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IPDJuly 20, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, Other EI, past webinar

Solving the Puzzle: Using Models to Organize Enterprise-Level Change | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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Audience:

Executives & leadership responsible for achieving wide change
Program & project managers
System and business architects
Business analysts

Watch this free webinar to learn how to leverage business models to define overall scope, map work tracks, track vendors & systems, and ensure end-to-end coverage.

This “Model of Models” approach helps to eliminate gaps, minimize overlaps, and identify collaborations.

Takeaways:

Leverage multiple models to gain a better understanding of your (project, portfolio, initiative, strategy) scope & ensure full coverage
Organize your teams for business and system implementations

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Todd Sicard has been with Blue Cross Blue Shield MN for almost 30 years. In his role as the Business Platform Implementation Director, he works to organize the people, processes, technology, data, and metrics to achieve a goal. Before that, he was an enterprise architect for fifteen years

IPDJuly 19, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

Business Architecture at the Speed of Business | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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2020 demonstrated the criticality of a business’s ability to pivot and respond to a rapidly changing environment. Business strategies are now fluid, and business architects need to adapt. The session will focus on practical tips and methods for how business architects can take the tools in their toolbox and hit the turbo button to keep up with the world around them.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Dean Heltemes is the Senior Director of Business Architecture in Advisor Technology Solutions for Ameriprise Financial. He is well-known in the Twin Cities for his business architecture expertise from his role as a Business Architect instructor at Metropolitan State University and from serving on the board of the Twin Cities Business Architecture forum.

IPDJuly 18, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

Back to Business (RTO) Through a Business Architecture Lens – Past Expert Insights Webinar

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Returning To the Office?

This question is so prevalent, it has an acronym – RTO.

Apply business architecture concepts and tools to RTO.

A look at the COVID pandemic’s impact on corporations and the digital economy through the lens of business architecture.

What PPE do you need? Considering vaccination? What are the requirements from your company to manage this? What are your requirements?

Join us for a webinar to see what challenges corporations have in providing a safe workspace for their employees.

What will interaction (team meetings, seating, etc) between employees be like? How will companies manage PPE needs? How will vaccination/testing requirements be managed?

Share in the dialogue as we look at how companies continue adapting infrastructure capabilities as they manage both customer and employee experience in the digital economy in hyperdrive due to the pandemic.

Learn More About:

RTO readiness and capability maturity
Employee and Customer Experience
Architecture and Design in Pandemic Environment
Impact on the Digital Economy

PRESENTER: Bao Do

By day Bao Do is a business architect for Wells Fargo leading their RTO efforts. In his spare time, he teaches in the Metro State Business Architecture Program.

IPDJuly 16, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

Modernization, Maturity, & The Playbook: Part 1 – The Marvel of the Playbook | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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This video focuses on the creation of the State of Minnesota’s Office of Transformation to standardize and assist state agencies with their modernization efforts.

Get ideas on:

how to identify best practices for your playbook
how to include your business units in the process
how to help your organization chart a course for its own transformation.

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The State of Minnesota launched the Modernization Playbook to address outdated systems and infrastructure. The Playbook is an end-to-end framework to establish consistency in understanding roles, language, and process activities for the successful transformation of business processes and IT portfolio and application management to support modernization efforts.

This 3-part Series will showcase the Playbook and its purpose, how it was used to rank state agency maturity, and how it is used to chart transformation and focus agencies into the future.

While the state of Minnesota developed the Playbook to address IT modernization projects, the Playbook concept can be applied to a full spectrum of projects and portfolio management*.

*Where you see the words state agency, think Business Unit or Product Line. Where systems or infrastructure appear, think new products, The Great Resignation, pandemic shifts, or any one of the number of forces that require transformation in your organization.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Stacey Walker is the Transformation Program Manager in the State of Minnesota’s Office of Transformation and Strategy Delivery, a newly formed enterprise services department that serves all 22 executive branch state agencies. Stacey has been in her role since April 2021 having transitioned from the healthcare sector where she has worked for 25 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Nursing and a Master of Science degree in Nursing/Healthcare Leadership. In the early 2000’s with the digital transformation to electronic medical records, Stacey moved into a clinical informatics role and progressed from there into project and program leadership where she has gained 12 years of experience. Stacy earned her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2015 and recently became certified in organizational change management. She is known as a creative leader with high energy and is honored to be able to serve her fellow Minnesotans in her new role helping to modernize Minnesota’s state government.

Here Are the Other Two Webinars In This Special Series.

Session Two – Modernization, Maturity, and the Playbook

Session 3 – People and the Playbook

IPDJuly 15, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

Modernization, Maturity, & the Playbook: Part 2 – Ideas for Standardizing Maturity Mapping | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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This video focuses on how a playbook works in conjunction with maturity assessments. Learn the process the State of Minnesota used to have Executive Branch Agencies self-rank their maturity using the playbook and how those rankings were used to identify gaps and ultimately create maturity roadmaps for improvement planning. Find ideas for standardizing your organization’s maturity mapping.

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The State of Minnesota launched the Modernization Playbook to address outdated systems and infrastructure. The Playbook is an end-to-end framework to establish consistency in understanding roles, language, and process activities for the successful transformation of business processes and IT portfolio and application management to support modernization efforts.

This 3-part Series will showcase the Playbook and its purpose, how it was used to rank state agency maturity, and how it is used to chart transformation and focus agencies into the future.

While the state of Minnesota developed the Playbook to address IT modernization projects, the Playbook concept can be applied to a full spectrum of projects and portfolio management*.

*Where you see the words state agency, think Business Unit or Product Line. Where systems or infrastructure appear, think new products, The Great Resignation, pandemic shifts, or any one of the number of forces that require transformation in your organization.

Here Are the Other Two Webinars In This Special Series.

Session One – The Marvel of the Playbook

Session Three – People and the Playbook

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Stacey Walker is the Transformation Program Manager in the State of Minnesota’s Office of Transformation and Strategy Delivery, a newly formed enterprise services department that serves all 22 executive branch state agencies. Stacey has been in her role since April 2021 having transitioned from the healthcare sector where she has worked for 25 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Nursing and a Master of Science degree in Nursing/Healthcare Leadership. In the early 2000’s with the digital transformation to electronic medical records, Stacey moved into a clinical informatics role and progressed from there into project and program leadership where she has gained 12 years of experience. Stacy earned her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2015 and recently became certified in organizational change management. She is known as a creative leader with high energy and is honored to be able to serve her fellow Minnesotans in her new role helping to modernize Minnesota’s state government.

IPDJuly 14, 2024Business Architecture, Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

Modernization, Maturity, & The Playbook: Part 3 – Managing Transformational Change | Past Expert Insights Webinar

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This session will discuss the importance of change management in any transformation. Consider research that supports building change management resources and the importance of communication during transformation. See an example of how the State of Minnesota’s new Change Agent Network will monitor and manage the complexities that come with implementing the multi-agency transformation generated from the playbook and maturity assessments. Find ideas for supporting grassroots change in the business units.

The State of Minnesota launched the Modernization Playbook to address outdated systems and infrastructure. The Playbook is an end-to-end framework to establish consistency in understanding roles, language, and process activities for a successful transformation of business processes and IT portfolio and application management to support modernization efforts.

This 3-part Series will showcase the Playbook and its purpose, how it was used to rank state agency maturity, and how it is used to chart transformation and focus agencies into the future.

While the state of Minnesota developed the Playbook to address IT modernization projects, the Playbook concept can be applied to a full spectrum of projects and portfolio management*.

*Where you see the words state agency, think Business Unit or Product Line. Where systems or infrastructure appear, think new products, The Great Resignation, pandemic shifts, or any one of the number of forces that require transformation in your organization.

Watch Video Here

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Stacey Walker is the Transformation Program Manager in the State of Minnesota’s Office of Transformation and Strategy Delivery, a newly formed enterprise services department that serves all 22 executive branch state agencies. Stacey has been in her role since April 2021 having transitioned from the healthcare sector where she has worked for 25 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Nursing and a Master of Science degree in Nursing/Healthcare Leadership. In the early 2000’s with the digital transformation to electronic medical records, Stacey moved into a clinical informatics role and progressed from there into project and program leadership where she has gained 12 years of experience. Stacy earned her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2015 and recently became certified in organizational change management. She is known as a creative leader with high-energy and is honored to be able to serve her fellow Minnesotans in her new role helping to modernize Minnesota’s state government

Here Are the Other Two Webinars In This Special Series.

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Session One – The Marvel of the Playbook

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Session Two – Modernization, Maturity, and the Playbook”

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IPDJuly 9, 2024Business Architecture Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar

Using the Capability Maturity Model to Assess Almost Anything | Past Expert Insights Webinar

Part of the Leadership Toolbox Series

Capability Maturity Model long July 2024

AUDIENCE

Leaders, Managers, Supervisors, and Project Managers

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This free Leadership Toolbox webinar takes a tool that describes an organization’s maturity, or is used for continuous improvement, and repurposes to start conversations on problem-solving.

Similar to the Expert Insights webinar on the Risk Register, this session demonstrates other uses for a tool traditionally used by project managers.

Take-aways:

Understand where to find capability maturity models
Alter models to align with initiatives and projects
Spark conversations that lead to the root cause of problems

More About the Presenter:

Beth Schaefer, IPD Director

Beth has 16 years experience building professional development programs for MN State. The advantage of this job is she gets to experience the training that she helps to build in project management, continuous improvement, change management and business architecture. The fun part of this job is that she transfers that information to fit her role as a supervisor in the public sector. Join Beth to see how you can use leadership tools from almost any discipline to improve your projects, teams, or departments.

IPDMay 9, 2024DEI Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, past webinar

DEI Reset | Past DEI Expert Insights Webinar

DEI Reset | A DEI Expert Insights Webinar

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Audience

Organizational leaders for HR, strategy, and workplace culture, along with others who influence DEI efforts.

With the reaction to the recent Supreme Court Affirmative Action DEI Decision, there have been indirect consequences for employers and their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. With DEI policies and initiatives being at risk of being challenged this could lead to the derailing of DEI workplace progress.

In this webinar “DEI Reset”, we’ll explore why DEI initiatives and policies are essential as it pertains to companies’ holistic success.

Join us to explore how a DEI Reset can help your company understand the value of DEI initiatives and policies amidst recent pushback.

Take-aways:

Explore the importance of DEI policies and initiatives in creating a cohesive workplace culture.
Learn the key pillars of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Understand how upholding DEI in the workplace can help attract and retain diverse talent.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Eric Dormoh, Jr.

Instructor, Institute for Professional Development

IPDMarch 13, 2024Change Webinar - Past Expert Insights, Expert Insights - archives, Leadership Toolbox Past Expert Insights, past webinar, Project Management Past Expert Insights, webinar

Experiential Learning | Past Expert Insights Leadership Toolbox Webinar

experiential learning expert insight March 2024 IPD

Audience: Leaders interested in developing their workforce

The Leadership Toolbox webinars focus on a specific leadership tool so that you can become a more effective leader.

This webinar will explore experiential learning. This a tool that leaders can use to build the skillsets of their team and connect learning directly to work application.

Take-aways:

Explore the complete definition of experiential learning
Understand the benefits of experiential learning for your team
Learn how to evaluate professional development for experiential learning opportunities