The Forcing Function

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#023 - Don't bury the lede when it comes to bad news
Thoughts on delivering bad news, what happens if you downplay it and are caught, the upsides if you lead on it, and how both context and options help…
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#037 - For perpetuity or until obsolescence?
Thoughts on long-term thinking from two female-led organisations, a food bank in my neighbourhood and a ryokan in Kyoto, and how that reflects in how…
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#040 - Be consistent but not dogmatic
Thoughts on hitting my 9 month milestone of weekly issues and the parallels between my newsletter writing journey and my personal training journey.
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#026 - You don't always need permission
Thoughts on asking permission versus taking autonomy to do the right thing for your project or, simply, to learn.
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#025 - Persistence and the payoff
Thoughts on being persistent, how it can be a superpower if applied appropriately, and how it can sabotage you if you persist for the wrong reasons.
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#029 - So you want to be a business analyst?
Thoughts on how the role of a business analyst is to help manage opportunity costs of decisions by knowing where you are and where you need to be - not…
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#024 - How well do you know your tools?
Thoughts on how being a skilled business analyst is more than knowing which framework to use, or the soft skills you have, or the certifications you've…
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#039 - The power of visualising your point
Thoughts on why visuals are so important to me and my work as a business analyst, how the benefits of drawing visuals and writing run in parallel, and…
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#036 - How I decided which certifications to do next
Thoughts on how I worked through the options for developing my Tooling Dexterity capability group, the two Salesforce certifications I'll be doing next…
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#031 - Reading about it ≠ experiencing it
Thoughts on how living through an experience is more powerful than just reading about someone else's experience, how the latter can only take you so…
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#028 - The curse of experience
Thoughts on how business analysts can be more prone to being narrow-minded with more experience and because of the nature of the job itself.
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#030 - The rabbit hole of requirements
Thoughts on how one requirement can lead to another and then another, the temptation to "boil the ocean" in making changes, and drawing the line with…
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