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29 August 2024 Zombie Penguin Business Analysts: Creativity Techniques and Divergent Thinking This BA Blog is all about how to boost creativity in Design Thinking. At a recent BA Manager Forum workshop the delegates tried out three powerful Divergent Thinking techniques to boost their creativity: ‘Magnify’, ‘Different Perspective’ and Make It Worse’. Who would have thought they would end up with Flying Zombie Penguins? We hope you find the examples of using the techniques useful. With thanks to Mike Williams and Karen Newnham.
22 July 2024 Resilience: for Olympians… and Business Analysts Resilience, or the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, marks out the ‘great’ from the ‘good enough’. This applies to Olympic athletes... and to business analysts. The good news is that resilience can be learned and developed. Read this BA Blog to find out how.
18 June 2024 The Potential of eLearning It’s an exciting time for eLearning, with the many possibilities offered by new and developing technology. However, the true potential of eLearning could be in its adaptability to suit different learning styles...
20 May 2024 Expertise vs Experience It’s all too easy to confuse experience and expertise. This BA blog looks at the crucial differences between the two and finishes with 7 top tips on becoming an expert.
17 April 2024 Business Acumen and Business Change Business acumen is essential to managing business change. But what does it mean? This BA blog explains what you must know and understand, and which practical skills and abilities are required, if you are to gain business acumen.
25 March 2024 McKinsey's 7 S Model As business analysts, we know all the best tools and techniques, so why not apply them to our own services? This latest BA blog explores how we can apply McKinsey’s 7 S Model to a business analysis practice of any size.
16 January 2024 Less… or Fewer? Spelling and Grammar Mistakes BAs Need to Avoid Part of the job of BAs, change professionals and service designers is to communicate, influence and sell ideas to colleagues and stakeholders. If you’re keen to make a good impression, this latest BA Blog includes some surprisingly common spelling and grammar mistakes to avoid.
22 December 2023 A Christmas Song Growth-Share Matrix Whatever your reaction, the best (and worst) Christmas songs always provoke a reaction, and the British public are surprisingly emotionally invested in what gets to the No.1 slot at Christmas...
5 December 2023 The Importance of Getting a 360 Degree Perspective on Situations Business analysis is all about taking a holistic view, but that can be easier said than done. This BA Blog looks at how we can seek out diverse perspectives on change projects, to minimise unintended negative outcomes. Luckily there are some techniques in the BA toolkit that can help…
13 November 2023 Business Analysts. If You’re Not Learning, You Risk Being Replaced BAs need to learn and adapt, or there is a significant risk of falling behind or even being replaced. This BA Blog suggests using a PESTLE analysis as a starting point for personal growth.
