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The Solution Bias Problem: Why Organisations Fall in Love With Answers Too Early
Solution bias is the habit of grabbing the first plausible answer and defending it before anyone has agreed what the

The False Alignment Problem: When Everyone Agrees but Nobody Understands
Business analysis courses spend a surprising amount of time on a problem that rarely appears on a project plan: the

The Silent Career Killer: Being Good at the Wrong Things
The silent career killer is not laziness, bad luck or a difficult boss. It is being genuinely good at things

Why Businesses Keep Solving Symptoms Instead of Problems (And Paying for It Twice)
Solving symptoms instead of problems is the most expensive habit in business, and almost every organisation has it. A queue

The Assumption Tax: How Businesses Lose Money Solving Problems They Never Properly Defined
Business problem definition is the step most organisations skip, and it is usually the most expensive one to skip. Somewhere

The Relevance Gap: Why Some Professionals Stay in Demand While Others Become Easy to Replace
The relevance gap is the distance between what you do at work and what your organisation actually needs right now.

Why Business Analysts With Less Experience Often Get Promoted First
It happens in almost every organisation: a business analyst with two years of experience gets promoted to Senior BA or

Why Business Analyst Jobs Go to Other Candidates (And What Hiring Managers Actually Want)
Every week, another round of business analyst jobs gets filled and it usually isn’t by the applicant with the longest

The Business Analyst Skills Gap: Why Smart Professionals Get Overlooked for BA Roles
The business analyst skills gap catches out a specific kind of candidate: the smart, capable professional who has genuine business

Why Smart Business Analysts Stop Writing Requirements and Start Driving Business Outcomes
Business analysts driving business outcomes get promoted, retained through restructures, and hired into senior roles at a noticeably different rate