How to Say No: Protecting Your Bandwidth

Oct 6, 2026

In IT, you’re pulled in a hundred different directions, sometimes those directions completely conflicting others. And when you finally fix one problem, another pops up in its place, like a technological whack-a-mole.

So what do you do if you find yourself stuck in a tough spot? Your first inclination may be to fix the problem. After all, you’re a fixer by nature, so you should be able to take care of it all… right?

In this stream, we talk about how you can start saying no. Not only to projects that take up too much of your time, but also to tasks that don’t make any sense, and how you can propose alternatives to solve problems.

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