🎙️ Weekly Insight #38: When Voice Becomes the Bridge
Yesterday in Denmark, I had the privilege to close the BA & Beyond 2025 conference with a keynote that wasn’t about performance—but about presence.
What stood out most?
How open the audience was to connecting voice to their daily work.
Business analysts, strategists, product owners—they live in a world of frameworks and systems. But what resonated most wasn’t another process.
It was the voice.
Voice as a Professional Tool
We hand out business cards, but we lead with our voice.
It’s your calling card before credentials, slides, or formal introductions.
Your voice gives immediate clues about how present you are, how grounded your message is—and whether you’re communicating or just delivering.
One person said afterward, “I didn’t realize how often I hold my breath before I speak.”
That’s where it starts.
Thought, Breath, and the Human Signal
We worked with this simple flow:
Intention → Breath → Tone → Connect
It’s not just for singers.
When you pause to breathe after each thought, you allow ideas to land.
When you rush to the end of a sentence, clarity gets lost.
When your tone is disconnected—over-rehearsed, unfocused, or mechanical—your message doesn’t land, no matter how strong the content.
Technique is a means toward expression—not the goal.
You can have gold to share in a workshop or keynote—but if the message isn’t clearly delivered, no one can benefit from it.
Voice gives shape to intention.
It makes the message not just heard, but felt.
Embodied Communication in Real Work
This wasn’t a session about speaking tricks.
It was about what shifts when your voice is connected to intention and breath.
That’s what makes voice a pillar of presence—in a meeting, during a negotiation, or in hallway conversations that shape decisions.
One participant and organizer told me the techniques and ideas I shared were surprisingly helpful and deeply connected to their work.
Several others shared that they were very tired by the end of the day—but that the keynote energized them, gave them a second wind, and left them with something they could use.
Another said they would never forget how much tone, intonation, and breath shape our impact as BAs—literally.
That’s always my intent:
To create content others can carry forward in their own voice.
Next Stop: Utrecht
I’ll speak briefly at ENERGIZE in the Netherlands.
It’s a short “ristretto” session, as they call it—a concentrated shot of connection to start the day.
We’ll focus on breath, body, and tone.
A way to ground yourself before the day gets moving.
A voice check-in before the next wave of change.
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