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Being a Biz Analyst How to Move Your Career Forward: Always be leading even if not long-term from 2019-11-11T20:49:49
Being a Biz Analyst How to Move Your Career Forward: Always be leading even if not long-term. The funny thing about being a BA is the challenge of using leadership muscles, when the role does not g...
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What would it take to change careers to become a Business Analyst? We help you answer this question from 2019-11-10T05:25:54
If this is you, and you are thinking it would never happen for me, think again! I have seen tonnes of stories of people who transitioned from some of the most odd careers to business analysis, and ...
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Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard skills: Own Your Career from 2019-11-07T20:53:10
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard skills: Own Your Career. The issue with excuses and blaming is that it does not produce value, and even destroys value in most cases. The great th...
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Biz Analyst Moments: will be back after the conference! from 2019-10-25T08:00:01
Headed to BA/PM World to speak on October 29'19, and started a new position. Episode on the challenge (published around Aug 1'19) mentioned bin this episode was called: "Biz Analyst Moments Are you...
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Biz Analyst Moments Case study: rapid feedback from event attendees to improve experience from 2019-10-12T20:42:49
Biz Analyst Moments Case study: rapid feedback from event attendees to improve experience. Today is the episode we look at a case study, and this week we are using BA Performance Improvements as th...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Being fair (ethical) when you are pressured to be bad (unethical) from 2019-10-10T21:30:34
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Being ethical in the face of requirements...this is definitely going to be a hot topic today as we are discussing ethics as described in the BABOK as an underlying comp...
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Biz Analyst Moments The BABOK Talk: BA Performance Improvement, a crucial missed step from 2019-10-08T10:14:37
Biz Analyst Moments The BABOK Talk: BA Performance Improvement, a crucial missed step. How often do we actually take a step back and look at our work, or our capacity to do the work, and ask what i...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Visual thinking and comics from 2019-10-04T07:31:24
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Visual thinking and comics...Adam, an Archie comic and Business Analysis, I do not get the connection?!?! Don't worry I will explain in the second half of the episode. ...
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Biz Analyst Moments Lead with Soft Skills not Hard Skills: Don't be a dictator...be a collaborator from 2019-10-01T14:04:06
Biz Analyst Moments Lead with Soft Skills not Hard Skills: ...be a collaborator...don't be a dictator. All to often we forget just how much we need others, and how much they need us. We all to ofte...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: How to handle stress on your Business Analyst career from 2019-09-28T08:02:37
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: How to handle stress on your Business Analyst career after it has been introduced, and taking ownership for all the effects that result from the stress on your bu...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Business Analyst lifestyle can determine ability to deliver value from 2019-09-25T10:18:22
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: #BusinessAnalyst #lifestyle can determine ability to deliver #business #value. We all want to think we can go hardcore for ever, but as I discuss in this episode ...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Impact analysis for your career, and why would you want to change? from 2019-09-21T19:00:28
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Impact analysis for your career, and why/why not would you want to change? The interesting thing about career changes, small or large, is that they WILL have an impact ...
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Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: scope of our careers, what does it include? from 2019-09-17T07:00:36
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not the 9 to 5: scope of our careers, what does it include? We often consider the 9 to 5 and the string of positions we have held over the years to be what...
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Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: How to choose the techniques to learn first in your career! from 2019-09-13T22:00:44
Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: How to choose the techniques to learn first in your career! No one has time, money or any other resource to spend on learning and getting good at every #BusinessAnal...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Conceptual thinking to help solve the chicken and the egg problem! from 2019-09-11T21:45:22
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Conceptual thinking as part of a solution to the chicken and the egg problem! We are all familiar with the two frustrations of making a career change. The first is the ...
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How to move your career forward: How to get out of the chicken and the egg problem in a BA career from 2019-09-10T04:33:16
How to move your career forward: How to get out of the chicken and the egg problem in a BA career. The issue for many new Business Analysts is how do I get experience without a position? Or how do ...
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Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: The BABOK details how a Business Analyst delivers value from 2019-09-03T21:00:18
Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: The BABOK details how a Business Analyst delivers value for an initiative. I find when I am talking to people studying the BABOK they sometimes get confused once the...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Realities of career change for a Business Analyst! from 2019-08-30T22:30:01
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Realities of being a business analyst. I was looking at the 2 episodes I did for the final episode of each week this month and I noticed a theme of reality. I bel...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset Retrospective: Agile mindset is a combination of many mindsets from 2019-08-28T22:00:55
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset Retrospective: Agile mindset is a combination of many skills and mindsets. We bring together many skills or mindsets to have an Agile mindset, and two of those skills ar...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Being a more effective Business Analyst from 2019-08-26T22:00:33
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Being a more effective Business Analyst. To be an effective BA involves skills from many different areas that creates that ideal T-SHAPE of skills and skill se...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: How does everything fit together... systems thinking to learn the BABOK from 2019-08-21T22:00:29
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: How does everything fit together... systems thinking to learn the content of the BABOK. What if you could be thinking about the impact of how everything from a single t...
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Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: Understanding the value of the BABOK from 2019-08-19T22:00:04
Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: Understanding the value of the BABOK. The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge is written in a very specific way that most people do not understand, find boring, and ...
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Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: Being Agile means actually thinking and acting like it! from 2019-08-16T08:05:40
Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: Being Agile means actually thinking and acting like it! It is great to discuss Agile and Agile analysis, but so what... let's take this time to listen to an example ...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: To be Agile...is to prioritize people over everything else! from 2019-08-14T08:05:49
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: To be Agile...is to prioritize people over everything else! The Agile Manifesto describes 4 values and 12 principles. Although, really if you understand the first value...
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Biz Analyst Moments moving your career forward: Being an Agile Business Analyst! from 2019-08-12T08:48:53
Biz Analyst Moments moving your career forward: Being an Agile Business Analyst! Many people confuse Agile and flexible, and this podcast's purpose is to help set the record straight and help you b...
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Biz Analyst Moments case study: Embracing a hectic learning curve when being a new Business Analyst! from 2019-08-09T07:55:26
Biz Analyst Moments case study: Embracing a hectic learning curve when being a new Business Analyst! When first starting out as a new BA I say accept the hectic nature of needing to learn a lot. In...
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Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: You don't need the skills when you have problem solving! from 2019-08-07T19:16:48
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: You don't need the skills when you have problem solving! Problems are not usually solved by a single person, skill, or skill set...so even if you do not have the necess...
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Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: T-shaped or not, be ready to take action! from 2019-08-05T08:47
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: T-shaped or not, be ready to take action! No matter what your skill set shape is, if you cannot use it then who cares! Use it or lose it! Listen...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Successful on monthly plays goal! Thank you! from 2019-08-03T07:30:21
Biz Analyst Moments: Successful on monthly plays goal! Thank you! This month was another successful month in just barely reaching the goal. Listen in for all the details!!! --- Send in a voice...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge??? from 2019-07-31T08:30:14
Biz Analyst Moments: Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge??? This is the challenge that would help you make a huge change in your life with just 30 minutes per week. Keep listening to ...
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YouTube Live Broadcast for July 29th'19 from 2019-07-29T06:36:12
Update: the recording in now on the YouTube channel in the Live Broadcast playlist. Will you be joining us for our first ever live broadcast on YouTube?!?!?!? July 29'19 5:30 p...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: A case study on how to make the shift from expert to explorer? from 2019-07-27T20:00:40
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: A case study on how to make the shift from expert to explorer? In this episode I dive into a real life example from my own career where I made the shift and used ...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Frustrations of soft skills for an application. from 2019-07-25T13:37:18
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Frustrations of soft skills for an application. The funny thing about soft skills is the lack of clear boundary between one soft skill and another, and how to dea...
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Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Become the explorer of the business World from 2019-07-23T21:51:17
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Become the explorer of the business World. We are all experts of something, but we can all learn something new too. Thus listen in on how to go from expertise to...
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Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward with the use of ideal fit to make choices from 2019-07-19T08:15:54
Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward with the use of ideal fit to make choices. Often we are our own worst enemy in making decisions about our career, this is why we need ideal fi...
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Biz Analyst Moments: A mindset of decision making for moving your career forward from 2019-07-17T08:30:27
Biz Analyst Moments: A mindset of decision making for moving your career forward. In order to make decisions effectively we cannot walk into decision making situations haphazardly. Find out the app...
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Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward using the hero within from 2019-07-15T09:18:27
Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward using the hero within. No one can be a hero all the time, and no one should ever feel alone in a new situation. Find out how to identify what to...
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Biz Analyst Moments: A story of using creativity to find ideal fit! from 2019-07-12T16:04:54
Biz Analyst Moments: A story of using creativity to find ideal fit! Lead with creativity not hard skills application episode tells the story of how I discovered ideal fit and the power it can give ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Developing a creative mindset from 2019-07-10T19:50:26
Biz Analyst Moments: Developing a creative mindset by beginning with the question why, and always asking a minimum of 3 questions. Want to learn more about the power of 3 questions, and what three ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Lead with creativity not hard skills! from 2019-07-08T21:26:26
Biz Analyst Moments: Lead with creativity not hard skills! Creativity and why is it important to be creative as a Business Analyst is what we explore in this episode of lead with soft skills not h...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Stakeholder type switching from my experience. from 2019-07-05T10:13:31
Biz Analyst Moments: Stakeholder type switching from my experience. You might be thinking this Adam sounds a little ridiculous, I cannot imagine a person switching roles as much as he is talking ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Have a mindset of discovery! from 2019-07-03T09:33:45
Biz Analyst Moments: Have a mindset of discovery! This is what I like to think of as the Indiana Jones mindset, as you are always curious about all the different roles for a specific initiative. -...
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Biz Analyst Moments: BABOK talk on role switching! from 2019-07-01T21:36:32
Biz Analyst Moments: BABOK talk on role switching! There are 11 different types of stakeholders described in the BABOK; anyone can-and will- play any of them, at any time, on an initiative! Know ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Goal success and setting new one for July 2019!!! from 2019-07-01T08:52:15
Biz Analyst Moments: Goal success and setting new one for July 2019!!! Thank you to all the listeners all over the World!!! We surpassed our goal of 250 plays!!! Listen in to find out just how muc...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective T-shaped for building relationships and overall theme from 2019-06-28T12:47:02
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective T-shaped for building relationships and overall theme. We looked at the key takeaway for last week's episodes on being T-shaped to create better work relationship...
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Biz Analyst Moments: retrospective on making an impact from 2019-06-26T08:10:49
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on making an impact where we look at the value of your unique selling proposition. So what do you uniquely bring to a new company or your current company that no ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on the types of functional requirements and questions. from 2019-06-24T10:30:22
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on the types of functional requirements and questions. We explore the key takeaways from the episodes of the first 2 weeks of June and the value of going back an...
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Biz Analyst Moments: A learning mindset to become more T-shaped and move your career forward from 2019-06-23T16:00:05
Biz Analyst Moments: A learning mindset to become more T-shaped and move your career forward. In this episode we explore the approaches I have used to become more T-shaped, and ultimately develop ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Being T-shaped to move your career forward from 2019-06-22T18:25:56
Biz Analyst Moments: Being T-shaped to move your career forward. In this episode we explore the benefits of being diverse in our subject matter expertise, in order to build stronger relationships ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Make impact, not money from 2019-06-19T18:46:42
Biz Analyst Moments: Make impact, not money. In this episode I show you why you will always fail to make an impact as a Business Analyst, IF you do not have something unique to offer. --- Send i...
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Biz Analyst Moments: When does a Business Analyst use open-ended questions? from 2019-06-14T13:00:34
Biz Analyst Moments: When does a BA use open-ended questions? When asking about where to go for lunch is a good opportunity for closed-ended question, as not as big a deal the where as much as the ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: The power of open-ended questions from 2019-06-12T14:08:11
Biz Analyst Moments: The power of open-ended questions. These are the ones that allow for deep conversations and exploring into things like strategy and causes of issues. Using open-ended questions...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Case study of functional vs non-functional requirements of a door from 2019-06-10T23:16:53
Biz Analyst Moments: Case study of functional vs non-functional requirements of a door. I explore the features of my door to understand what were actual behavior type requirements vs quality or des...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Functional requirements vs. Non-functional requirements from 2019-06-07T08:25:15
Biz Analyst Moments: Functional requirements vs. Non-functional requirements What the heck is the difference between functional requirements and non-functional requirements? In this episode we ...
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Being a Biz Analyst Retrospective: What are you talking about??? from 2019-06-02T21:20:14
Being a Biz Analyst Retrospective: What are you talking about??? I discuss the key takeaways from the episodes on communication and titles. I also review the negative effects of fake it until you ...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Success 100 plays of the podcast from 2019-06-02T10:47:04
Biz Analyst Moments: Success 100 plays of the podcast... We accomplished our goal of 100 plays of the podcast in 1 month (May 2019)!!! If you know anyone who might benefit from listening to this...
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Biz Analyst Moments: How to know what to say? from 2019-05-31T12:16:10
Biz Analyst Moments: How to know what to say? We all want to say the so-called right thing in every situation. The issue is it does not generate true connections if you are only saying something t...
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Biz Analyst Moments: How to know what your saying non verbally from 2019-05-22T21:54:30
Biz Analyst Moments: How to know what your saying non verbally Ever tried faking it until you make it? Well guess what...the person you are communicating with knows it. In this episode we discus...
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Biz Analyst Moments: The verbal, non-verbal communication from 2019-05-18T18:53:54
Biz Analyst Moments: The verbal, non-verbals of communication. How much are you saying when sounds come out of your mouth, without words, that are not meant to be heard? These are the verbal, no...
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Being a Biz Analyst Moment: What truly is Business Analysis work? from 2019-05-11T07:21:16
Being a Biz Analyst Moment: What truly is Business Analysis work? In this moment we dive into helping you be able to figure out just how much business analysis are you doing right now regardless o...
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The BABOK talk: Roles, titles, and positions from 2019-05-11T07:12:05
The BABOK talk: Roles, titles, and positions What is a role? How do the tasks in the BABOK relate to your position as a Business Analyst? These are the questions we will be discussing in this ep...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective from 2019-05-01T15:40:46
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective We dive into the highlights of what happened this month! Lots of exciting learning and successes for the business! Listen in to find out more! Got ideas for the...
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Retrospective: value of learning from others from 2019-05-01T15:27:47
This month we dove into the value of learning from others; meaning being vulnerable enough to put ourselves out there, and say I need help on steps to take to be successful. Listen to my journey,...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Dos and don'ts of the soft skills resume section from 2019-04-27T17:41:54
Biz Analyst Moments: Dos and don'ts of the soft skills resume section. The value of soft skills may already be multiple times greater than hard skills. Although, some, I am not naming names, are s...
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Lead with soft skills not hard skills: making your soft skills section pop off the page or in the interview from 2019-04-27T02:21:33
Lead with soft skills not hard skills: making your soft skills section pop off your resume or standout in the interview We have all been there, we listed a bunch of soft skills found on the job de...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Business Analysis Core Concept Model in action from 2019-04-18T14:27:19
Biz Analyst moments: Business Analysis core concept model in action. In this episode we dive into using the BA core concept model as a checklist for all business analysis that we might do on a day ...
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The BABOK talk: The Core Concept Model, why include it? from 2019-04-18T14:08:58
The BABOK talk: The Core Concept Model why is it used? What the heck is the core concept model? Why did they include it in version 3 as the basis for all BA tasks. The core concept model is the way...
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Biz Analyst Moments: Being a mentee from 2019-04-04T06:21:47
Biz Analyst Moments: Being a mentee How to truly take advantage of mentoring as the mentee. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message
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How to move your career forward: mentors and mentorship from 2019-04-03T06:01:15
How to move your career forward: mentors and mentorship What does it mean to have a mentor? What are the benefits of having a mentor? The mentor, mentee relationship is a very unique one, and in th...
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Biz Analyst Planning Moment: A networking contact does not reply from 2019-03-29T08:42:42
Biz Analyst Planning Moment: A networking contact does not reply ...what do you do? Why did they not reply? Did I misunderstand the agreement? They must be the most inconsiderate person in the Worl...
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The BABOK talk: Are the tasks and knowledge areas in order? from 2019-03-26T02:03:32
The BABOK talk: Are the tasks and knowledge areas in order? The answer is no! The knowledge areas are intended to be a collection of tasks that are related. It is my experience that related for the...
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The BABOK Talk: First episode from 2019-02-24T23:41:55
The BABOK Talk: The first episode, what is a Business Analyst???😁 This show will be about the many challenges people have with reading the BABOK and how to resolve them, so that reading the BABOK ...
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How to move your career forward: communication from 2019-02-21T22:36:20
How to move your career forward: communication We dive into the three types of communication, which are the verbal, nonverbal, and the written word. Also, you will get next steps on how to implemen...
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Lead with soft skills not hard skills: Lead with value not technology from 2019-02-10T06:22:18
Lead with soft skills not hard skills: Lead with value not technology. In this episode we dive into how to use technology to provide more value to the customer, rather than creating more waste or m...
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How to move your career forward: Teach first! from 2019-02-03T06:14:35
In this episode I talk about the importance of teaching what you learn, as soon as possible. What I find with most things I learn is I will not use the information for maybe ev...
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Lead with soft skills not hard skills: Lead with value, not your title! from 2018-12-26T23:19:26
Lead with soft skills not hard skills: Lead with value not your title focuses on what I see a lot, which is people placing a great deal of emphasis on their titles; sometimes it becomes their ident...
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12 days of PDD 2019 from 2018-12-23T05:49:35
12 days of Professional Development Day 2019, which details 12 key points of value about the upcoming IIBA Vancouver's first ever professional development day. Go to bit.ly/vanpdd19 for more inf...
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Being a Biz Analyst The retrospective: Live a life of no regrets from 2018-08-15T16:21:10
The retrospective: Live a life of no regrets --- The hardest aspect of wanting to pursue your potential is the cost, and potential of resulting in a lot of regrets.--- It is not the intention of Be...
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Being a Biz Analyst The Retrospective: Providing value for yourself and others from 2018-08-07T13:39:35
Hey Hey to all you aspiring Business Analysts out there!!! So we are now starting the make-over of this podcast channel with two new shows that will provide more value, in a more condensed format ...
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Biz Analyst Vocabulary Moment: Definition of perfect fit! :) from 2018-05-19T06:41:58
How to become a Business Analyst requires an understanding of what you are looking for. Perfect fit for your first position as a Business Analyst is the intersection of three different elements,...
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Biz Analyst Analysis Moments on Finding the Perfect Fit from 2018-05-17T05:23:42
Biz Analyst Analysis Moments on finding the perfect fit for your first position in Business Analysis is all about validation of your perfect fit between ideal position, ideal company, and qualifica...
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Biz Analyst Potential Moments on Finding the Perfect Fit from 2018-05-16T05:37:06
You know you want to find that perfect fit between an ideal company, ideal positions, and qualifications, for your first position as a Business Analyst, but the real question is what are you willin...
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Biz Analyst Planning Moment: your perfect fit! from 2018-05-15T04:44:53
Ever wish you could find that perfect fit for an ideal company, ideal position, and qualifications as described by you, for your first Business Analyst position??? Tune in for the rundown of the ...
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Demonstrate you care in the application process!😁 from 2018-04-04T04:53:44
Have a long-term mindset for applications process. This is just like we talked about in "Building a Strong Network". You do not want to be that person, who might not be there for the long haul; de...
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Building a trusted network from 2018-03-30T22:38:23
Networking often takes two approaches from what I have experienced. The first approach is speed networking where you hand out as many business cards as possible, and just try to see what sticks....
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Cover letters with a story to go from Biz Analyst Potential to Biz Analyst Career! from 2018-03-27T19:38:32
Cover letters have become a bit of a must do, which are not relevant...in this episode we explore one way to make your cover letter worth reading!!!😁 We get into how to be bold on your cover le...
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Networking through authenticity to go from Biz Analyst Potential to Biz Analyst Career! from 2018-03-27T19:35:18
We are talking this week about networking and how that helps you to pursue your potential to become a Biz Analyst! http://bit.ly/1ststepsfm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a...
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