One of the keys to being a great BA is developing one's underlying competencies, such as interaction skills, software applications, business knowledge, analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
Two people may agree that Art is Good and that God Exists, but there are a lot details in each supposition, including politics, inherent preferences and one's underlying spiritual orientation.
One lesson we should have learned from Vietnam: If one's underlying assumptions are wrong, all of one's decisions based upon those assumptions are probably wrong.
Executive theme owners, along with the top management team, periodically review the performance of the initiatives and test each one's underlying theory.
Major life events, good or bad, seldom transform a person; rather, as noted by the author Irène Némirovsky, they just bring one's underlying character into greater relief, "as a strong gust of wind reveals the true shape of a tree when it blows off all its leaves".
As with the example above, however, it is assumed that karma, as a cosmic force, is supremely capable of discovering one's underlying intentions.
