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"The Business Wants This" — Who Really Decides? | BBAI Podcast
Dec 19, 2025

"The Business Wants This" — Who Really Decides? | BBAI Podcast

Every time you hear "the business wants this," three things are almost certainly true: no single person owns the decision, the real trade-o…

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The Business Case Is Dead: Why BAs Need the Opportunity Canvas | BBAI Podcast
Dec 12, 2025

The Business Case Is Dead: Why BAs Need the Opportunity Canvas | BBAI Podcast

The business case is dead. Long live the opportunity canvas. Every PMO lead and traditional project manager just felt a disturbance in the…

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Custom ERP Implementations: The BA Blueprint (7 Steps) | BBAI Podcast
Dec 5, 2025

Custom ERP Implementations: The BA Blueprint (7 Steps) | BBAI Podcast

Custom ERP implementations are the doctorate-level project of business analysis. Every process is connected to five others, configuration i…

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How Business Analysts Should Approach a Salesforce Implementation
Nov 21, 2025

How Business Analysts Should Approach a Salesforce Implementation

Salesforce. Everyone's heard of it. Few really understand what it takes to implement it well — until they're neck-deep in conflicting req…

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From 5G to Smart Cities: How BAs Find Business Opportunities in Connected Data
Nov 7, 2025

From 5G to Smart Cities: How BAs Find Business Opportunities in Connected Data

Most people hear "5G" and think faster phone downloads. Business analysts should hear something different: a web of connected data and proc…

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Going Deep with the 4P+ Framework: People, Processes, Projects, and Products
Oct 24, 2025

Going Deep with the 4P+ Framework: People, Processes, Projects, and Products

Too many business analysts get stuck in the delivery weeds — writing requirements, managing backlogs, doing Jira admin — and forget the…

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Bridging Strategy and Delivery: The Missing Middle Every BA Must Master
Oct 17, 2025

Bridging Strategy and Delivery: The Missing Middle Every BA Must Master

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: Bridging Strategy and Delivery: The Missing BA Skill. Listen on Spotify or watch on…

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Making Sense of Jira Goals: Connecting Your Work to Strategy
Oct 10, 2025

Making Sense of Jira Goals: Connecting Your Work to Strategy

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: Making Sense of Jira Goals — Connecting Work to Strategy. Listen on Spotify or wa…

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10 Things Every Business Analyst Should Know About Git and GitHub
Oct 3, 2025

10 Things Every Business Analyst Should Know About Git and GitHub

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: 10 Things Every BA Should Know About Git. Listen on Spotify or watch on YouTube…

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Top 10 Job-Seeking Strategies for Business Analysts
Sep 12, 2025

Top 10 Job-Seeking Strategies for Business Analysts

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: Top 10 Job-Seeking Strategies for Business Analysts. Listen on Spotify or watch on…

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Continuous Discovery: How BAs Stay Connected to Real Customer Needs Throughout Delivery
Sep 5, 2025

Continuous Discovery: How BAs Stay Connected to Real Customer Needs Throughout Delivery

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: Continuous Discovery: The Best Way to Add BA Value. Listen on Spotify or watch on Y…

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10 Ways Narrative and Storytelling Shape Better Business Analysis Outcomes
Sep 4, 2025

10 Ways Narrative and Storytelling Shape Better Business Analysis Outcomes

In this episode of the Better Business Analyst Podcast: 10 Ways Narrative Shapes Better Outcomes. Listen on Spotify or watch on YouTube…

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Benjamen Walsh

Benjamen Walsh

Founder, BBA Institute · Certified Business Analyst

Benjamen Walsh is the founder of the Better Business Analysis Institute (BBAI) and a practising business analyst with over a decade of experience delivering change across New Zealand and Australia. He has trained over 200+ business analysts through BBAI certification programmes and hosts The Better Business Analyst Podcast (138+ episodes). Benjamen works with organisations including Corporates, Consultancies, Non for Profits, Small Businesses and the New Zealand Government.

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