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…’empowerment’… should be done only if the recipients of newfound authority have the necessary sense of perspective to act on it wisely.

Being strategic is a lot of work. It is also heavily tied to influencing without authority and that is something every Badass Business Analyst must practice.

Intelligent Disobedience is this: A Business Analyst who is willing and able to disobey authority, break rules, or go against the status quo when they know it is the right thing to do for the people, the project, or the organization.

…intelligent disobedience is not exactly something that will be easy even if we are Badass Business Analysts!

It is vitally important as a Badass Business Analyst to influence in your role. The sad truth is very few Business Analysis roles have authority.

If you cultivate your inner authority, you will step into your greatness. Inner authority is the power that drives authors to write books, entrepreneurs to take huge risks, and leaders to change the world.

The [manager’s] job has to have its own authority and its own responsibility. For managers must manage.

When people don’t know you well and see that you’re in a position of authority, they’re less likely to tell you the ugly truth or challenge you when they think you’re wrong, even if you’d like them to.

Bosses can’t become petty bureaucrats. When you have too much unilateral authority, you’ll inevitably do things that will erode trust, ruin your relationships, and make your direct reports want to escape from their jobs the way they’d want to break out of jail.

…the authority that comes with the [boss] role is, in fact, likely to bring out some of your worst instincts – so it may not just be a matter of unfair perception!