Past Expert Insights Webinar
A look at COVID pandemic impact on corporations and the digital economy through the lens of business architecture
Apply business architecture concepts and tools to RTO.
Returning to the office?
This question is so prevalent, it has its own acronym – RTO.
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 safe workspace for its 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 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 to 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.
Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice Part 3 – Your Governance (Free Webinar)
September Expert Insights Webinar
Monday, September 20th 2021
Noon-1pm Central
This is a continuation of Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice: Part 1: Your Value Proposition that can be viewed HERE
Part 2: Your Practice Charter that can be viewed HERE
This third and final session in Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice poses questions that should be considered when it comes to the governance of an enterprise-level business architecture practice.
Participants will learn about considerations for:
Engagement – How do others access your services?
Deliverables – What products and services are you providing?
Interactions – What are the roles and responsibilities of the people involved?
How do you stand up a business architecture practice within an organization?
This 3-part Expert Insights Webinar Series will provide strategies used by Maureen Mathias to stand up a practice in her organization.
* Please Note
This Expert Insights focuses on Business Architecture and is intended for an audience with a background or understanding of Business Architecture.
REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Maureen Mathias
Maureen Mathias earned her Master of Arts from Rutgers University, later adding a Certified Business Architect from the Business Architecture Guild and a Business Architecture Certificate from Metro State University in St. Paul Minnesota.
Maureen started a journey in 2008 that led to a career as a business architect. “Through the journey, it seems I have hit every situation you would want to avoid. One thing that stands out, is that a business architecture practice anywhere must fit the culture and the needs of an organization.”
In her business architect role for an insurance company, she has established training for the teams that utilize architecture tools and for those that need to learn what business architecture is and how it relates to their day-to-day responsibilities for several years.
Maureen is excited to share her experience: what works and what does not as well as learn from the experiences of other business architects.
WATCH THE FIRST WEBINAR IN THIS SERIES HERE
Are You Fixing or Solving?
Past Expert Insights Webinar From August 2021
All organizations have problems— it’s how we handle them that matters!
If it feels like your teams go in circles looking for answers to fix a problem only to have to fix it again the next month or next quarter, this webinar is for you!
Learn the difference between fixing and solving problems so that you can help your teams make real progress towards solutions so that problems are solved the first time.
You’ll leave knowing what it means to truly solve a problem and the fixing pitfalls to avoid.
WATCH THIS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED WEBINAR HERE
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Christine Moore
Christine Moore is a Project (PMP®) and Process Expert along with being certified as a professional facilitator by the International Association of Facilitators. She continues to hone the best way to fix a problem just once. She will draw on her experiences from working with both corporate and public sector (without naming names) to teach you what she has learned about solving problems – one time. Read more about Christine on our instructor page.
Using Conflict to Build Inclusiveness – Past Webinar March 2021
Previously Hosted Webinar: March, 2021
Title: Using Conflict to Build Inclusiveness
Does An Ideal Workplace = A Conflict Free Workplace?
The goal is to be both diverse and inclusive, not to just avoid conflict. During this short webinar, our instructor will get you started on the journey to incorporate conflict in your workplace and how this can can lead to better innovation and problem solving.
This webinar will teach you:
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The challenges of competing perspectives
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How to move from “positions” to “interests”
James Dean
“I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jeanette Grace
- Title/Position
Instructor, Metropolitan State University - Expert Areas:
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Employee Engagement
- Conflict Resolution
- Teambuilding
Business Architecture at the Speed of Business – Past Webinar
Business Architecture At the Speed of Business
Previously Recorded Webinar
May 25, 2021
2020 demonstrated the criticality of a business’ 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
Instructor Bio:
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. You can read more about Dean’s background and expertise in Biz Arch and IT on his Metro State instructor page.
Navigating Change in Changing Times – Past Webinar 2/23/2021
Previously Hosted Webinar: Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Title: Navigating Change in Changing Times
During this webinar you will:
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Take a quick assessment to gain insight on how you navigate change
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Learn about the “change curve” and how it can help you ride the waves of change
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
If Mr. Churchill is correct; based on the last nine months, we should all be perfect by now!
If that statement does not ring true for you, this free webinar from the Institute for Professional Development will help.
Learn more about change and the effect it has on you, and others.
Begin tapping into the cycles of change and use them to be productive instead of feeling like you are being tossed about at sea.
James Dean
“I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jeanette Grace
- Title/Position
Instructor, Metropolitan State University - Expert Areas:
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Employee Engagement
- Conflict Resolution
- Teambuilding
*Standing Up a Business Architecture Practice Part 1: Your Value Proposition – Past Webinar
Past Expert Insights Webinar
How do you stand up a business architecture practice within an organization?
This 3-part Expert Insights Webinar Series will provide strategies used by Maureen Mathias to stand up a practice in her organization.
This first session in the series covers the basics that must be established before even starting to think about a formal business architecture practice.
Discover how to use business architecture technique to define questions with a value proposition that will define the value that your practice will bring your organization.
Other takeaways for attendees:
-Essential infrastructure and requirements for standing up a practice
-How to develop your internal presentation to get buy-in
WATCH THIS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED WEBINAR HERE
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Maureen Mathias
Maureen Mathias earned her Master of Arts from Rutgers University, later adding a Certified Business Architect from the Business Architecture Guild and a Business Architecture Certificate from Metro State University in St. Paul Minnesota.
Maureen started a journey in 2008 that led to a career as a business architect. “Through the journey, it seems I have hit every situation you would want to avoid. One thing that stands out, is that a business architecture practice anywhere must fit the culture and the needs of an organization.”
In her business architect role for an insurance company, she has established training for the teams that utilize architecture tools and for those that need to learn what business architecture is and how it relates to their day-to-day responsibilities for several years.
Maureen is excited to share her experience: what works and what does not as well as learn from the experiences of other business architects
Using Conflict to Build Inclusiveness – Free Webinar
Register Now For Our Upcoming FREE Expert Insights Webinar
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
12pm Noon-1pm CENTRAL TIME
Using Conflict to Build Inclusiveness
Does An Ideal Workplace = A Conflict Free Workplace?
The goal is to be both diverse and inclusive, not to just avoid conflict. During this short webinar, our instructor will get you started on the journey to incorporate conflict in your workplace and how this can can lead to better innovation and problem solving.
This webinar will teach you:
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The challenges of competing perspectives
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How to move from “positions” to “interests”
Registration Cut-off: March 22 at 11:59 pm
Why can’t we all just get along?
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jeanette Grace
- Title/Position
Instructor, Metropolitan State University - Expert Areas:
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Employee Engagement
- Conflict Resolution
- Teambuilding
BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE FOR THE SOCIAL SECTOR – FREE WEBINAR
Register Now For Our Upcoming FREE Expert Insights Webinar
Title: Beyond Business – Business Architecture for the Social Sector
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
12pm-1pm CENTRAL TIME
Join IPD Instructor Bao Do as he discusses the response of various countries around the world to COVID-19 and how pandemic management capabilities highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each country’s reaction.
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Use business capability mapping to provide a means of early detection.
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Consider how the maturity of business capabilities can lead to a more rapid response.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Bao Do
Expert Areas:
- Business Architecture
- Business Analysis
- Program/Project Management
- User-Centered Design
- Coaching/Mentoring/Development
Education/Professional Certificates:
- Business Architecture Certificate from Metropolitan State University – St. Paul, MN
- Certificate of Human-Centered Design from LUMA Institute
- Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from University of Michigan
Business Architecture In Uncertain Times – Past Webinar (May 2020)
“Business Architecture In Uncertain Times”
An Expert Insights Webinar From the Metro State Institute for Professional Development
Originally Aired: May, 2020
This presentation covers:
How Business Architects Can Help Their Companies Navigate Through Uncertainty
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Learn tools that guide tactical and strategic decision making in a dynamic environment
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Prepare for future business architecture changes
Click Here To Watch:
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dean Heltemes
Expert Areas:
- Business Architecture | Enterprise Architecture | Business Process Management
- IT and Business Strategy Development | Strategy to Execution Planning | Collaboration with C-Level Executives
- Global Team Building and Leadership | Large-Scale Budget Creation and Management
- IT Infrastructure and Operations Leadership | ERP Modernization | IT Contract Negotiation
- Program and Project Management | Sales Enablement
- Industry Experience in Financial Services, Agribusiness, Commodity Trading, Energy, & Food Processing
Education/Professional Certificates:
- Business Architecture Certificate from Metropolitan State University -St. Paul, MN
- MBA from Carlson School of Management at University of MN
- Bachelor of Science – Computer Science from St. Cloud State University
