Turning Strategy Into Reality, Uniting Architecture, Empowering Community
9 October — 2 November
A series of co-created transformation and architecture events across Australia in October 2023 with Whynde Kuehn.
What began as a fleeting idea has become a reality with a one-month, co-created set of more than 30 events across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. During a call in December 2022, there was a brief musing that maybe Whynde can come to Australia in 2023. And that was the beginning of it all.
While the opportunity to leverage the expertise of a global thought leader in business architecture and strategy execution is precious, the spirit of these events is about building capacity, community, and new collaborations across Australia and connecting back to the broader global community.
We aim to create space for new conversations and learning around end-to-end strategy execution, transformation, and how we architect and design organizations for today and tomorrow. In addition, we aim to create awareness and mobilize efforts around the Women In Architecture global initiative in Australia. Finally, we just want to gather colleagues and friends to have fun, do good, and bring value in new ways to other people in our communities and organizations.
A very special thank you and huge shout out to Darryl Carr for his tireless and selfless dedication to advancing architecture and building community and diversity across Australia and globally. Without Darryl’s talents, connecting, and organizing, this incredible set of events would not have become a reality.
Converge 2023 Organizers
Darryl Carr, Enterprise Architect and Professional Community
Builder
Whynde Kuehn, Founder and Managing Director, S2E Transformation Inc.
Themes Explored Across Our Events:
- Effective, end-to-end strategy to execution
- Business transformation
- Interdisciplinary collaboration for strategic change
- Uniting business architecture and enterprise architecture perspectives for new strategic relevance and impact
- Strategic business architecture practice
- Women In Architecture (WIA)
- Diversity in architecture and transformation
- Designing business ecosystems
- Designing organizations and ecosystems for sustainability and circular economy
- The book and concepts of Strategy to Reality
- Designing organizations and ecosystems for resilience and uncertainty
- And more...
By the numbers
Converge Encompasses
events
We have an incredible set of diverse events planned: university conferences and talks, association and community events, training and workshops, roundtables and panels, Women In Architecture meetings, and private company events.
Check out the line up below and register for any events that are of interest to you. We look forward to seeing you!
Perth
Melbourne
Getting Involved
Join An Event
We welcome you to join us for one or more events! Please check out the public events listed in The Line Up (above) to learn more and register.
Create An Event
If you would like to propose your own event within one of the spaces remaining or inquire about meeting with Whynde, reach out to us.
Order A Book
Whynde’s book Strategy to Reality is widely available across the globe. If you will be attending an event and would like to bring your copy of Strategy to Reality, Whynde would be delighted to sign your copy. (Note: Many of our event hosts generously give away the book, so please review event details.)
Keep the Conversation Going
For those who want to immerse in the business architecture journey, join us for Cohort 9 of the Inner Circle. This signature Biz Arch Mastery program is a year-long, immersive learning cohort designed for business architecture practitioners and practice leaders who are ready to take their knowledge and practice to the next level – and would like to learn from the collective wisdom and power of community. Cohort 9 begins in February 2024 and is scheduled for the time zones of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific regions.
Collaborations
We want to hear from you. Contact us for additional opportunities such as training and workshops, speaking events, or other collaborations with Whynde.
TOBY O’ROURKE, PRESIDENT & CEO, KAMPGROUNDS OF AMERICA, INC.
THERESA FANNIN, Premera Blue Cross, Director – Capability Product Management
Join Women In Architecture (WIA)
One of the major goals across our events is to fully launch Women In Architecture across Australia and ignite the conversation and movement.
Women In Architecture (WIA) is a global initiative to accelerate the pathway for women in architecture to amplify the impact of the discipline worldwide. Our mission is to drive the expansion of women in architecture roles towards an equal balance and enable women to thrive and contribute with impact.
WIA is a movement named after the mission we are trying to achieve collectively. This means that regardless of your gender, if you are an architect or an advocate for architecture, you play a critical part in this movement.
Meet the WIA Australia Leadership Team!
Get Involved
Connect with us on LinkedIn
Register on the WIA
Global Network
A Huge Thank You to Our Partners and Sponsors
Thank you so, so much to all of our partners and sponsors who have come alongside us to create events, sponsor events, promote events, and share their time and talent. This special tour would not be without your generosity and commitment to building the community and advancing our causes.
A Special Shout Out...
Sending a big thank you to the S2E Team, especially to Laura Leber and Christopher Wray, for organizing, designing, and orchestrating every fantastic detail to bring this event to life and to make it meaningful and successful for everyone involved.