What Global Business Analysts Are Seeing Right Now

<p>What&#39;s really happening in business analysis around the world — and what does it mean for you?I sat down with Fabricio Laguna — the Brazilian BA and Senior Advisor to the IIBA President — fresh off a global listening tour where he interviewed ten senior business analysis professionals from every continent. (Spoiler: none of them had the title &quot;Business Analyst.&quot;) What he heard will make you rethink what it means to be a senior BA, where AI is actually showing up in BA work, and why the profession might be its own best-kept secret.We covered a lot of ground in this one. Fabricio broke down how business analysis looks wildly different depending on the industry — from manufacturing to banking to ERP implementation — and why that&#39;s not a bug, it&#39;s the whole point. We talked about the soft skills vs. hard skills debate (and why it&#39;s a false choice), what makes someone a senior BA versus just an experienced one, and how the dance analogy actually explains career development better than most frameworks. And of course, AI came up. Not in the &quot;will it take your job&quot; way — nobody Fabricio interviewed believes that — but in the more important question: are BAs just using AI, or are they leading their organizations into it? There&#39;s a big difference, and this episode gets into it.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️Episode Highlights• What 10 senior BAs from around the world are seeing in their organizations right now• How business analysis varies by industry — not by region• Why job titles are becoming more fluid (and what that means for the profession)• Soft skills vs. hard skills — and why senior BAs need both• The &quot;conductor&quot; and &quot;dancer&quot; frameworks for career development• AI as a productivity tool vs. AI as a strategic leadership opportunity• How BAs should be leading AI adoption, not just reacting to it</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Resources</p><p>·  Connect with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanallenmoore/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Susan on LinkedIn</a>·  Connect with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabricio-laguna/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fabricio on LinkedIn</a>·  <a href="https://thebrazilianba.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Brazilian BA website</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Business Analysis Live! is hosted by Susan Moore, Community Engagement Manager with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). We talk with business an