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/
• The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation by Frans Johansson (Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rdFn9J)

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Episode sponsor:

• Website: https://businesschange.academy/

Guest contact:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbennct/
• Website: https://www.altitudejourney.com/

Host contact:

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

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