FBA 005 Paul Benn: Gaining Diverse Experience to Deliver Value

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. As a coach, mentor, public speaker and the organiser of the Capability Drive conference. Tune into the episode below or on your favourite podcast player. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/....podcast/onesixeight- Listen on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcast....s?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/....6uxuO9uDYxai6T0Qh1iP Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLESRdkn36D8 Brought to you by https://businesschange.academy skills development and career building business analysis courses.  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 title business analysis [38:41] Shifting to service thinking, finding niches and productising your work