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Will McNellis

Will McNellis

Partner & Director at Core State Consulting, facilitator, coach, and delivery leader specializing in organisational transformation and agile practices.

Aug 4, 2026

33:12
... maybe I'll, I'll, or Will, I'll let you start on that one.
33:15
Uh, I was just gonna say, so it's, it's not just office politics.
33:19
So what we're doing in the workshop is we're actually introducing the idea of political quotient, which includes office politics.
33:26
It absolutely is part of it.
33:27
But political quotient is something that, that we use to describe.
33:31
It's similar to, to IQ or EQ, but it talks about how well you're able to navigate, um, office politics, and really, the influence, the spheres of influence and control and decision-making that are at play in any organization.
33:47
And it's one of those things that, you know, we're told early in our careers to avoid office politics, don't play the game, and these sorts of things.
35:28
What's, what is something that you think business analysis professionals can help with when it comes to hacking those politics? [laughs]

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