A good way to get to winning lobbying arguments

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Lobbying is hard because you’ll often start off with high hopes of a strong case and find it whittled down. This is an important, if somewhat painful process to go through. If you just go out the door, after a liberating  exercise in group think (usually in an internal meeting), you’ll find yourself confronted with … Read more

The best advice I’ve seen about meetings – from Edward Tufte

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I’ve been re-reading Edward Tufte’s ‘Seeing With Fresh Eyes. Meaning, Space, Data and Truth’ (2020) Chapter 8 deals with Smarter Presentations and Shorter Meetings. In a town that has long meetings and comlex presentations,Tufte’s advice is unknown to many, but it is worth sharing. “The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has … Read more

What happens if you wake up too late in the game

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Note: This applies if you work in a company, NGO or trade association. You may have inherited a new role and are put in charge of lobbying on your company’s files. Congratulations. Something that seems to occur with too frequent regularity is that an important decision or law is going to be made  (figuratively) tomorrow. … Read more