Architect Tomorrow

Eddie Obeng's work was a foundational inspiration for Architect Tomorrow . His concept of " the world after midnight ", where the pace of change overtook our ability to learn and adapt, was a spark that helped shape the launch of this podcast and community. In this wide-ranging and characteristically fast-paced conversation, Eddie challenges assumptions about governance, sustainability, organisati...

Oliver Cronk recorded a conversation at Chief Architect Network London 2026 with Lisa Woodall, Author of Whatever Next?, alongside Whynde Kuehn, Author of Strategy to Reality. Massive thanks to Grant Ecker and the CAN community for having us. In a conversation that came full circle, three years after we discussed Whynde's book with Lisa on the panel, the tables turned as Whynde joined to discu...

In a world where architecture teams are either feared gatekeepers or invisible bystanders, Oliver brings together a brilliant panel to ask a genuinely awkward question: is your governance framework actually helping anyone? Joined by returning regular guests Selena Evans (attorney and certified business architect, USA) and Darryl Carr (enterprise architecture leader, Australia), plus Grant Ecker, f...

We've created another special edition of Architect Tomorrow this time covering the 2025 Green IO conference in London. Whilst we couldn't capture everything, this episode gives you a taster of what was shared on the day - with interviews with some of the speakers and of course, Gael Duez! Massive thanks to Gael and the Green IO speakers for working with me on this episode - the main parts...

In a world drowning in AI announcements and breathless proclamations about technological transformation, Oliver brought together Selena Evans (attorney and certified business architect based in the USA) and Darryl Carr (enterprise architecture leader based in Australia) for an honest conversation about technology adoption (of course majoring on AI and its promises), human-centred design, and the r...

In this episode of Architect Tomorrow, Jenny Wilson, Chief Architect at Kingfisher PLC (the group includes brands such as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama), discusses her journey from zoology and evolutionary anthropology to enterprise architecture. Jenny explains how her scientific background shapes her approach to technology ecosystems and covers: - Diverse backgrounds in architecture teams - Overcoming...

A conversation with Wilco Burggraaf, Principal Lead Green Software Engineering at High-Tech Innovators, exploring the practical side of green software engineering. In this episode, we discuss:How Wilco transitioned into sustainability after 20+ years in ITBuilding a 700-member Green Software Foundation meetup community in the Netherlands in just 8 monthsThe complex relationship between energy effi...

In this episode, Oliver speaks with David Kohnstamm from Leafcloud about a fundamental shift in how we think about data centre locations. Forget remote warehouses - the future of sustainable computing lies in nursing homes, apartment complexes, and anywhere with constant heat demand. David reveals why traditional data centres waste enormous amounts of energy cooling servers, while distributed comp...

Please note: We apologise for the audio and video quality in this episode - as Oliver mentions, "we're a bit hesitant here because we're kind of squatting in part of Tech Show London trying to record a conversation" - but we couldn't miss the opportunity to capture this discussion! In this episode of Architect Tomorrow, we catch up with Mark from Deep Green at Tech Show Londo...

In this episode, Oliver Cronk talks with Ron Kersic about "Futuring Architectures" and how architects can navigate today's rapidly changing digital landscape. Ron, a self-described "recovering programmer" now at ING's Tech Strategy group, discusses his journey from early programming to enterprise architecture. He explains his concept of "Futuring Architectures for...

A special edition of Architect Tomorrow covering the Green IO London conference in September 2024. It was an exciting day, and whilst we couldn't capture everything, this episode gives you a taster of what was shared on the day - with some clips from the talks, the panel on AI, and interviews with some of the speakers and of course Gael Duez! Do check out https://greenio.tech/ for more details...

In this episode of Architect Tomorrow, Oliver talks to Gael about the conversations he's had on his Green IO podcast and they discuss advice for Architects trying to make trade offs on digital sustainability. They discuss: - Gael's background and journey into technology sustainability - The importance of data management in sustainable architecture - Designing for decommissioning and mainte...

Oliver and Whynde are joined by David Rees (new to Enterprise Architecture) and Eric Jager author of Getting Started with Enterprise Architecture - for a discussion of the book. You can get the book from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Enterprise-Architecture-Practical/dp/1484298578/ or directly from Springer https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-9858-9 Do refer to Eric&#...

In this episode of Architect Tomorrow, host Oliver Cronk is joined by Isabelle Chatel de Brancion, Business and Innovation Lead at Geovation, Ordnance Survey's innovation hub. Isabelle shares her unique perspective as a former building architect turned geospatial innovator, drawing parallels and contrasts between the worlds of building architecture and technology architecture. Key topics cover...

Oliver got Chris Booth and Charles Phiri back along with Peter Gostev who has recently moved to a Head of AI role at Moonpig to discuss recent developments in the AI space. They discuss recent developments in AI, with a focus on new models like AlphaGeometry, GraphCast, and Mixtral. The participants also discuss benchmarking of models, prompting frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph, security is...

Penny Townsend and Oliver recap 2023 in 20 minutes, covering a range of topics (naturally including AI which is one prediction we definitely got right last time around!), but also data, working patterns, sustainability and more. We look at what we got right and wrong (also using some assistance from Claude.ai) from our previous predictions for 2023 video which you can find here https://www.youtube...

Tony Seale KG Engineer at UBS joins Chris Booth (from Natwest) and Oliver Cronk (Leader of #ArchitectTomorrow and Tech Director at Scott Logic) to discuss the importance of Knowledge Graph technology as an enabler for more effective AI deployments. The important role Knowledge Graphs can play in your AI Architecture particularly when working with Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT. We talk conc...

Join Oliver Cronk in this captivating episode of Architect Tomorrow as he engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Faiz Hussain, an expert in design and innovation for both corporates and start-ups. Faiz takes us on a journey through his career in technology and design, sharing valuable insights on corporate innovation and highlighting its potential for success compared to start-ups. Dive...

The latest episode of Architect Tomorrow, featuring an incredible all-female panel! Get ready to dive into the Whynde Kuehn's remarkable book, "Strategy to Reality." Join us as Lisa Woodall, Catherine Pratt, and Oliver talk with Whynde to share their personal experiences in enterprise, business architecture, and technology transformation initiatives. Discover the insights, inspiratio...

What components or attributes are needed in Enterprise Architecture for ML? Beyond MLOps - how do we risk manage the deployment and integration of AI/ML into our organisations. In particular the latest generation of LLM type models? What are the architectural and risk challenges of deploying Generative AI into enterprises? In this episode we get into the details of what is needed to deploy and int...

We welcome Chris Hodson back to the channel after 2 years! We catch up with what he has been up to and what is top of mind for him in his CISO role.  We covered topics including:  - What are the key things CISOs and Security Architects need to be focussing on right now (particularly in a time of cost constraints  - How technical does a CISO need to be?  - How do you get on top...

Serverless Computing - Sustainability and Architectural considerations.  Oliver talks to Daniel Bass CTO and Co-Founder of Zeti (a clean vehicle financing start up) about effective Serverless Computing.   Daniel gives a quick background of his career in Financial Services and then at Zeti.  Talks about what Zeti do (and why he is so passionate about it)  Goes on to cover how ma...

Confidential Computing and the future of the shared responsibility model.  In this cloud native security architecture episode of #ArchitectTomorrow Oliver talks to Christophe Parisel and Pete Chamberlain.   We start with a state of the nation on Cloud Security in 2023 and then move into different layers of Trusted Computing and then explore confidential computing and the impact it has on...

The Architect Tomorrow community returns for the annual 2 part look back and look ahead for the 3rd year running! This is the full natural, unscripted honest conversation across tech, business and society thinking about what we think is in store in 2023. We talk about a range of tech topics including AI (of course we touch on Large Language Models / OpenAI GPT), metaverse, social media, automation...

#ArchitectTomorrow community returns for the traditional 2 part look back and look ahead for the 3rd year running! This is a very natural unscripted honest conversation across tech, business and society about the year we've just had.  We look back at 2022 in review - considering what predictions we got right and wrong, what was unexpected and what were the stand out tech changes we experience...