One misconception that many people have is that EA is just “that IT stuff”. Nothing is more false than that.

If you *really* look at an enterprise, you will see that a full architecture encompasses all layers from strategy through business (processes, risks, orgs, etc.) to data, apps, and technology.
But the real benefit is that you can create a line of sight through all these layers. This will help you not only to identify the as-is and how you should change based on where you are, but also allow you to connect all people who are happy sitting in their silos.

That is why we invited Leslie Robinet to be the guest of this episode.
Leslie is passionate about continuous improvement, practicing and promoting being an agent of positive change. She has leveraged this for the benefit of clients through her career in consulting and services. These values are also present in her commitment to volunteering and associations, with environmental and human considerations.

Leslie's dedication to sustainable development goes beyond a personal reach. On the associative side, actively involved in volunteer work since her youth, she invests locally by being one of the founders of “Mon Epice’Rit”, a co-operative grocery store demonstrating values of solidarity and ecology. Through this vector they raise awareness locally through presentations and workshops.

In this episode of thepodcast, we are talking about:

• Leslie's background
• Limiting EA vs. unlimited EA — where to start and what to accomplish
• Decision-making, people, perspective to plan and adapt to change: global approach to Enterprise Architecture
• How to approach the use cases — how can EA help solve the problems?
• Use models and modeling to represent the complex reality in a simplified way
• The Digital Twin concept.

You can find Leslie onLinkedIn and reach out to her company to get in contact.

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Why are so many organizations out there that have not discovered BPM (and in extension “architecture”) as something that can help their business problems, and also set the foundation for future growth?
Some reasons might lie in the niche characteristics (to avoid saying “nerdy”) of BPM and the lack of shared community and branding. That is why we invited our current guest to the podcast.

Hanneke's motto is to “Embrace the Chaos”: Creating structure during transition. She focuses on processes, finance, and systems with a human touch by implementing Business Process Management (BPM) so that she can be the linking pin between strategy and operations.

Her background is within the range of Startups (CFO Laevo exoskeletons) and global Corporates (Schiphol Airport/ ETG commodities) in various Industries. Hanneke is an open and engaging personality with a fair and critical mindset — which one can hear within the first few minutes of the episode :-)

In this episode of the podcast we are talking about:

• Hanneke’s background in finance, process optimization (Lean/6S), and quality management
• The problem of lack of knowledge and objections about BPM in organizations
• The “carve out” concept and the use of a Target Operating Model
• The small BPM community
• Branding of BPM (the discipline, not tools)
• How to grow the community

Hanneke can be found on LinkedIn and at her website, www.olcama.nl.

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Welcome back to a new year and Season 8 of the What's Your Baseline Podcast, and we are starting with an episode that closes the loop with two other episodes (links below): “Process Mining Analysis” and “Lean and Process Mining”.

Today we are talking about Process Analysis in general, and we are thinking of the new business analyst especially, who doesn't know where to start or does not have a Process Mining tool at his/her disposal.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk about:

• The situation as a new analyst, not knowing what to do
• The problem — lack of visibility, followed by process analysis and improvement in process execution
• The positioning of analysis in the Process/Solution Lifecycle
• The different existing approaches to Process Analysis
• Advanced tool features, such as Process Mining or Simulation

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