Skills

If you want to get a sober analysis of a Commission’s proposal, spend some time and read the Regulatory Scrutiny Board‘s opinion(s) on it.   If you want to read them, you need to head over here to the register of documents and run a search. The opinion(s) are published when the legislative proposal is … Read more

I took advantage of being sick to try and map my limited circle of competence on EU Public Affairs. I recently came across the visual of a knowledge Tree for the Common Law.   I chunk Public Affairs down into Issue Expertise, Process Expertise and Skills.   This is my primitive visualisation of the limited … Read more

I moved to sunny Brussels in September 1996 at the age of 25. I’ve been lucky to work on some very interesting projects with some excellent people who taught me a lot. During that time, I made a lot of mistakes. Over time, I’ve picked up some skills, an understanding of decision-making and law-making procedures, … Read more

In any area, there will be key books that you’ll find useful to read to better understand the issue. I’ve found that is no better way to grasp the core of an issue than reading books and papers. The benefit of reading a lot is a good idea made by Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet. … Read more