intelligence HAL 9000 and Risk
Jun 06, 2023
Best Practices Artificial Intelligence and the Internet
Jun 05, 2023
Agile Techniques, Cyber Attacks, and the Four C’s
Jun 03, 2023
Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 2
Jun 01, 2023
Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 1
May 31, 2023
If AI is Ill - We Need To Know What It Ate
May 30, 2023
Business Architecture – The Definition
May 26, 2023
AI and First-Mover - Advantage or Disadvantage
May 25, 2023
Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Mistakes to Avoid
May 24, 2023
Can you really trust Artificial Intelligence?
May 23, 2023
Software, Technical, and Innovation Debt
May 22, 2023
Malware, Misinformation, and Disinformation – Oh My!
May 20, 2023
19 Tech Myths That Some People Still Believe
May 19, 2023
Business Architects and Enterprise Architects – are you getting the recognition you deserve?
May 17, 2023
Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture – Comparing and Contrasting
May 16, 2023
Knowledge Base and Methodologies - They are Quite Different
May 15, 2023
Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Framework - What is it?
May 12, 2023
Business Capability - What is it?
May 12, 2023
Enterprise Architecture - The Definition
May 11, 2023
Rationalized and Focused Artificial Intelligence is Beginning to Appear
May 10, 2023
AI and the Future of the Internet
May 09, 2023
AI Hallucinations - A New Way to Avoid Responsibility or Liability?
May 05, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Words Do Have Meanings!
May 04, 2023
AI Engines - What are the Categories of Data used for Training?
May 03, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Components
May 02, 2023
R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture Defined (Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical)
Mar 29, 2023
Cyber Security Root Cause Analysis – The State Of The Practice
Jan 09, 2023
Optimizing and Streamlining IT for Business Agility
Dec 26, 2022
Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the ”Big Persons Table?’
Dec 19, 2022
Enterprise Architecture in the Era of Hybrid Cloud
Jun 24, 2020
Enterprise Architect Participants?
Jun 24, 2020
Business Architect participants?
Jun 24, 2020
Architecting to Create Business Agility to Compete in the Post Pandemic World
Jun 17, 2020
Applying Logic to Consumer Behavior in Times of Crisis
Jun 17, 2020
Data Driven Marketing – the Key to Digital Transformation
Jun 17, 2020
Distance Learning – The New Normal?
Jun 17, 2020
Focusing on the Here and Now – A One Day Exercise
Jun 17, 2020
Architecting for the Cloud and the Cloud Repatriation Movement
Jun 17, 2020
Moving From Crisis Management to Creating Resilient Organizations In Anticipation of the Next Crisis
Jun 17, 2020
Why Some People Revel In Complexity
Jun 17, 2020
Applying Enterprise Architecture to Identify Cost Containment and Optimization Opportunities
Jun 17, 2020
Applying the EACOE and BACOE Architecture Methodologies to Analyze the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
Jun 17, 2020
Improve Your Company’s Enterprise Architecture Health - Obtain an Independent Assessment
Jun 17, 2020
An Introduction to Process Distribution Centers ™ and Data Distribution Centers ™
Jun 17, 2020
Process Mining the Complement to Data Mining
Jun 17, 2020
Luke Peters On The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change
Jun 17, 2020
The Status of the Cloud Revolution
Jun 17, 2020
Security Architecture - What, How, Where, Who, When, Why
Jun 17, 2020
Mass Customization is in your hands - your stakeholders and customers also want this true agility
Jun 17, 2020
No One Really Wants An Enterprise Architecture
Jun 17, 2020
Business Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture - Join the Revolutionary Movement
Jun 17, 2020
Are You Making Decisions Based on Solid Data or a Data Swamp?
Jun 17, 2020
Top 10 Questions and Answers to DeMystify Enterprise Architecture
Jun 17, 2020
What Business Executives and Managers Need To Know about Software
Jun 17, 2020
In Search of a Search Engine
Jun 17, 2020
Artificial Intelligence - Perhaps Augmented Intelligence
Jun 17, 2020
Technical Debt – It Is Much More Than Just Technical
Jun 17, 2020
Your Business has an Architecture - do you know what it is? Part 2
Jun 17, 2020
Your Business has an Architecture, but do you know what it is?
Jun 17, 2020
The Critical Role of the Business Technology Collaborator/Partner
Jun 17, 2020
RightSourcing – Balancing Inhouse/Purchased Services and Software
Jun 17, 2020
Process Visualization Unlocking your Hidden Assets
Jun 17, 2020
Application Portfolio Rationalization and Optimization Strategies
Jun 17, 2020
Business Architecture Actually Developing Business Capabilities
Jun 17, 2020
Business Architecture - Identifying Needed Business Capabilities
Jun 17, 2020
Cutting Through Technobabble/Claptrap in Business and Technology
Jun 17, 2020
The Digital Transformation Mistakes to Avoid!
Jun 17, 2020
Enterprise Architecture – The How-To Methodology
Jun 17, 2020
Enterprise Architecture – what is it and what is it not, actually
Jun 16, 2020
Enabling Business Strategy in the Hypercompetitive Digital World
Jun 16, 2020
Hyper-Competition – Going Beyond Digital Transformation
Jun 16, 2020
Cybersecurity – what you need to know
Jun 16, 2020
Human and Business Change is Hard - you need A.C.T.I.O.n.
Jun 16, 2020
Get over it – the hackers have won!
Jun 16, 2020
Big Data and Good Data and Enterprise Architecture
Jun 16, 2020
Moving To An Agile Digitally Transformed Strategic Enterprise
Jun 16, 2020
A Rational Approach to Government Contracting
Jun 16, 2020
Digital Transformation and Continuous Change is here!
Jun 16, 2020
Fostering State Government Tech Excellence - Getting to know NASCIO
Jun 16, 2020
Soft Skills - What are they and do I need them - YES!
Jun 16, 2020
The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change
Jun 16, 2020
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 3
Jun 16, 2020
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 2
Jun 16, 2020
Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age
Jun 16, 2020
Setting the Stage for the 2020 Enterprise and Beyond
Jun 16, 2020
Data Driven Marketing – the Key to Digital Transformation
Jun 15, 2020
Distance Learning – The New Normal?
Jun 15, 2020