The Butterfly Effect of Inspiration (feat. Simon Platt and Charlotte Neill)
According to Simon Platt, every one of us, regardless of our age, job, title or background, has it within us to inspire others – even if we don’t always realise it. Simon lived in the same village as Sir Captain Tom Moore, and observed close at hand how a simple idea lifted the nation’s spirits in lockdown and raised £39 million for NHS charities. In this uplifting BA Brew, Simon talks to the Crew about the skills, traits and beliefs that can help us inspire ourselves and others in the BA community and beyond. The Brew crew are also joined by Simon's colleague Charlotte Neill who is running a workshop with Simon at the IRMUK BA Conference 2025. They are hoping that by BA’s sharing their stories in the workshop, others might see themselves in them or realise they’ve been inspiring people all along without even knowing it. Topics touched upon include: What comes first, motivation or inspirationPractical steps to inspire yourself and othersThe lasting impact of role modelling and ‘paying forwardTangible actions we can all take in our day to day lives. Simon Platt is Principal Business Analyst at Whitbread, a Neuroinclusivity Advocate, public speaker and podcast host. Simon was a BA of the Year Finalist in 2023.Further ResourcesArticlesWork-life Balance: Creating a Career and a Life you LoveNeurodiversity: The BAs Survival GuideBook review: Begin with You by Petra VelzeboerWellbeing in Times of ChangeCoursesIntroduction to NLP One Day WorkshopBA BrewsBA Brew 49: Mental HealthBA Brew 54: Neurodiversity
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Trilogy Pete: The Digital Solutions Series
AssistKD’s Product Strategy Director Pete Thompson is the author of the new BCS Digital Solutions series. In this BA Brew Pete, explains how he saw the need for an up to date, comprehensive body of knowledge for business and IT professionals, and talks about the process of writing the three books – Defining Digital Solutions, Designing Digital Solutions and Delivering Digital Solutions. Topics discussed include: The advantage of publishing the body of knowledge as a trilogy, including a book devoted to ‘delivery'; methodologies, techniques and practices covered in the books; The many tools and techniques in the digital change toolbox, and how they work in different contexts; Applying the POPIT model for a holistic view’; Business solutions to business problems vs. technical solutions to technical problems. The Digital Solutions series is a useful reference for business and IT professionals, and those studying for the BCS International Diploma in Solution Development. FURTHER RESOURCESBOOKSDefining Digital SolutionsDesigning Digital Solutions Delivering Digital Solutions ARTICLESAI and the Business Analysis RoleCOURSESSolution Development CoursesDIPLOMASBCS International Diploma in Solution DevelopmentBA BREWSBA Brew 63: The AI Brew (Hosted by ChatGPT)
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Business Service Architecture (feat. Debra Paul and Jonathan Hunsley)
hat is Business Service Architecture, and why is it important to business change professionals? In this BA Brew, Debra Paul and Jonathan Hunsley, authors of Business Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide, answer these question, and more. All too often, services and products just don’t work, resulting in poor outcomes for customers and other stakeholders. Business Service Architecture takes an ecosystem view, looking at how the architecture of a product or service can be better designed. Topics discussed in this BA Brew include: How end-to-end thinking and taking customer feedback on board helps to eliminate ‘pain points’ How collaboration feeds into continuous improvement Why getting it right matters, and the challenges and opportunities involved The brew also explores: Ecosystems, building blocks and capabilities of the service architecture Business service architecture techniques (including value streams; SIPOC; business activity models; service blueprints and the CALM framework). If you liked this BA Brew, you may be interested in the following: This article compares the Business Analysis and Business Architecture roles, in particular their respective Service Frameworks.Find out more about AssistKD’s Business Service Architecture course here. Find out more about AssistKD’s Architecture courses here: This BA Brew on Strategy and Business Architecture features Vicky Rothwell, a contributing author to Business Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide:. Scroll through our bitesize learning videos and you will find ‘What is Business Architecture’ and ‘What is Enterprise Architecture’:This BA Brew focuses on ‘Business Architecture: a comprehensive guide’: Business Architecture: a comprehensive guide is available from the BCS book shop, and also on Amazon.
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The 100th BA Brew (feat. Fabricio Laguna)
For the 100th Brew we decided to do something completely different. Fabricio Laguna joins the Crew for an in real time SWOT analysis of the BA profession – captured heroically by Jonathan on Mural – and available to download as a PDF here.Watch out for when everyone shares the one thing they would do to take the profession forward… (did anyone say ‘Empress of Business Analysis’?)Fabricio Laguna is a highly experienced BA, Business Consultant, and international speaker. He is the former President of IIBA Brazil Chapter and is currently Senior Adviser to the IIBA CEO.If you liked this BA Brew, you may be interested in the following: The SWOT Analysis is covered in AssistKD’s Business Analysis Practice course and you can find a succinct description of the technique among our Free Bitesize Learning VideosWatch this BA Blog on The BA Mindset, featuring Fabricio Laguna and Christina Lovelock.This BA Blog is about Imposter Syndrome in the BA profession: BA Blog: Confidence and Complacency in Business AnalysisAssistKD BA Career Planner Tool
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The Effective CEO (feat. Byron Morrison)
Everyone who watches this leadership focused BA Brew with Byron Morrison can think of someone they’d like to share it with. It’s packed with nuggets of wisdom from the author of ‘The Effective CEO 2.0’, including… At 2’ 41 – how to deal with overwhelm At 7’ 19 – moving from ‘doing’ to ‘leading’ At 14’ 01 – are you setting your team up for success… or failure? At 20’ 37 – what is your ‘Zone of Genius’? At 21’ 49 – why ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ days help you avoid burnout At 27’ 23 – how to empower (and trust) your team At ️31’08 - how to become an effective leader And there’s so much more. Byron and the Crew discuss what a ‘Not to Do’ list is; why a team of all ‘A’ players would not work; and Philippa Roll warns against dealing with work emails from Everest base camp! Byron Morrison is a speaker, author and management and leadership coach with a special interest in supporting first time CEOs. He is the author of several books including ‘Think Like a CEO’ and ‘The Effective CEO 2.0’, available from Amazon and other outlets. If you liked this BA Brew, you may also enjoy the following: BA Brew BA Brew 51: Think Like A CEO (feat. Byron Morrison) Articles BOOK REVIEW: Think Like a CEO by Byron Morrison Inclusive Leadership: The Secret of High Performing TeamsCourses Team Leadership Training Courses | Business AnalysisFree Learning Free eLearning course – Effective Leadership: FREE Courses | Assist Knowledge Development #businessanalyst #servicedesign #CEO #businessleadership #teamleadership #inclusiveleadership #effectiveCEO #thinklikeaCEO
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