10,000+
Learners
About Agora Insights
Exceptional training. Exceptional value. Exceptional outcomes.
We're a training, mentoring and consulting company dedicated to helping business analysts and business architects reach their full potential — with a warm, inclusive welcome, wherever you are in the world.
An IIBA® Endorsed Education Provider™ and Business Architecture Guild® Accredited Training Partner™ · trusted across 97 countries.
“Welcome to Agora Insights. We’re a training, mentoring and consulting company dedicated to empowering business analysts and business architects to reach their full potential.
I founded Agora in 2017, out of a passion for giving business professionals a place to learn, grow their careers, and gain the insights and support they need to succeed. The name says it: the ancient Agora was the gathering place at the heart of a city — and analysts and architects bring that same insight to the organisations they serve. Over 30 years in the field, I kept seeing the same gap — training too theoretical to use on the job — so I built the opposite: engaging, relevant courses that translate straight into the workplace.
I believe great learning is structured, relevant and blended. We provide customised services to a niche I love — analysts and architects who want to maximise their potential — through certification-based online training, mentoring, and bespoke solutions, with excellent support at every step.
We’ve now served individuals and businesses in more than 97 countries, and our team of experienced professionals and certified trainers is proud of the outcomes our learners have achieved. Every learner is unique, and we work with you to meet your goals — with the warm, inclusive welcome we’re known for.”
Happy learning, everyone! — Deirdre Caren · Founder & Director
What we offer
Four ways we help you grow
We are a Guild Accredited Training Partner™ (GATP™) with the Business Architecture Guild® and an Endorsed Education Provider™ with the IIBA®, delivering best practice and techniques you can use in the workplace.
Training & certification
Certification-based courses for both business analysts and business architects — ECBA™, CCBA®, CBAP®, IIBA®-AAC and the CBA® — plus the AI-era tracks.
Corporate training
Fill learning gaps across your team with short-course solutions and assignable, trackable programmes.
AI Centre of Excellence
Mentoring to help your organisation stand up an AI Centre of Excellence — building AI-ready capability and governance (Intelligent Stewardship), so your teams adopt agentic AI responsibly and at scale.
Bespoke solutions
A customised corporate training solution built around your context, tools and transformation goals.
How we teach
Structured. Relevant. Blended.
We believe the key to successful learning is a blend of structured, relevant and applied methods — engaging chapters, real-world scenarios and practice, never death by text. And you're never learning alone:
Your instructor
Taught and mentored by Deirdre
Real teaching from a 30-year career — and, on courses that include it, a personal 1-on-1 mentoring session for honest advice on your exam readiness and your next role.
On selected courses
AI-assisted assessment
On courses that include it, your practical assignments are assessed with AI assistance.
Recognised & applied
Certification that counts
Internationally recognised IIBA® and Guild® certifications, prepared for thoroughly — plus the applied, AI-era skills employers now need.
97
Countries
9
Years · since 2017
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Accredited
Ready when you are
Explore our courses, dip into the free resources on our blog, or get in touch to talk about your goals — for you or your team.