Series · 5 lessons · 29 June 2026
Communication and Influence: Moving Decisions Without Authority
I have never once been able to make anyone do anything. I mean that literally. Across a long career as a business analyst, I have never had a person report…
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Day 1 · 6 min read
Why having no authority is not the handicap it looks like
I have never once been able to make anyone do anything. I mean that literally. Across a long career as a business analyst, I have never had a person report…
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Day 2 · 6 min read
The best idea in the room is worthless if it never lands
Being right and being heard are two completely different skills, and plenty of brilliant people only ever learn the first one. I have sat in rooms where the…
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Day 3 · 5 min read
No one is moved by a person they do not believe in
You cannot influence someone who does not trust you. Everything else in this series is built on that one sentence. You can be the clearest communicator in…
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Day 4 · 6 min read
How to move a decision you cannot make
The decision meeting is usually where a decision is announced, not where it is made. It took me years and several painful losses to understand this. I used…
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Day 5 · 4 min read
Your Influence Playbook: The whole week on one page, and one scenario that ties it together
Influence without authority comes down to three things: get heard, build trust, and move the decision. Here is the week on one page. A playbook is not there…