Good Practice

From Checklists to … I learned a lot from Atwul Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto. There is a simple tool that surgeons, lawyers, and airline pilots use a lot. They use checklists and standard operating procedures. Checklists and SOPs improve performance and reduce cognitive overload. It is helpful to have as few issues floating around in your … Read more

A lobbyist will get questions from clients and future clients about new issues. I’ve found it helpful to document a thinking process to create better advice. You’ll find the checklist below. A popular option I think a common approach is along the following lines: 1.  Guarantee that the issue can be resolved (for a fee, … Read more

Confirmation that scientific writing can be clear and accessible to the public.       Discover magazine is one of my small stable of monthly reads.         TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian … Read more

  If you want to grow your influence as a lobbyist, here are some things you can do. These tips have been taken from working and dealing with some excellent practitioners in the field. The checklist may be helpful for a new third-country government official, company or NGO representative sent to Brussels, or a young … Read more