Fabricio Laguna: Coaching a Business Analysis Culture
Fabricio Laguna and Joe Newbert explore coaching the business analysis mindset to foster a corporate culture and the importance of carrying compassion for humans alongside IT.
Fabricio is a consultant and trainer known as The Brazilian BA. He loves business analysis and likes to explain complex things in an approachable and charming way.
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Chapter Markers

[00:54] Fabricio shares his upbringing from programmer to business analyst
* [06:52] The ambiguity of roles versus job titles
* [10:29] Differentiation between specific and abstract business analysts
[14:41] Creating a corporate culture of the business analysis mindset 
[16:33] Helping people understand the value of business analysis
* [22:21] Imagining a day in the life of a business analyst in 2035
* [27:14] Unleashing the power of AI to effect business decisions
[31:50] Feeling pain and showing compassion for everybody and everything
[31:27] Losing the IT accent and doing business analysis for business
[39:45] Interconnectedness between business analysis and change

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Show Notes
Additional resources:

Fabricio Laguna's video about AI in 20xx: https://thebrazilianba.com/2023/06/20/business-analysis-with-artificial-intelligence-in-year-20xx/
* What is Business Analysis? (in 1 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFrpIz4LLo

Paul Benn: Gaining Diverse Experience to Deliver Value
Paul Benn and Joe Newbert explore the importance of gaining diverse experience to deliver value as a business analyst and the future productisation of business analysis skills.
Paul is a self-employed business analyst. He is passionate about building skills, doing so as a coach, mentor, public speaker and the organiser of the Capability Drive conference.
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Chapter Markers

[01:11] Paul's backstory of how he got into business analysis from being an SME
* [05:07] The evolution of business analysis over the years
* [08:49] Expanding your knowledge through volunteering
[13:45] Business analysts are typecast by a misunderstanding of what it is we do
[16:33] Many BAs are not picking up on the rise of AI as they are too close to the business
* [20:41] How having the breadth of experience lifts up the core skills needed for the job 
* [23:11] Walking into a room and solving a problem, no matter the problem
[27:53] Connecting the dots, including dots that other people don't see
[31:27] It's time to drop the Business Analyst title, or is it?
[38:41] Shifting to service thinking, finding niches and productising your work

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Show Notes
Additional resources:

Fabricio Laguna's video about AI in 20xx: https://thebrazilianba.com/2023/06/20/business-analysis-with-artificial-intelligence-in-year-20xx/

Yulia Kosarenko: Dreaming About Business Analysis
Yulia Kosarenko and Joe Newbert explore the possibilities of future technology to support the business analyst and how the business analyst can support future technology.
Yulia is the owner of Why Change Consulting Inc and a professor at Humber College in Toronto. She is the author of the book Business Analyst: A Profession and a Mindset, as well as a conference speaker, consultant, and trainer.
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Chapter Markers

[00:43] Yulia's starting story in the business analysis profession and what keeps her involved
[05:36] Seeing the business analysis profession develop and change from the past until the present
[09:12] Highlighting the crucial trends that will develop business analysis into the future
[10:54] Ideas about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help support the business analyst role
[18:33] Thinking old skills, new skills, and the skills coming to the fore
[23:04] Considering whether AI can draft systems analysis diagrams
[27:29] Stepping closer to the business to fulfil the responsibility of a business analyst
[32:05] Seeing a deviation toward decision support and assisting better business decisions
[36:49] What a typical day, week or month might be like for a future business analyst
[41:33] Summarising the goal that business analysts need to be striving for

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Show Notes
Additional resources:

* Business Analyst: A Profession and a Mindset by Yulia Kosarenko: Show more...