I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron We spend a lot of time sending letters to officials and politicians. Most don’t land well. These letters come across as whiny, babbling and incoherent. They get ignored and land up in the bin. This is my approach. Wireframe for a letter to the Commission Dear [Name] Subject Heading: Indicates the issue/procedure. Point 1: … Read more
I was recently asked for suggestions on managing my workload as a lobbyist. Here are some things I try and practice. They took time and pain to learn. You can’t do two different things well at once. If you try, you’ll spend 3 x more time correcting it. You can only have a small circle … Read more
Policymakers have a tough job. They are tasked with making decisions. Those decisions are taken based on a lot of assumptions. And those assumptions come from what is presumed to be correct data and information. If the data is wrong, there is a high chance of serious negative unintended consequences, and the policy goals will … Read more
If you like these videos from the BBC’s ‘Explainer-in-Chief’, you’ll love his book The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence. Here is a recent video. If you want to do something well, look at those who do it well and find out how they do it. And, even better, if they … Read more