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Cutting Through the Data Smog:
How CIOs and CTOs Can Drive Strategic Decisions with Clarity

March 17, 2025

Data should be a tool—not the starting point. The most successful CIOs and CTOs begin with a clear vision of the business outcomes they want to create. By defining the desired end state first, they ensure that data serves the strategy, rather than allowing the strategy to be dictated by whatever data is readily available.

The Role of Facilitation in Leadership: How Doing Less Achieves More

February 16, 2025

Leadership has long been associated with making decisions, setting direction, and ensuring execution. However, the most effective leaders are not those who simply direct and control but those who create an environment where their teams can thrive.

Maximizing the Value of IT Investments

January 16, 2025

In today's fast-paced business environment, organizations often rush to acquire new technology without fully utilizing the tools they already have.

Mastering Hybrid Facilitation: Aligning Goals and Maximizing Tech Investments

December 17, 2024

In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, hybrid facilitation is key to fostering collaboration and innovation. This article explores how hybrid facilitation aligns with business goals, maximizes tech investments, and benefits the entire organization.

Hybrid Meetings that Work:
What Every Manager Needs to Know About Effective Facilitation

November 20, 2024

As a manager, your influence extends beyond setting the agenda or attending the meeting. You create the framework for how your team approaches hybrid collaboration.

Identifying Areas of Improvement

October 31, 2024

Everyone wants to do more, especially when the direction feels like “doing more with less.” But focusing on the wrong thing can lead to even worse waste than already happening.

Understanding Value in Relationships and the Business Value Delivery Process

September 16, 2024

In any relationship—whether personal or professional—value is a two-way street. Both the sender and receiver must derive some level of value from the investment or transaction for the relationship to thrive.

Justifying an IT Investment

August 14, 2024

When talking about justifying an IT investment, or really any investment for any reason, there are always pros and cons. So what are they?

Digital Comfort

July 14, 2024

Digital comfort in the workplace is crucial for effective collaboration and communication. It involves more than just technical proficiency, as employees need to be comfortable with various tools and platforms...

Why Change Management is Important

June 20, 2024

Have you ever implemented a perfect technology solution, yet found that no one is using it? The issue often isn't with the technology itself, but with change management. Successful technology adoption requires more than just new tools.It's about...

What You Should Know about AI Right Now

May 22, 2024

AI is everywhere, with new breakthroughs daily. Don’t worry – the AI we have now is the least advanced it will ever be. But start building your skills now. Focus on learning and adapting rather than...

Digital Skills

April 25, 2024

In today’s digital age, being comfortable with technology is crucial for employees to adapt to various platforms effectively, especially as we explore more with hybrid environments.

The Value of Business Analysis

March 18, 2024

In this article, Jamie emphasizes the vital role of business analysis, defining a business analyst as someone who identifies needs and recommends solutions for value delivery. It underscores their significance in strategy planning, project management, and daily operations.

Productivity Hacks to Get Your Time Back

February 16, 2024

Want to supercharge your productivity? Discover the magic of small changes with big results in our latest article! Explore how tiny tweaks can lead to massive efficiency gains. From counting mouse clicks to reimagining office processes...

The Power of Collaboration: Unlocking Business Value through Effective Project Team Dynamics

January 16, 2024

In the constantly evolving environments our change agents face, one of the things that technology has helped us with the most is our ability to collaborate. But collaboration is not the end all answer. It is a means; a way; even a technique, and an approach, that enables the delivery of business value.

Hybrid Environments –
Not Just a Technology Trend

December 12, 2023

In the evolving landscape of work collaboration, we transitioned from in-person to online interactions, adapting to unmuted virtual conversations. The current reality is a hybrid environment that spans individual calls to global team collaborations.

The Business Value of AI

November 14, 2023

In the ever-expanding landscape of artificial intelligence tools, it's crucial for businesses to cut through the noise and focus on the real business value these tools bring. AI is not the outcome...

The Strategic Value of Industry Standard Certifications

October 14, 2023

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for working professionals. One effective way to demonstrate expertise, commitment, and relevance in your field is by obtaining certifications through industry-standard governing bodies.

Jamie Champagne

Overly Passionate Business Analysis Professional Speaker and Trainer

Jamie is beyond her "passionate BA" title and truly embodies business analysis and adding value to those around her everyday. She enjoys sharing with others ways to improve their analysis skill sets, unique ways to look at the world and how to be more accomplished with measurable results. When she's not collaborating with amazing people, you can find her collaborating with her friends and family on the Hawaiian waters on a surfboard.

Cutting Through the Data Smog:How CIOs and CTOs Can Drive Strategic Decisions with Clarity