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: https://amzn.to/3NdULdy (Amazon)
• Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil: https://amzn.to/3Pu3zyP (Amazon)

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Episode sponsor:

• Website: https://businesschange.academy/

Guest contact:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yulia-kosarenko/
• Website: https://why-change.com/

Host contact:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joenewbert/
• Website: https://joenewbert.com/

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