“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch
I vividly remember the first time I learnt to play barre chords (the moveable chords) on the guitar. My mentor demonstrated the value of having this in my toolkit by playing an entire song without moving his index finger. It was definitely different from reading about it from a book. To this day, I remember that and the importance of playing barre chords.
Mentors can imprint life-long lessons in their mentees’ (the one getting mentored) psyche by providing minor nudges and suggestions. Since being a great BA is not exactly a flow-chart diagram you can follow, it is always extremely valuable to get right “art” direction by mentors.
The reason I named this podcast as “The Ultimate Mentoring Panel Discussion” is simply because I believe this has (almost) everything you ever need to learn about mentoring business analysts or being mentored as a business analyst.
Also, this was the toughest podcast I have edited to date. With four voices to handle on GarageBand, this was both fun and a unique challenge. Additionally , please note that this was recorded last year, so, you will have to add an additional year to the timelines that the panelists will be referring to.
So, here are the mentors and their respective mentees enlightening us all about mentoring:
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Yamo is a passionate and practicing business analyst, author, and blogger from Toronto, Canada. He hosts this blog, and podcast to help business analysts throughout the world, do analysis better, by providing educational, relevant, and inspiring content.