The end is near … no, not what you are thinking.

2024 comes to a close in about two weeks, and we also end Season 7 of the podcast. And a lot has happened — in the industry, with tools, changes in companies and the life of people in our small community.

Tune in to learn about our thoughts about what we’ve seen in the last year and an outlook for 2025. And there is also an interesting announcement in it 😉

In this episode of the What’s Your Baseline Podcast we talk about:

• Mergers & Acquisitions (and why they won’t stop in 2025)
• The use cases that we’ve seen the most
• Professional lessons learned
• Personal lessons learned
• Content creation in general, and What’s Your Baseline? specifically
• Other projects, like J-M’s BPM Walks or Roland’s The Digital Formula podcast
• Our outlook on 2025 for the industry and our podcast
• Roland’s “big announcement” and the request for people who like to help

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How do you bridge the gaps between Strategy and Execution, and how do you evolve execution as strategy pivots? That are the questions that are the topic of our podcast this week - the first of two episodes of a collaboration with the "Strateg-ish" podcast, run by our friends Craig Overmars and Dan Marquez, who has been a guest on our show before.

This episode looks at strategy with the perspective that an architect might have - how is it done, what are the outcomes that one can align to, etc. In the second episode, which will be out on the Strateg-ish channel soon, we discuss the opposite side of this: what can strategists expect and what do they have to know when they are doing their work and expect it to be implemented.

Both, Dan and Craig, have a background in strategy and worked in various consulting organizations and are now working in this field at Google.

In this episode of the podcast we are talking about:

• Dan's and Craig's backgrounds
• What is "strategy" anyway (definition)
• How can it be developed in rapid-pace organizations?
• The process of strategy development
• The kind of artifacts that one can expect as an outcome of the development
• The typical timeframe of a strategy development project

Craig and Dan can be found on LinkedIn (of course) and their "Strategish" podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3h5l2eefFGb9YtPvUVnsDn?si=f8c690a4b197408a.

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GRC — three letters that scare a lot of people. So much that they like to avoid thinking of risks and compliance at all.
But don’t be afraid (quite the opposite), GRC can not only be an addition to your artifacts to make them better, they can also benefit to your program by “having the ear” of influential people in your organization … who, by coincidence, can generate budget out of nowhere, it seems.

And we are happy to welcome Michael Schank (again) who has worked in that space in the financial industry for years.

Michael is a distinguished thought leader and executive, specializing in addressing Digital Transformation and Operational Excellence challenges through his innovative, process-based framework. With over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, he has primarily served as a management consultant, empowering clients with forward-thinking solutions in technology, process, and risk and spearheading large-scale business and digital transformations. Michael brings a powerful combination of superior sales and delivery skills, having personally sold and delivered over $100M in consulting services.
He is the author of the book, ‘Digital Transformation Success,’ in which he introduces his groundbreaking Process Inventory framework. This promises to be a transformative approach to achieving success in the digital era, unlocking unprecedented levels of operational efficiency and strategic alignment.

In this episode of the podcast we are talking about:

• Michael’s background
• Three lines of defense in risk management
• Integrated, business-oriented risk management
• How to create the foundation for this and integrate with performance data
• Involved teams and roles
• Why risk programs fail and teams struggle
• How to set up a program for success
• How AI and Digital Twins can help with the leg work

Michael can be found on LinkedIn (of course) and on his website at https://www.processinventory.com/.

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