I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Most people want a positive outcome without going through the steps that you need to take to get to that positive outcome. You want to reach your ideal weight, be healthy, and have 10% body fat. But, you want to achieve that without taking the necessary steps of eating well, exercising, and doing it consistently. … Read more
President Carter’s Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordon, was infamous for shooting from the hip. It harmed the Carter Presidency. Early on in Brussels, I learned never to shoot from the hip. I spent months re-launching a report for a client that had been shot down by the Commission. It was politically dead on arrival. The … Read more
Last week I learned the Commission is going to re-open a sacred cow piece of legislation. Here is a checklist on what I would advise anyone to do when they know their political, policy or regulatory world is going to be thrown up in the air. Get ready. Denial is not a strategy. Mirror … Read more
There are a lot of proposals going through inter-service consultation at the moment. Most of them will never make it to the College’s agenda. They are agreed to by the Services and the Cabinets by way of written procedure. So, if you want to influence what comes out the door, you are going to have … Read more