Conversations with Thought Leaders

• Episode 8 - Turning Strategy Into Reality

  CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS KEYNOTE EVENT: Turning Strategy into Reality DATE: Wednesday 18 October 2023 HOSTS: David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rob Loader – Strategy & Transformation Executive Roberto Calati – Co-Founder & CEO Granite Data Guy Brunsdon – Product & Technology Executive In this keynote event, Roberto Calati, Rob Loader and Guy Brunsdon covered current trends in transformation, workforce insights, a Silicon Valley perspective, and a practical discussion on how to bridge the expensive gap between strategy and execution.

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• Episode 7 - Competitive Advantage Through Neurodiversity

  CHAPTERS 00:00 Ch.01 Event Welcome and Introductions 07:21 Ch.02 Brian's Dyslexia Journey 11:25 Ch.03 What is Dyslexia? 13:26 Ch.04 Not Tied to Low IQ 14:25 Ch.05 Spikes in the Profile 15:09 Ch.06 Dyslexia in the Workplace 19:11 Ch.07 Fourth Industrial Revolution 19:55 Ch.08 Skills Forecast 20:50 Ch.09 The Value of Dyslexia 29:22 Ch.10 Attracting and Retaining Dyslexic Workers 35:06 Ch.11 Thanks and Close CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS KEYNOTE EVENT: Building Competitive Advantage Through Neurodiversity DATE: Wednesday 16 August 2023 HOSTS: David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Brian Heatherich – Technology Leader & Advocate for Neurodiversity In this event, Brian talked about what dyslexia is and what it isn’t, what are the “superpowers” of a person with dyslexia that organisations should tap into, the current representation of people with dyslexia within in the corporate environment, the power of tapping into neurodiversity for organisations of the future and recommendations on how to commence or continue your corporate neurodiversity journey.

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• Episode 6 - How to Unleash a World Class BA Practice

  CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS KEYNOTE EVENT: How to Unleash a World Class BA Practice DATE: Wednesday 14 June 2023 HOSTS: David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting Mark Carter - Director Granite Consulting KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Maria Montgomery – Leader, Author, Trainer, and Speaker In this session Maria Montgomery shares insights from her recently released book ‘A Guide to Getting Business Analysis Done the Right Way’. Maria talks about why getting business analysis right is crucial for organisational success, where to focus your efforts to build Business Analyst capabilities and establish a 'Centre of Excellence'. CHAPTERS 00:00 Ch.01 Event Welcome and Introductions 05:44 Ch.02 Evolution of Business Analysis 09:49 Ch.03 Current Challenges and Problems 15:39 Ch.04 Impacts of Poor Business Analysis 17:03 Ch.05 The Model for Getting Business Analysis Right 18:17 Ch.06 So What Does it Take to Do Well 20:05 Ch.07 Best Practice 22:39 Ch.08 The Business Analysis Checklist 23:08 Ch.09 Thanks and Close

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• Episode 5 - What's Driving and Derailing Connection in Your Organisation

  DATE: Wednesday 24th May 2023   HOSTS: David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting KEYNOTE SPEAKER:   Gemma Suanders – Chief Workplace Editor and Proud Queer Executive Alana Bennett – Human Experience Fanatic and Coach   In this edition of Conversations with Thought Leaders we talk to two exciting guests, Alana Bennett – Human Experience Fanatic & Coach and Gemma Saunders 🌈 GAICD – Founder & Lead Consultant, Workplace Edit. With our very own David Webley - Managing Director & Co-Founder hosting, Alana and Gemma talk about what is driving and derailing connection within an organisation and why connection matters.

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• Episode 4 - Winning With Data

  CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUGHT LEADERS KEYNOTE EVENT: Winning With Data DATE: Wednesday 22nd March 2023 HOSTS: David Webley - Founder & Managing Director, Granite Consulting Roberta Calati - General Manager, Granite Data Solutions KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bharath Venkataraman - Senior Data Leader ABOUT ROBERTO: Roberto is an accomplished technology leader with nearly 20 years of experience driving digital and technology transformation in multiple industries and has held executive technology roles at Myer, Toll Group and Tabcorp. Throughout his career, Roberto has had a passion for data from the very beginning, where he worked in research labs collecting and transforming data, right up to leading BI and data teams as a divisional CIO. Under Roberto's leadership, his teams have delivered numerous successful data-driven initiatives that have had a significant impact on the businesses they support. This has included millions of dollars of cost out through BI initiatives and developing cross-functional insights that led to the creation of new product categories. Seeing the massive, sustained increase in the demand for data platforms, people and capability drove Roberto to co-found a data company and help businesses build world-class data capabilities. ABOUT BHARATH Bharath Venkataraman is a senior Data leader with extensive experience in creating and delivering organisation wide BI and Analytics vision and strategy, across various domains such as FMCG, Telecommunications, Supply Chain, Logistics and Retail to support strategic business goals and enable best-in class information delivery. Bharath has over 15 years’ experience in recruiting, developing, and managing high performing teams to deliver complex Analytics solutions and well considered, multi-level insights to a variety of stakeholders to enable customer teams to make better, more informed strategic decisions.

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