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title: Design thinking reshapes enterprise architecture
description: Earlier this year, Engine Director Joe Heapy spoke at the Forrester Enterprise Architects Council event in London.
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# [Design thinking reshapes enterprise architecture](https://enginecxdesign.com/perspectives/design-thinking-reshapes-enterprise-architecture)

 Written by [Engine](https://enginecxdesign.com/perspectives/author/engine) | Apr 12, 2018 11:00:00 PM

Earlier this year, Engine Director Joe Heapy spoke at the Forrester Enterprise Architects Council event in London. The focus of this talk was on the application of design-thinking practices to enable an outside-in approach to problem-solving.

Off the back of this event, Forrester has produced a report examining the ways in which Enterprise Architects can play a broader role further upstream; partnering with customer or product strategy execs by embedding key design-thinking practices into their day-to-day EA operations.

You can find out more and download the article [here.](https://www.forrester.com/report/Design+Thinking+Reshapes+EA+For+Dynamic+Business/-/E-RES98501)

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