Business Analysts On The Ground Joe Newbert and Jéan Raath talk with Phil Sumption about his life, career and being a business analyst in the property industry.

In this episode:

The background check on Phil

What's up in the property industry

How the first 60 minutes of Phil's day goes

When Phil fails at something

Where Phil's curiosity is at right now

Something Phil's not very good at

Phil's quick-fire nine

Closing out the episode

The show notes:

Meet Phil Sumption

Nati Nazar talks with Adrian Reed and Joe Newbert about the great business analyst contradiction, why it persists and how we can find our way through it.

In this episode:

Adrian and Joe discuss the business analyst's identity issues [00:45]

Introducing this episode's topic and guest, perspectives of the business analyst role with Nati Nazar [01:47]

The inspiration behind and reading of Nati's 'Be a Business Analyst' monologue [03:21]

Reasons behind the universal contractions surrounding the business analyst role [06:40]

Stakeholders experiencing inconsistency from the many-faced business analyst [10:36]

Balancing the divide between the need for quality and the need to get things done [13:39]

Convincing people about the value of business analysis through driving the vision [16:45]

Realising how global changes shift the role of the business analyst l [21:39]

The show notes:

Meet Nati Nazar

Read Nati's viral 'Be a Business Analyst' post

Joe Newbert and Jéan Raath kick-off Business Analysts on the Ground with some pre-season talk about the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of the show.

In this episode:

Parental Advisory [00:00]

The Big BAOTG welcome [00:55]

Where did BAOTG all start? [02:45]

The story of the hip hop beats [04:18]

The big 'Why the F?' are we doing this? [07:03]

What’s the vibe like and what will people get out of this? [10:19]

What can people look forward to in season one? [12:31]

How do people stay in the loop or get in touch [16:09]

The Show Notes:

Meet Joe Newbert

Meet Jéan Raath

The Inter-View Report

Andrej Guštin talks with Joe Newbert and Adrian Reed about the past, the present and the future of business process management and innovation.

In this episode:

Joe's and Adrian's opening gambit [00:27]

Introducing Andrej Guštin and this episode's topic - business process management and innovation [01:19]

The backstory of business process management [03:11]

Moving past time, cost and quality to two modern dimensions: customer and employee experience [07:22]

Using predictive data and adaptive discovery to optimise business processes [09:17]

Managing high-impact, low-frequency exceptions and operational risk [11:57]

Considering future innovation in business process management [15:27]

Complimenting the aspects of human-nature within machine learning [19:49]

Preparing for an imagined future ahead of time [21:58]

The show notes:

Meet Andrej Guštin

The first known example of a business process

Work Study, Russel Mackenzie Currie (1963)

IIBA Knowledge Centre: containing resources on cyber-security and artificial intelligence

Angie Doyle talks with Adrian Reed and Joe Newbert about how customer collaboration and organisational engagement builds true enterprise business agility.

In this episode:

Welcome to the show and a brief recap of what to expect [00:00]

Introducing this episode's topic and guest - Business Agility and Angie Doyle [00:34]

Touching on the meaning of business/organisational agility and operational agility [03:07]

Truly engaging with customers to help them realise value [06:35]

Drawing a real line of sight from inside organisations to outside customers [09:07]

Flipping the traditional structure of work from hierarchical silos to networked teams [12:10]

Considering the changing of the generational guard - Baby Boomer, Gen X, Millennial, Gen Z [16:21]

Scaling pockets of agility towards a fluid enterprise framework [18:35]

The show notes:

Meet Angie Doyle from Think Agile

The book you have to have in your back pocket - The Age of Agile: How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets Done by Stephen Denning

Research by the SD Learning Consortium

Check out the Business Agility Institute

Christina Lovelock talks with Joe Newbert and Adrian Reed about the power of soft-skills, bad business analyst behaviours and what we can do to engage better.

In this episode:

The 101 of what happens on the Adrian and Joe Show [00:17]

Introducing this weeks topic and welcoming Christina Lovelock [00:53]

Championing the case for soft skills over knowledge, analytical or technical skills [02:20]

Eight bad behaviour pitfalls that business analysts display [05:40]

The strengths and weaknesses debate [08:15]

How bad BA behaviours can affect our overall success [10:36]

Considering the concept of the growth mindset [13:24]

Braving the subject of self reflection and performance feedback [14:36]

How organisations can help people to make a cultural shift [21:51]

The show notes:

Meet Christina Lovelock

Co-Author of Delivering Business Analysis: The BA service handbook

Two BA Times articles worth reading: When BAs go Bad and Retrospect Yourself

Tina's book recommendations: Thanks for the Feedback and Radical Candor

Adrian Reed and Joe Newbert talk about their new adventure into the world of podcasting, and riff about business analysis and change stuff.

In this episode:

What the show is about [00:25]

The story of how The Adrian and Joe Show idea came about [01:19]

The ethos of the series and episodes ahead [03:54]

The meaning and relevance of the number 168 [05:02]

What’s next for the business change profession and how we need to change what we do [06:56]

Context, complexity and the illusion of methodology [09:38]

Blending fundamentals and techniques with new intersections [12:24]

Getting involved in the podcast conversations [16:37]

The 24 minute episode and the closing bell [19:02]

How Adrian became bedazzled by the bright lights of business analysis [20:23]

The show notes:

Meet Adrian Reed

Meet Joe Newbert

Hat tip to The Adam and Joe Show for the show name inspiration

An interesting perspective on why AI is your next stakeholder