The T-Shaped Professional

Organisations increasingly value individuals with deep expertise in a specific discipline, such as Data Modelling or Business Intelligence, but also with skills in other areas. These other skills aren’t necessarily at the expert level, and must be complemented by two essential “soft skills” before the whole package works. This is the so-called and often misunderstood “T-shaped skill set” – depth plus breadth plus the social skills that are at the heart of the concept. Applying skills outside your data-related expertise is often an excellent way to achieve your core Data Management goals.

We’ll introduce the essentials of being “T-shaped,” including the soft skills that are at the heart of the concept. Then, we’ll cover real-life examples of core goals being achieved by applying other skills. Useful tips and frameworks will be provided for each of them, with emphasis on these four:

  • Business Processes: how to take advantage of the connection between business processes and enterprise data
  • Application Requirements: why the data perspective is absolutely crucial in both purchased and custom software implementations
  • Facilitation: how some of the fundamental techniques employed by a skilled facilitator can raise data management awareness
  • General Business Frameworks: Frameworks such as the four quadrants of corporate culture, the impact of paradigms, the enablers of organisational change, and the strategic differentiator have all contributed, often in surprising ways, to achieving Data Management goals.

Alec Sharp

Founder
Clariteq Systems Consulting
Alec Sharp, a senior consultant and acclaimed teacher with Clariteq Systems Consulting, has deep expertise in a rare combination of fields – business analysis and requirements specification, data modelling, strategy development, facilitation, and, of course, business process modelling, analysis and design.

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The virtual seminars and workshops will be offered through an online meeting platform, usually Webex or Zoom, from our video studio. The virtual classroom is equipped with multiple professional cameras and microphones and we have a two person crew available so that we can offer a similar experience to that of the traditional classroom and, more important, still offer adequate interaction with the speaker.

The presenter / trainer will still use his Powerpoint, combined with flipchart and paper, virtual whiteboard and physical whiteboard and will be accompanied by a operator / moderator at the scene. The presenter does not have to worry about technical issues such as switching, splitting, microphone settings and such but can fully focus on the course material and on engaging with the online attendees.

  • When using the flipchart, the moderator will take care of switching scenes and camera perspective and of switching to attendees to ask questions.
  • When switching to flipchart you will have full view of the presenter and of the flipchart with all text and diagrams crystal clear.
  • And since the presenter / trainer is equipped with a wireless lapel microphone and the questions of the participants enter the course room clearly understandable (amplified), he can answer those questions from anywhere in the classroom and from any camera angle.
  • Asking questions and the speaker answering them can therefore be done just like you are used to in a regular classroom.
  • Because the course room is equipped with at least four monitors, the speaker/trainer also has a view of the online participants during the meeting.
  • For some (international) speakers we may use their own virtual course room with similar facilities but we will send the invite ourselves and the meeting will run on the Adept Events online meeting platform.

All of the above is to ensure that it does not become an impersonal one-way webinar but an interactive virtual classroom setting.

Those attending an online event or a hybrid event with the online meeting platform will be sent an invitiation with the meeting hyperlink and instructions a few days before, so well in advance of the course.

In-house Info

Practically all of our seminars and workshops can be offered as an In-house course for your company exclusively. We can tailor with extra focus on specific topics that apply to your organization. Also available in online format or in face-to-face format with live video stream.

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