Summary: EAs have the toughest job in the world: changing peoples' minds.

The job of enterprise architects is not to smooth over existing arrangements to make technology run better for the business. Enterprise architects are put on this earth to overthrow the existing order of things.

That's the view of Nick Malik, who makes the point that EAs are in the business of revolution:

"As an enterprise architect, I am in the business of creating social change. Im actually paid to get things to change (hows THAT for a cool job). Of course, Im paid to make the changes within corporations, and the benefit goes to the corporation by making them more effective, efficient, or timely in their desire to 'make tangible' their own business strategy. However, the reasons and rationale aside, my job is all about change."

Of course, this entails one of the hardest jobs in the world -- getting people to change. To change their jobs, their workflows, their pre-concieved notions, and their thinking.

Nick says the key to getting people to make positive change boils down to one word: empathy. "Empathy is the single most powerful, most important, and most useful personality trait that an enterprise architect can have, bar none," he points out. It means more than just sitting in a meeting with an end-user and taking good notes -- it means "connecting at a deep level with the people that you are being asked to work with."

One can sense an undercurrent of Agile methodology in Nick's statement -- the idea of tech professionals sitting down and working in small groups with end-users, on a regular basis, release by release, until everyone is happy with the final outcome.

EAs need to take a leadership role in this process, he continues. And, ultimately, "only by connecting with another individual can an EA understand what is motivating that person to change, and what is keeping them from achieving it."

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Main Line roofers discuss the importance of roofing repairs during the cold, wet Pennsylvania winter

Bala Cynwyd, PA (PRWEB) January 17, 2013

By putting off roof repairs, the damage to a roof and the rest of the home tends to become more severe. Water that has found a path through the roof and into the home will often become worse because the path will become bigger. As the weather warms, insects and other pests may find that hole and begin to enter the home. Some may find it even earlier and try to make nests within roof interiors, attics, and even between walls. This leads to bigger issues with new bacteria and diseases being brought into a home. The pests can eat away at insulation and even electrical wiring. What started as a small roof patch job has turned into a homeowners worst nightmare.

It is important to take good care of roofs in Bala Cynwyd, PA, because of the harsh elements that residents face on a yearly basis. The humidity throughout the seasons is high and precipitation can wreak havoc on a house. The cold winters create a constant need for heat during the winter, and these prices continue to climb. As roofs become damaged and need replaced or repaired, the heating costs go up tremendously, because of all the heat that is being lost through the roof and attic.

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