This lot of knowledge/blogs/technical articles out there. But a "how-to" handle my real-life problems is a scarce resource. Gaurav Aggarwal shares a lot of wisdom in this long episode of applying architecture concepts to challenges we face as architects. His "no-nonsense" and "no-fluff" answers were extremely insightful, inspiring and last but not the lease implementable.  01:00 Why certifications low in large enterprises? how to accelerate your organization as Cxo / VP? 03:00 CTOs are hands-on nowadays  04:30 Difference in the interaction between CTOs and CIOs? 05:10 Old way of learning vs new way of learning for cloud-based - what how to learn?  08:30 - Do Digital buzzword generates new business?  10:00 - Never do POCs, do Proof Of Architecture POAs get a million dollar deal 14:00 Architects beyond business knowledge should also learn marketing. 17:00 What to do when 80% It Budget is spent on lights-on for driving Digital Transformation? 19:45 Change in IT customer needs post-Covid 21:30 When doing legacy transformation, how to show value to business? 25:00 How can an Enterprise architect unlocking value and increase revenue in weeks and not months? 28:00 Does enterprise architecture still valuable in today's fast-changing world? 31:30 Too much strategy time and money spent without seeing value for end-users in short time 39:00 What is financial engineering for architects? Why is that a necessity today? How to become a good financial engineer? 44:00 Is in-sourcing the trend for large organizations? If yes will it kill the services business? What can we do? 51:00 How and when does a Buzzword convert to necessity? - Gowtham 54:30 How is the architect helping the business grow? - Jiffin Can you reduce the cost of sales? 59:00 How to make change management easier which will drive sales? Is someone spends is same for 2 years 1:04:00 What is Finops in an IT organization  1:07:00 Multi-Cloud makes financial engineering tougher. How to handle it - Sidamma  1:19:00 With technologies changing so fast, How I can handle an interview which wants a completely new technology that I have not worked on at all? I don't have time to master it for getting a new role or job.  01:25:00 With so many choices how do I choose the appropriate technology or Platform for my solution?