Ambassador

Jarvis Ka

Chief Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance

United StatesVerified Community Ambassador

Identified Expertise

Content Jarvis is Following

Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

View Results

111.8k views123 Upvotes58 Comments

How often do Fullstack React/Node Developers work frequently and in depth with Kubernetes?

Jobs

Never

Rarely

Sometimes, but not in Depth

View Results

3.8k views

How many of you allow your IT teams to use AI tools like Cursor to improve productivity? If you do, how do you handle the data / privacy concerns of your code?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies AI & Machine Learning

Jarvis KaChief Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurancea month ago

This is a crucial and highly relevant topic in today's technological landscape. At the company where I work, we started using AI to improve productivity in generating development code. We were using "free" versions of these ...read more

3.3k views3 Upvotes1 Comment

At what level is too much change for an organization to absorb?

Modernizing a 30-year-old mainframe system to the cloud
+
Modernizing a new CX framework with the introduction of omnichannel capabilities
+
Modernizing a new data platform and moving away from the hub and spoke data warehouse to a data lake on the cloud
+
Several other mid-level enhancements...

Is it too much to take on at the same time? Or it all depends... How do you measure the appropriate level of change to introduce to an organization (Both IT and business)?

Team & Organizational Design Process Management

Jarvis KaChief Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurancea month ago

It is not how much change but how much change over time. I find large changes are best if they are phased. I would encourage that you engage your user community and stakeholder in Organization Change Management (OCM) sessions ...read more

How do you determine the leadership potential of an engineer who has never managed people before? What criteria do you use to evaluate potential managers?

Team & Organizational Design Talent Sourcing & Hiring

Jarvis KaChief Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance2 years ago

- Watch how they manage their work.

- See if they can abstract their work details and be able to explain it to people outside of the domain.

- See if they like to draw diagrams to explain things and get people ...read more

What are the most critical skills you believe IT leaders need to develop in order to confidently push back on stakeholder demands, and how do you prioritize these in your training programs?

Peer Insights Feedback

Jarvis KaChief Enterprise Architect at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance4 months ago

Transparent communication is fundamental. IT leaders must be skilled in negotiation, ensuring they can agree on outcomes, whether it's deprioritizing a request or scheduling it for later. Decision-making is crucial, requiring ...read more