Mike (The Architect) Topalovich

Hey, I'm Mike. I'm an enterprise and systems architect.

I advise on business and technology strategy, identifying and planning for risk, and creating new opportunities by building the knowledge and capabilities organizations need to move with confidence.

While bootstrapping Index Zero, I'm setting aside dedicated time for on-demand advisory work. You can hire me by the hour or by the day as an external perspective, sense maker, problem solver, or system designer.

Are you looking to potentially hire a fractional architect or strategic advisor?

Original Thinking from Mike Topalovich

I create original written and video thought leadership content from time to time, including blogs, long form series, and captures of raw, unfiltered and unsynthesized thoughts.

Thinking Like an Architect

Understanding how we interact with structure in our world.

Thinking Like an Architect

Thinking About Thinking

Challenging convention and conquering complexity.

Thinking About Thinking

Thinking About Doing

Intentional and disciplined approaches to solving problems.

Thinking About Doing

Mike Topalovich’s Thought Leadership

The Ontology of Mike Topalovich

This is my attempt to catalog and connect my knowledge, broken down into 5 core areas central to nearly all of my thinking.

Architect Thinking

Design and structure in digital and conceptual systems.

Architect Thinking

Technology Thinking

Foundations of classical and emerging technologies.

Technology Thinking

Systems Thinking

Observing systemic behavior in complex adaptive systems.

Systems Thinking

Human Thinking

How do we think? What does it mean to be human?

Human Thinking

Business Thinking

Operating models and the mechanics of how business works.

Business Thinking

The Ontology of Mike Topalovich

Approaches to Challenges and Outcomes

Business Challenges

Business Outcomes

Working Together

About Mike Topalovich