Rules of Lobbying

If you want to influence the policy agenda or legislative text, you need to turn up on time. It is hard to catch the right train if you turn up after it has left the station. A lot of people get angry when they can’t jump onto a moving legislative train. I may be stating … Read more

Karl Rove “Over the years, I’ve seen, more often, that people fail in a campaign because they don’t have a plan, than they do have a plan and don’t execute it. […] I love to run against people who don’t seemingly have a good idea of what they’re trying to do.” Masterclass. The surest way … Read more

There seems no better way to destroy support and dissolve hard won trust than to be rude to them. It is a problem when someone is being rude, abusive or threatening to the person making or influencing a decision. Now, I know there must be some cultures where being rude and abusive about people, to … Read more

There is nothing more chilling to the ear to hear these words in a meeting “Please let me explain how these things work Madam”. If you hear those words from one of your colleagues, I can only hope that a fire alarm goes off and the meeting ends. If not, cut the meeting off, apologise … Read more