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This Book is Hilarious - A Must-Read for All IT Business Analysts

Writer: Sergey ShimanskySergey Shimansky

Updated: Jan 9

This book is hilarious! And it’s probably the most practical BA reading that I have on my bookshelf.


100 tricks to appear smart in meetings

I declare this: every business analyst must learn by heart and practice daily these most useful corporate phrases from this book:


✔️ Can we take a step back here?

✔️ What is the real problem we're trying to solve?

✔️ We need to be building a platform.

✔️ Sorry, but can you go back one slide?

✔️ Will it scale ?


And of course, my all-time favorite:


🏆 Why don't we take it offline?


This book is called 100 Tricks to Appear Smart In Meetings by Sarah Cooper.


Here's my challenge for you – count how many times you use (or hear from others) any of the phrases above and share in the comments below!


I count at least 5 every day!


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