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Adopting AI: A Business Analyst's Journey
In this thought-provoking BA Brew, our AI adoption specialist, Mick Brian, discusses the challenges and rewards of introducing an LLM (Large Language Model) into a large organisation. Topics covered include: why the input of BAs is essential when introducing AI tools; the intangible benefits of LLMs; why you need to prompt AI to your level of expertise; the government’s ‘AI Playbook’ and more.
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Adopting AI: A Business Analyst's Journey
Agile by nature: Exploring beekeeping's secrets for Agility
In this session from the 'Agile On The Beach' conference 2024, our Head of Change & Transformation, Mick Brian, discusses how the decision-making and self-organised nature of bee colonies can inform your agile practice, and how the principles of complex adaptive systems can drive innovation and agility within your organisation.
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Agile by nature: Exploring beekeeping's secrets for Agility
AI Alchemy: Turning Change into gold
In this teaser interview from our Head of Change & Transformation, Mick Brian, and our managing consultant, Will Izzard, they speak about their upcoming session at the IRM BA Conference 2024, giving a sneak peek into how they plan to dive into the transformative impact of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
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AI Alchemy: Turning Change into gold
How to plan within Business Analysis and Agile
In this episode of 'BA Insight 2024', our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan joins John Wisner to discuss approaches to planning your analysis, how to improve the efficiency of status reporting or updates and how best to plan your business analysis activities.
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How to plan within Business Analysis and Agile
"Having the right answer isn't always enough"
In this episode of 'The Agile Diaries 2024' by the Agile Business Consortium, our very own Lyn Girvan tells her story as a former civil servant turned agile coach. Listen to her reflections on leadership, collaboration and her vision for 'giving back' through coaching, alongside what led her to learn that “having the right answer isn’t always enough”.
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"Having the right answer isn't always enough"
Agile Business Analysis: Practical guidance for IT professionals
In this podcast episode of 'BA Brew 2024', our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, joins AssistKD to discuss her latest book release, the 2nd edition of ‘Agile Business Analysis: Practical guidance for IT professionals’. The book covers the latest Agile developments, new techniques and real-life case-studies of challenges and lessons learned.
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Agile Business Analysis: Practical guidance for IT professionals
The Buzz on Team Dynamics: A Beekeeper's Perspective
In this 'No Way Out' podcast, our Head of Change & Transformation, Mick Brian, draws on his extensive knowledge of complex change and his passion for beekeeping to delve into the intricacies of bee colonies, along with how we can learn from them to transform our team dynamics and communication strategies.
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The Buzz on Team Dynamics: A Beekeeper's Perspective
Business Agility beyond methods and tools
In this Blackmetric webinar our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan joins Karim Harbott to discuss what ‘business agility’ really is and how it differs from ‘agile methods of delivery’, as well how organisations achieve agility, the role that culture plays and how we can cultivate a culture of agility.
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Business Agility beyond methods and tools
The Agility Illusion
In this episode of 'BA Brew' our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, joins AssistKD to chat about what ‘Organisational Agility’ really means. Here she discusses how business leaders have had to ‘walk the walk’ and how the Business Analysis toolkit can be used to challenge assumptions, change mindsets and achieve successful outcomes.
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The Agility Illusion
Business Agility and Serendipity
In this pre-conference webinar recorded in the lead up to Serendipity BA Festival 2021, our business change and business analysis specialists, Will Izzard and Lyn Girvan, discuss business agility, serendipity and how to be an agile organisation with Blackmetric's Adrian Reed.
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Business Agility and Serendipity
Business Agility in a VUCA world
In this webinar episode of 'BA Fringe 2021', our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, discusses business agility with Adrian Reed, as well how organisations can respond in an agile way in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world.
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Business Agility in a VUCA world
What are the challenges of ‘planning’ business change?
In this 'On the Spot' webinar episode, our Head of Change & Transformation, Mick Brian, discusses the balance between planning and actual agility with Blackmetric's Adrian Reed.
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What are the challenges of ‘planning’ business change?
Clean Language and Organisational Change
What part does language and metaphor play in change management? In this webinar episode of 'BA Fringe 2021', our Managing Consultant, Will Izzard, discusses the concept of 'Clean Language' and how it fits into organisational change with Blackmetric's Adrian Reed.
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Clean Language and Organisational Change
Agile from First Principles: An interactive Q&A with Lyn & Simon Girvan
In this refreshingly open, honest and conversational Blackmetric webinar you’ll hear a practical view of agile from first principles. Lyn, Simon and Adrian Reed cut through the fluff to talk about what agile actually is (and what it isn’t), why it matters, and some key things that any agile practitioner needs to know.
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Agile from First Principles: An interactive Q&A with Lyn & Simon Girvan
Business Agility - a personal journey
In this session from the 'Stretch Leadership Meetup' 2021, our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, shares her personal journey in taking CMC on our own path to achieving organisational agility, including the challenges overcome, the success and failures experienced, as well as the cultural benefits achieved.
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Business Agility - a personal journey
The benefits of Lean Change Agent workshops
In this interview on the 'Being Human Podcast', our Head of Change & Transformation, Mick Brian, discusses his participation in a Lean Change Agent workshop, sharing his experience of the programme and how it has had an impact with his clients.
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The benefits of Lean Change Agent workshops
Mind the gap – incorporating the change agenda into scaled Agile
In this session from the 'Agile On The Beach' conference in 2019, our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, discusses the problems that compromise the delivery of value, and how to incorporate people, process and policy changes into scaled agile so that business value can be realised.
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Mind the gap – incorporating the change agenda into scaled Agile
Backlogs – the good, the bad and the ugly
In this session from the 'Agile On The Beach' conference in 2018, our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, discusses how using goals and outcomes can lead to better backlogs, how to create value stories and split stories so that they still retain value, as well as how to incorporate NFRs into backlogs.
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Backlogs – the good, the bad and the ugly
Agile analysis: doing the right things to enable value creation
In this session from the 'Agile On The Beach' conference in 2017, our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, discusses the importance of business analysis, when and by whom it should be done, and key analysis techniques that will ensure backlogs contain work items that will offer value to the business.
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Agile analysis: doing the right things to enable value creation
Agile and Business Analysis myth busting
In this Blackmetric Q&A webinar, our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, joins an expert panel with Chris Matts and Tony Heap to discuss the practicalities of agile, through a business analysis lens, busting a few common myths along the way.
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Agile and Business Analysis myth busting
Making Agile change plans LEAN
If organisations are truly wanting to work in an agile way, their teams must be agile in their change thinking. Here are some agile change approaches and take-outs from Mick Brian, our Head of Change & Transformation.
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Making Agile change plans LEAN
CMC's Four Dimensions of Business Agility
Here's a short video from our Head of Business Analysis & Agility, Lyn Girvan, where she delves into our approach to business agility and explains the four dimensions of our business agility model - strategy, structure, process and execution.
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