nterprise Architecture is typically seen as a technical practice for aligning business strategy with technology, yet its core methods—especially the Zachman framework’s structured interrogatives (What, How, Who, When, Where, Why) and disciplined modeling—provide a highly transferable lens for analyzing and solving almost any problem. By systematically cataloging motivations, actors, processes, data, locations, and events at progressively detailed levels, this approach uncovers hidden requirements, reveals connections between people and work, reduces blind spots, and clarifies whether and how technology should support the desired outcome. Whether applied to designing a ride-sharing platform or opening a restaurant, it transforms ambiguous challenges into clear, shareable architectures that improve decision-making and execution. Leaders and teams who adopt this structured thinking gain sharper insight and confidence when decomposing complex problems, even in non-technical domains.