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BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast

Our podcast is a chance to tune into our musings on a range of subjects from the use of business analysis tools and techniques to the books we like that are helpful for business change professionals.

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30:33

Mental Health

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/12/16

It’s the last BA Brew of 2022 and this one’s incredibly inspiring. Coach, speaker, psychotherapist and mental health consultant Petra Velzeboer shares her extraordinary story and talks to the Brew Crew about looking after our mental wellbeing and how we can ‘check in’ with friends, family and colleagues. Topics covered include: Growing up in a religious cult; the recent rise in depression and anxiety; connection and a sense of belonging; taking small steps out of your comfort zone; setting

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30:19

The Benefits of One Pagers (Feat. Chris Ingold)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/12/09

Now you can get everyone on the same page… literally. Chris Ingold joins the Brew Crew all the way from Melbourne to share his passion for the ‘one pager’. Topics covered include: The power of the one pager; A3 management; establishing the ‘why’ and the purpose; the misuse of small fonts and overcrowded PowerPoint slides; the one pager as a validation document; compatible BA techniques including Timelines, Scope, Process Mapping, Capability Maps, User Story Maps, the Value Chain and the ‘How Now

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21:10

Creating Purpose and Meaning (Feat. Joe Newbert)

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2022/11/25

What is your ‘Why?’. In this inspiring BA Brew, Joe Newbert joins the Crew to talk about how we can create purpose and meaning in our personal and professional lives. Topics covered include: Jacob Morgan’s framework for purpose and meaning; values driven leadership; bringing our personal purpose and meaning to work; finding consensus on purpose and values; intent-based leadership and helping others to find their purpose and meaning. The books recommended in this BA Brew are: The Future Leader by

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20:26

Business Service Design

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/11/11

What is Business Service Design and is it the next big thing? If you’re curious about this powerful new human-centred approach you will be interested in this BA Brew where Jonathan, Kerry and Kate share their thoughts on the subject.Topics covered include: Systems, Service, Design and Lean Thinking; Business Service Design tools, frameworks, techniques and more.AssistKD provides training, apprenticeships and consultancy services throughout the UK and internationally. Click here to view AssistKD’s

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24:21

Developing Positive Habits and Behaviours

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/10/28

AssistKD’s Kate Biddle joins us for today’s BA Brew, her first as part of the Crew. It’s a good one, discussing how to break those bad habits and build positive behaviours instead. Topics covered include: the power of habits; self awareness; the habit loop; habit stacking; planning ahead; good BA habits and the value of moral support from friends, colleagues and family. Books recommended during the podcast are The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Atomic Habits by James Clear and The 7 Habits of

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17:42

Building A BA Community (Feat. Louise Powell)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/10/14

It just takes one person to gather people together to help each other. Today the Brew Crew chat with Lou Powell about how she set up and grew the BA Crowd, a Meet Up group for her local BA community. Topics covered include: the value of community, how to get sponsorship, finding speakers and more. Louise Powell is a Senior Business Analyst at BGL Insurance and Co-founder of the BA Crowd. AssistKD provides training, apprenticeships and consultancy services throughout the UK and internationally

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23:34

You Couldn't Make it Up!

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/09/30

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve thought ‘You just could not make this up’? Today Jonathan, Mike and Lisa discuss their experiences as customers and as business analysts. They range from the sublime (luxurious upgrade, anyone?) to the ridiculous (a multi-million pound project with no agreed scope… two years in). Hear about Jonathan’s nightmare coach journey, Lisa’s broadband switch horror and Mike’s discovery of a business process involving a rubber-stamp and a shredder. You

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21:31

Business Analysts - Leaders or Followers? (Feat....

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/09/16

Are BAs leaders or followers? Jonathan, Debbie and guest Emily Tom explore this challenging question in today’s BA Brew.Topics discussed include: the importance of context; why BAs are more than scribes or translators; the new vs. the mature BA; lifelong learning; giving back to the BA community; growing your skillset and challenging stakeholders.Regional Director of IIBA Americas Northeast region, Emily Tom is a senior consultant with over 18 years’ experience in business analysis and business

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22:36

Job Crafting (Feat. Charlotte Axon)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/08/26

Have you heard about job crafting? It’s where you make small changes to and personalise your role to make the most of your strengths, passions and experiences. Charlotte Axon is an expert on the subject and shares her wisdom in this first BA Brew of the new season. Topics discussed include: the five types of job crafting; self-actualisation and job crafting in the face of the Great Resignation. Charlotte is Lead People Scientist at Tailored Thinking, a positive psychology, well-being and HR

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30:25

The Wonders of Data

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/07/22

In this latest BA Brew, the Brew Crew debate the value of data. Jonathan plays the role of Devil’s Advocate… can Debbie and Pete convince him that data is more than simply a means to an end?Topics discussed include: why data is fascinating; what data tells us; the difference between data and information; metadata; quantitative vs. qualitative data; data models; ethics and more.Participants: AssistKD’s Jonathan Hunsley, Debra Paul and Pete Thompson.AssistKD provides training, apprenticeships and

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27:57

The Playful BA (Feat. Georgiana Mannion)

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2022/07/08

If you want to see Mike Williams wearing a very bad wig and (later on) a horse’s head, you won’t want to miss this extra entertaining BA Brew. Georgiana Mannion, known for her ‘Playful BA’ talks, very generously shares her inspirational ideas on how to bring play, fun and games into your BA practice. Topic discussed include: how to energise a Teams meeting; branding your BA team; flipping the process-mapping process on its head; engaging exercises to generate ideas and solve problems; moving

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29:10

Moon, Rose, Fish. The ‘A, B, C’ of IT Business...

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/06/24

Moon, Rose, Fish is the English translation of Maan, Roos, Vis, a well known Dutch phrase connected to the early stages of learning to read and write. It’s the equivalent of ‘A, B, C’. In this episode the Brew Crew discuss the value of having a mental checklist of the basic elements when looking at the requirements of an IT system. Moon or Maan stands for the data model, Rose or Roos stands for how things look, the User Interface and Fish or Vis stands for the activities, rules and process changes

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23:55

Impactful Business Analysis (Feat. Christina Tan)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/06/10

As BAs and business change professionals, how can we make an impact in our organisations and the wider business analysis community? That’s the question the Crew tackle in today’s BA Brew, with the help of our guest Christina Tan (and freshly brewed coffee or tea of course). Topics covered include: Leaving a legacy; making an impact on multiple levels; the purpose of the BA; giving and receiving support, ideas and learning through the wider BA community; the value of curiosity. During the pod, the

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29:13

If You Don't Do Politics, Politics Will Do You (Feat....

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/05/20

This week, the Brew Crew are joined by guest Niven Postma, author of the highly acclaimed book If You Don’t Do Politics, Politics Will Do You.“If you think your work speaks for itself… Think again.” Niven and the crew discuss how, whether we like it or not, we all have to navigate office politics. Niven shares her valuable tips, leaving the crew wishing that the book was available at the start of their careers.Participants: AssistKD’s Mike Williams and Lisa Hudson with Niven Postma, Author and

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24:16

The BA Service Framework (Feat. Jamie Toyne)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/05/06

This week the Brew Crew are joined by guest Jamie Toyne, who explains how he has adapted the BA Service Framework to define and promote the services offered by his BA team.Topics covered include: how the BA Service Framework was developed (Debbie’s ‘lightbulb moment’); creating a common language to define the BA role; the shift from product focus to a service level view and the importance of “setting out your stall’ and selling your BA services.Participants: AssistKD’s Debra Paul and Mike Williams

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23:28

Non-Functional Requirements (Feat. Steve Wright)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/04/22

Fuelled by freshly made coffee, Steve Wright and the Brew Crew discuss the difference between functional and non-functional requirements; why it pays to have non-functional requirements on the agenda from the start; the joy of checklists and more. During the chat Pete Thompson recommends the book Software Requirements Patterns by Stephen Withall, for its useful contextual checklists. Participants: AssistKD’s Mike Williams and Pete Thompson with Steve Wright, Business Analysis Mentor and Trainer at

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26:30

BA Skills and How To Develop Them (Feat. Sarah Gale)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/04/08

In today’s BA Brew, our Crew talk with Sarah Gale about developing core business analysis skills, and how to use BA tools and techniques with confidence. Topics covered include softer skills including communication, relationship building and listening skills; business architecture; customer experience analysis and design thinking; mentoring and coaching; the need for BAs to sell their services; skills frameworks such as the Business Analysis Competency Model®; how to develop BA skills and which

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30:25

Software Development Pearls (Feat. Karl Wiegers)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/03/25

Karl Wiegers is back! In this latest BA Brew, Karl and the crew discuss his new book ‘Software Development Pearls: Lessons from Fifty Years of Software Experience’. Topics include quality (including Karl’s experience of 9th grade woodworking, where he learnt an important lesson about taking the time to ‘do it right’); estimating the time a project will take; the user centred vs. product centred approach to requirements; the value of the peer review process (setting the ego aside) and the necessity

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24:22

Systems Thinking (Feat. Dr Alison Rodrias)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/03/11

On the first of Season 4 of the BA Brew podcast, Systems Thinking comes under the spotlight. Topics covered by the Brew Crew and guest Dr Alison Rodrias include whether Systems Thinking can be learned; scenario and impact analysis; reductionist thinking; user stories and applying Systems Thinking within the BA role.During the podcast, Debbie refers to ‘Systems Thinking, Systems Practice’ by Peter Checkland.Participants: AssistKD’s Jonathan Hunsley and Debra Paul with Dr Alison Rodrias, scientist

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32:02

Confidence (Feat. Philippa Thomas)

BA Brew - A Business Analysis Podcast ·

2022/02/11

When speaking in public, challenging authority or dealing with negative feedback, business analysts need to feel and appear confident. But how do you build that confidence? In our Season 3 Finale, the Crew, with guest Philippa Thomas, come up with some top tips that include doing what you fear, visualising success and being selective about the criticism you pay attention to. During the podcast, Philippa mentions ‘Playing Big’ by Tara Mohr [Playing Big: A practical guide for brilliant women like

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