I am on a journey of learning and hopefully understanding about how I reconcile my position as an immigrant settler to what my country has done to the original, indigenous peoples of these lands. As we gather to celebrate this long weekend, I am grateful and thankful for all the people and circumstances of my… Read more » The post Reflections on Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday appeared first on Enterprise Architecture: Practical Approaches ..read more

Oliver Cronk and his Architect Tomorrow team invited me to talk about the City of Vancouver's work on Smart Cities.   The post Architect Tomorrow – Episode 4 | Living in Smart Cities appeared first on Enterprise Architecture: Practical Approaches ..read more

I am participating on an Evanta panel on November 2nd titled “Looking to the Future – Lessons Learned from 2020“. In May, I did a talk on the early days of our pandemic response which you can see here:  Pandemic Response Keynote – Smart Communities Virtual Series 2020. My talk focused on how we supported… Read more » The post Looking to the Future – Lessons Learned from 2020 appeared first on Enterprise Architecture: Practical Approaches ..read more

The Public Sector Network (PSN) invited me back this year to provide a keynote on our COVID-19 pandemic response for the Smart Communities Roadshow 2020 in Vancouver.  I was fortunate to get to present the keynote in person at the 2019 roadshow last year.  You can see my presentation from 2019 here: https://leodesousa.ca/smart-communities-roadshow-2019-presentation/ As you… Read more » The post Pandemic Response Keynote – Smart Communities Virtual Series 2020 appeared first on Enterprise Architecture: Practical Approaches ..read more

Eight years ago in April 2012, I wrote a post about using the Monday Report approach to help me manage a large team at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.  I think implementing the Monday Report will help you in these Coronavirus COVID-19 remote work times.  I suggest you start with the post I wrote… Read more » The post Managing a Remote Team with the Monday Report appeared first on Enterprise Architecture: Practical Approaches ..read more

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I had the honour of delivering the Keynote presentation at the Public Sector Network Smart Communities Roadshow 2019 in Vancouver on Wednesday March 6, 2019. I posted my presentation slides here. Looking forward to your comments and feedback ..read more