I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning
One day I hope an academic in Europe replicates John W Kingdon’s ‘Agenda, Alternatives and Public Policies‘. I stumbled on this book back in 1999 in Boalt Hall Law School. It opened my mind. Here was an academic who wrote clearly, and understood how public policy and decisions really were made. It made a lot … Read more
A constant gripe from lobbyists is that officials and politicians don’t listen to my interests, nor understand me. This is the same refrain if you work for an NGO or industry. Yet, there are a few who walk amongst you who don’t have that issue. Officials and politicians ask for their input and often co-opt … Read more
These are some of the devices and techniques I use for work. They save me a lot of time from shallow/needless work. Kanban Boards This is a helpful visualisation tool for organising your work. Contrary to common belief, you can only do one thing at once. Multitasking is a myth. Really! Here is an example … Read more
If you want to influence a policy/proposal/decision, it helps to know where the initiative is and what’s driving it. If look at what’s just in the public domain, you’ll miss most of what you need to know. If you don’t know where things are at and what’s driving events, … Read more