Thought leadership content on enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and organisational capability.
Launching soon at: nickgushlow.com/perspectives
This repository contains perspective pieces exploring practical approaches to enterprise architecture challenges.
Target audience:
- Enterprise and Solution Architects seeking practical insights
- Technology leaders evaluating approaches to common challenges
- Engineering teams navigating architectural decisions
Philosophy: Pragmatic over dogmatic. Specificity over abstraction. Business impact over technical purity.
Coming soon - Series 1 launching early 2026
- Just Enough Architecture - Pragmatic governance without bureaucracy
- Building Architecture Functions from Scratch - Organisational capability development
- Architecture as a Product - Stakeholder-centric strategic thinking
Each piece follows a consistent structure:
- Length: 800-1,200 words (~5 minute read)
- Style: Practical and opinionated, with concrete examples
- Focus: One core idea explored through real-world application
- Visuals: Simple conceptual diagrams (not elaborate system architecture)
Nick Gushlow is an Enterprise Architect and technology leader with 20+ years of experience spanning startups, scale-ups, and enterprises. Career highlights include:
- Built architecture function from scratch at an autonomous vehicle scale-up
- Led technical modernisation programmes across multiple organisations
- Designed and implemented architecture governance frameworks
- Scaled engineering teams through periods of rapid growth
Current focus: Helping organisations balance innovation with stability, build effective architecture practices, and navigate the shift to AI-first technology landscapes.
Content in this repository is published on nickgushlow.com/perspectives.
You're welcome to:
- Link to published pieces
- Reference ideas with attribution
- Share on social media or in presentations
For republishing or substantial quotation, please get in touch.
Perspectives/
├── Published/ # Final published pieces
├── Drafts/ # Work in progress (public for transparency)
└── Reviews/ # Peer review feedback and iterations
Last Updated: January 2026 Maintained By: Nick Gushlow