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