I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I’ve just read Daniel Pink’s ‘To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others” I’d recommend it to anyone in the business of persuasion. And, if you are a lobbyist or campaigner, your real job is getting people (officials and politicians) to do something – back your preferred policy outcome. Your work is about … 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
Yesterday I finished Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works“. If you want to understand an issue, and Smil has written about it, read it, and your understanding will be the better for it. You should not read it if you believe in wishful thinking, cherry-picking data, or some of the many deceits that are … Read more