If your lobbyist does not know Cialdini, walk away

There are a few books your lobbyist will have read. If they have not, my advice, turn around around and walk out the door. Robert Cialdini, author of Influence and Pre-Suasion should be well thumbed on your lobbyist’s bookshelf.     Modelling the best  Lobbyists jobs amounts to helping their clients influence policy and law … Read more

Europe’s Environmental Agenda – A Snap Shot for 2017

I realise that I have been working on EU environmental policy for 25 years. I am looking forward to the next 25. One thing has been constant.  Tracking what is being developed and planned has never been easy. There are some excellent commercial databases, I like EU Issue Tracker, that does the job for you. … Read more

A Sure Thing – How to get the Commission to table a new law

What if there was a way as way to nearly guarantee that the European Commission proposed a law you wanted.  If the odds of that proposed being tabled was around 95%. And, as you’ll know, once the Commission have tabled the draft law, it has even higher odds of being adopted. The Daily Mail would … Read more

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