Episode 37 – (I can’t believe it is another) Ten things I’ve learned
Welcome to another episode of our podcast. In the final episode of the final season for this year, we are talking about another ten things we’ve learned over the years:
- How to do things
- Transparency is more important than ever
- Strategic alignment is key to your success
- Sometimes you have to say “no” to requirements
- Make clear from the outset how a project’s success is measured
- Tools
- BPM/EA tools are still too nerdy
- Tools need to be simpler – how to get to information in three clicks or fewer
- How to provide self-help resources
- (Bonus) Do not google “how to create subway maps”
- The discipline/industry
- There will be a renaissance of forward-looking data-driven decision making (e.g., Simulation)
- Process Mining will cease to exist as its own market in 3-5 years
- Knowledge Management needs to be more in focus
Please reach out to us by either sending an email to hello@whatsyourbaseline.com or leaving us a voice message by clicking here.
Ep. 37 – (I can't believe it is another) Ten things I've learned – What's Your Baseline? Enterprise Architecture & Business Process Management Demystified
Additional information
- In this episode we made some references to previous episodes
- Book recommendations:
- How Stella Saved The Farm (Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble) – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250002129/howstellasavedthefarm
- The Open Organization (Jim Whitehurst) – https://www.redhat.com/en/explore/the-open-organization-book
- Radical Candor (Kim Scott) – https://www.radicalcandor.com/
- Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Robert Kegan, Lisa Lahey) – https://www.amazon.com/Immunity-Change-Potential-Organization-Leadership/dp/1422117367
- Getting Real (Jason Fried, David Heinemeir Hansson) – https://basecamp.com/gettingreal
- Business Model Canvas (Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur) – https://www.strategyzer.com/books/business-model-generation
- Value Proposition Design (Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith, Trish Papadakos) – https://www.strategyzer.com/books/value-proposition-design
- Subway maps
- Transit Maps website
- Video of one example of the rabbit hole when you google the term “how to create a subway map”
- And for those of you who have good ears and heard some dogs barking in the background around minute 51 – here are the responsible puppies FYI
Credits
Music by Jeremy Voltz, www.jeremyvoltzmusic.com
- CP1 (Welcome)
- Lofi Lobby Loop (Interlude 1
- Airplane Seatbelt (Interlude 2)
- Cowbell (Interlude 3)
- South Wing (Outro)
Roland Woldt is a well-rounded executive with 25+ years of Business Transformation consulting and software development/system implementation experience, in addition to leadership positions within the German Armed Forces (11 years).
He has worked as Team Lead, Engagement/Program Manager, and Enterprise/Solution Architect for many projects. Within these projects, he was responsible for the full project life cycle, from shaping a solution and selling it, to setting up a methodological approach through design, implementation, and testing, up to the rollout of solutions.
In addition to this, Roland has managed consulting offerings during their lifecycle from the definition, delivery to update, and had revenue responsibility for them.
Roland has had many roles: VP of Global Consulting at iGrafx, Head of Software AG’s Global Process Mining CoE, Director in KPMG’s Advisory (running the EA offering for the US firm), and other leadership positions at Software AG/IDS Scheer and Accenture. Before that, he served as an active-duty and reserve officer in the German Armed Forces.
